Research Catalog

Title

Livre de l'Ecclesiaste.

Author

Inglis, Esther, 1571-1624.

Publication

Edinburgh, Scotland, 1601.

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Details

Additional Authors

• Inglis, Esther, 1571-1624
• Eve, Clovis, -1634 or 1635
• New York Public Libary. Manuscript. Spencer Coll. MS 8.

Description

25 leaves, bound : paper, ink, manuscript, illuminations; 174 x 136 mm

Alternative Title

Cantique du Roy Salomon

Subjects

• Manuscripts > Scotland
• Morocco bindings (Binding) > France > Paris > 17th century
• Calligraphy > 17th century
• Portraits > Female > 17th century
• illuminated manuscripts
• Manuscripts > Scotland > 17th century
• Manuscripts, Latin (Medieval and modern) > New York (State) > New York
• Illumination of books and manuscripts
• Women calligraphers

Genre/Form

• Manuscripts – Scotland – 17th century.
• illuminated manuscripts.
• Portraits – Female – 17th century.
• Calligraphy – 17th century.
• Morocco bindings (Binding) – France – Paris – 17th century.

Note

• Esther Inglis was the daughter of French Huguenots who fled to Scotland in 1574. She married Bartholomew Kello, a clerk, in or around 1596. For her work she used first the name Esther Anglois, Francoise, and then from 1604 on, Esther Inglis.
• The "Libre de l'Ecclesiaste" is dated (f. 1): 21 April 1601. The "Cantique du Roy Salomon" is dated (f. 18): 23 April 1601. The dedication to the Princess de Rohan is mistakenly dated (f. 3): 24 April 1501.
• Layout: Up to 31 long lines per page. Occasional catchwords visible.
• Decoration: f. 6: portrait of Esther Inglis; human figures f. 24v. Title pages and elsewhere: animals, birds, insects, masks, and putti. Each page (except title pages) has etched border of balls and bead. Decorated throughout with fruit, flowers and decorative bands. 2-line initials. Title page of Le Cantique du Roy Salomon (f. 18). Decorative border with animal figures etc. Name, date, and place given.
• Titles from f. 1 and f. 18.
• Scribe: Esther Inglis.
• Script: Calligraphic scripts, including rognosa and tagliata.

Access (note)

• Restricted use.

Indexed In (note)

• Census of Medieval and Renaissance Manuscripts. Seymour de Ricci. (Wilson Co., New York, 1937)
• New York Public Library. Spencer Collection. Dictionary catalog and shelf list

Cite As (note)

• NYPL. Spencer Collection MS. 8

Language (note)

• In French and Latin.

Provenance (note)

• Written for the Princess de Rohan. In early 19th century, presented by Boullet (lawyer of Bordeaux) to Charles Athanase, Baron de Walckenaer. Huth collection.

Binding (note)

• Bound in dark red morocco by Clovis Even, covered with intricate gilt tooling.

Call Number

Spencer Coll. MS. 8

OCLC

1336609378

Author

Inglis, Esther, 1571-1624.

Title

Livre de l'Ecclesiaste.

Imprint

Edinburgh, Scotland, 1601.

Type of Content

text

still image

Type of Medium

unmediated

Type of Carrier

volume

Access

Restricted use. Requires permission for access.

Indexed In:

Census of Medieval and Renaissance Manuscripts. Seymour de Ricci. (Wilson Co., New York, 1937), p. 1337, no. 7.

New York Public Library. Spencer Collection. Dictionary catalog and shelf list, vol. II, p. 903.

Cite As:

NYPL. Spencer Collection MS. 8

Language

In French and Latin.

Provenance

Written for the Princess de Rohan. In early 19th century, presented by Boullet (lawyer of Bordeaux) to Charles Athanase, Baron de Walckenaer. Huth collection.

Binding

Bound in dark red morocco by Clovis Even, covered with intricate gilt tooling.

Source of description

Part of the description used is from Digital Scriptorium 1.0.

Connect to:

NYPL Digital Collections

Place of Publication

Scotland, Edinburgh.

Added Author

Inglis, Esther, 1571-1624, calligrapher.

Eve, Clovis, -1634 or 1635, binder.

New York Public Libary. Manuscript. Spencer Coll. MS 8.

Added Title Page Title

Cantique du Roy Salomon

Research Call Number

Spencer Coll. MS. 8