Research Catalog

Title

De civitate Dei.

Author

Augustine, of Hippo, Saint, 354-430.

Publication

Florence, Italy, approximately 1470.

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Details

Additional Authors

• Bartolomeo di Domenico di Guido, 1430-1521
• Marzi, Gianfrancesco, active 15th century
• Riviere, Robert, 1808-1882
• New York Public Libary. Manuscript. Spencer Coll. MS 30.

Description

312 leaves, bound : parchment , ink, manuscript, illuminations; 390 x 280 mm

Subject

• Augustine, of Hippo, Saint, 354-430
• Manuscripts, Latin (Medieval and modern) > Italy
• Illumination of books and manuscripts
• Manuscripts, Latin (Medieval and modern) > New York (State) > New York
• Manuscripts, Latin (Medieval and modern)
• Kingdom of God
• Apologetics > Early works to 1800
• Apologetics

Genre/Form

• Manuscripts – Italy – 15th century.
• vellum (parchment)
• Early works.
• illuminated manuscripts.
• Illuminated initials (layout features)
• Morocco bindings (Binding) – England – 19th century.

Note

• Dated to ca. 1470. Attribution of scribe made by Dr. A. C. de la Mare in comparison with Spencer 27 (which is signed by the scribe Marzi).
• Layout: Written in 40 long lines per page. Prickmarks and catchwords visible. 32 quires of ten folios each, followed by one quire of two folios.
• Decoration: Historiated initials and borders, figures of cherubs and animals in borders, portraits in roundels. Large gold initials with white vinestem; white vinestem border. Roman capitals.
• Scribe: Gianfrancesco Marzi.
• Script: Humanistic
• Artist: Bartolomeo di Domenico di Guido.

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)
• Census of Medieval and Renaissance Manuscripts. Seymour de Ricci. (Wilson Co., New York, 1937)

Cite As (note)

• NYPL. Spencer Collection MS. 30

Language (note)

• In Latin.

Provenance (note)

• Coat of arms f. 1 unidentified. Sold by Olschki to Edward A. Parsons, who parted with it in 1932. Sold by Sotheby's (London 1933) to Goodyear.

Binding (note)

• Original binding of brown leather over wooden boards, line tooled in blind and stamped with interlaced work. In a green morocco case by Riviere.

Call Number

Spencer Coll. MS. 30

OCLC

1338164988

Author

Augustine, of Hippo, Saint, 354-430.

Title

De civitate Dei.

Imprint

Florence, Italy, approximately 1470.

Type of Content

text

still 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. 95.

Census of Medieval and Renaissance Manuscripts. Seymour de Ricci. (Wilson Co., New York, 1937), p. 1341, no. 30.

Cite As:

NYPL. Spencer Collection MS. 30

Language

In Latin.

Provenance

Coat of arms f. 1 unidentified. Sold by Olschki to Edward A. Parsons, who parted with it in 1932. Sold by Sotheby's (London 1933) to Goodyear.

Binding

Original binding of brown leather over wooden boards, line tooled in blind and stamped with interlaced work. In a green morocco case by Riviere.

Source of description

Part of the description used is from Digital Scriptorium 1.0.

Connect to:

NYPL Digital Collections

Place of Publication

Italy Florence.

Added Author

Bartolomeo di Domenico di Guido, 1430-1521, illuminator.

Marzi, Gianfrancesco, active 15th century, scribe.

Riviere, Robert, 1808-1882, binder.

New York Public Libary. Manuscript. Spencer Coll. MS 30.

Research Call Number

Spencer Coll. MS. 30