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Biblia pauperum.
- Title
- Biblia pauperum.
- Publication
- Italy, approximately 1470.
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Not available - Please for assistance. | Text | By appointment only | Spencer Coll. MS. 31 | Schwarzman Building - Print Collection Room 308 |
Details
- Additional Authors
- New York Public Libary. Manuscript. Spencer Coll. MS 31.
- Description
- 20 leaves, bound : parchment , ink, manuscript, illuminations; 224 x 156 mm
- Uniform Title
- Biblia pauperum. Latin.
- Subjects
- Genre/Form
- Manuscripts – Italy – 15th century.
- vellum (parchment)
- Early works.
- illuminated manuscripts.
- Note
- This ms. is significant because it was long believed that the Biblia pauperum did not arrive in Italy from N. Europe until the 16th century. This ms. shows that the form was known in Italy in the 15th century -- it probably was based on a northern model.
- Layout: Written in 2 columns of approximately 29 lines each (all columns broken by illustrations and text varies in length). Rulings in light brown ink.
- Decoration: 38 pen and ink drawings showing biblical scenes. 3-line blue and red initials with opposing color penwork. Red and blue sentence markers. Rubrics.
- Collation: two quinternions.
- Script: Italian Gothico-Humanistic.
- Folio i is also vellum, an added opening leaf according to note in dossier.
- Access (note)
- Restricted use.
- Indexed In (note)
- Ricci, S de. Medieval and Renaissance mss.
- New York Public Library. Spencer Collection. Dictionary catalog and shelf list
- Cite As (note)
- NYPL. Spencer Collection MS. 31
- Language (note)
- In Latin, with short explanation in Italian, at the foot of each page.
- Provenance (note)
- Owned by Jacques Rosenthal; afterwards in collection of Joseph Martini.
- Binding (note)
- Bound in original wooden boards and blind stamped leather, with bronze clasps decorated with a double-headed eagle.
- Call Number
- Spencer Coll. MS. 31
- OCLC
- 1338256135
- Title
- Biblia pauperum.
- Imprint
- Italy, approximately 1470.
- Type of Content
- textstill image
- Type of Medium
- unmediated
- Type of Carrier
- volume
- Access
- Restricted use. Requires permission for access.
- Indexed In:
- Ricci, S de. Medieval and Renaissance mss., p. 1342, no. 31.New York Public Library. Spencer Collection. Dictionary catalog and shelf list, vol. II, p. 907
- Cite As:
- NYPL. Spencer Collection MS. 31
- Language
- In Latin, with short explanation in Italian, at the foot of each page.
- Provenance
- Owned by Jacques Rosenthal; afterwards in collection of Joseph Martini.
- Binding
- Bound in original wooden boards and blind stamped leather, with bronze clasps decorated with a double-headed eagle.
- Source of description
- Part of the description used is from Digital Scriptorium 1.0.
- Connect to:
- Place of Publication
- Italy ?
- Added Author
- New York Public Libary. Manuscript. Spencer Coll. MS 31.
- Research Call Number
- Spencer Coll. MS. 31