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Biblia historiale.
- Title
- Biblia historiale.
- Publication
- Paris, France, approximately 1325.
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Not available - Please for assistance. | Text | By appointment only | Spencer Coll. MS. 22 | Schwarzman Building - Print Collection Room 308 |
Details
- Additional Authors
- New York Public Libary. Manuscript. Spencer Coll. MS 22.
- Description
- 134 leaves, bound : parchment, ink, manuscript, illuminations; 312 x 225 mm
- Alternative Title
- Picture Bible and Illustrated Lives of Saints.
- Subjects
- Vellum (parchment)
- Early works
- Morocco bindings (Binding) > England > 19th century
- Manuscripts > France > 14th century
- Hagiographies
- Manuscripts, Latin (Medieval and modern) > New York (State) > New York
- Christian saints > Biography > Early works to 1800
- Christian hagiography
- Illumination of books and manuscripts
- Manuscripts, Latin (Medieval and modern) > France
- Bible > Versions > Early works to 1800
- Genre/Form
- Hagiographies.
- Manuscripts – France – 14th century.
- Vellum (parchment)
- Morocco bindings (Binding) – England – 19th century.
- Early works.
- Note
- Adaptation of King Sancho's Bible (Amiens, Bibl. Municipale, Ms. lat. 108), with style and dress adapted to contemporary fashions.
- Ms. originally contained at least 170 leaves, with 930 illustrations.
- Layout: 13-56 lines per page in one column; most pages have a narrow column of text flanked by a column of miniatures, but there is a variety of formats. Prickmarks, quire signatures and catchwords visible.
- Decoration: 843 miniatures. 1-line red and blue initials. 2-line and 3-line red and blue initials with opposing-color penwork. Red, blue and gold frames around miniatures. Large blue opening initial on gold field.
- Script: Gothic.
- Incipit: In dei nomine patris et filii et spiritus sancti et cetera. Au nom du pere et du fil et du saint espirit qui est commencement de toutes choses visibles et invisibles qui est senz commencement et senz fin.
- Access (note)
- Restricted use.
- Indexed In (note)
- The Splendor of the Word. (ed.) J. G. Alexander, J. H. Marrow, L. F. Sandler (NYPL / Harvey Miller, 2005)
- Ricci, S de. Medieval and Renaissance mss.
- Cite As (note)
- NYPL. Spencer Collection MS. 22
- Language (note)
- In Latin and French.
- Provenance (note)
- May have belonged to Jeanne II, Queen of Navarre. Library of John Perceval, fourth Earl of Egmont.
- Binding (note)
- Red marocco binding by C. Lewis, with gilt border, rounded sides, and gilt edges, 19th century.
- Source of Description (note)
- Part of the description used is from Digital Scriptorium 1.0.
- Call Number
- Spencer Coll. MS. 22
- OCLC
- 1334677773
- Title
- Biblia historiale.
- Imprint
- Paris, France, approximately 1325.
- Type of Content
- textstill image
- Type of Medium
- unmediated
- Type of Carrier
- volume
- Access
- Restricted use. Requires permission for access.
- Indexed In:
- The Splendor of the Word. (ed.) J. G. Alexander, J. H. Marrow, L. F. Sandler (NYPL / Harvey Miller, 2005), n. 20.Ricci, S de. Medieval and Renaissance mss., p. 1340, no. 22.
- Cite As:
- NYPL. Spencer Collection MS. 22
- Language
- In Latin and French.
- Provenance
- May have belonged to Jeanne II, Queen of Navarre. Library of John Perceval, fourth Earl of Egmont.
- Binding
- Red marocco binding by C. Lewis, with gilt border, rounded sides, and gilt edges, 19th century.
- Connect to:
- Place of Publication
- France Paris
- Added Author
- New York Public Libary. Manuscript. Spencer Coll. MS 22.
- Other Title
- Picture Bible and Illustrated Lives of Saints.
- Research Call Number
- Spencer Coll. MS. 22