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Liber Genesis.

Title
Liber Genesis.
Publication
Eberau, Hungary, 1464.

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TextBy appointment only Spencer Coll. MS. 52Schwarzman Building - Print Collection Room 308

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Additional Authors
  • Heinricus Wolff, of Bamberg, active 1464
  • New York Public Libary. Manuscript. Spencer Coll. MS 52.
Description
46 leaves, bound : paper, ink, manuscript, illuminations; 301 x 218 mm
Uniform Title
Bible. Genesis. German.
Alternative Title
History Bible (fragment of Genesis)
Subject
  • Bible
  • Manuscripts, Medieval
  • Manuscripts, German > Hungary
  • Illumination of books and manuscripts
  • Manuscripts, German > New York (State) > New York
  • Manuscripts, German
  • New York (State) > New York
Genre/Form
  • Manuscripts – Hungary – 15th century.
  • Early works.
  • illuminated manuscripts.
  • Manuscripts.
  • Velvet bindings (Binding) – 15th century.
Note
  • Layout: Written in 40 lines per page in two columns, ruled in very light black ink. Prickmarks visible.
  • Decoration: 57 tinted drawings and historiated initials. Historiated initials on gold fields. Some initials never inserted, although space had been left for them and the guideletter written into the space in a tiny cursive hand.
  • Paper description: Crossed keys similar to Briquet 3887.
  • Scribe: Heinricus Wolff of Bamberg.
  • Script: Gothic cursive.
  • Dated by scribe, 1464, August 24.
  • The Spencer manuscript's ff. 1-2 and 12 should correctly be ff. 228-229 and 242 of the Berlin manuscript.
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., suppl.
  • New York Public Library. Spencer Collection. Dictionary catalog and shelf list
Cite As (note)
  • NYPL. Spencer Collection MS. 52
Language (note)
  • In German and Latin.
Provenance (note)
  • Owned by Sir Thomas Phillipps in 1833.
Binding (note)
  • Bound in light blue velvet.
Call Number
Spencer Coll. MS. 52
OCLC
1341655041
Title
Liber Genesis.
Imprint
Eberau, Hungary, 1464.
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. 24.
Ricci, S de. Medieval and Renaissance mss., suppl. p. 333, no. 52.
New York Public Library. Spencer Collection. Dictionary catalog and shelf list, vol. II, p. 904.
Cite As:
NYPL. Spencer Collection MS. 52
Language
In German and Latin.
Provenance
Owned by Sir Thomas Phillipps in 1833.
Binding
Bound in light blue velvet.
Source of description
Part of the description used is from Digital Scriptorium 1.0
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Place of Publication
Hungary Eberau.
Added Author
Heinricus Wolff, of Bamberg, active 1464, scribe.
New York Public Libary. Manuscript. Spencer Coll. MS 52.
Other Title
History Bible (fragment of Genesis)
Research Call Number
Spencer Coll. MS. 52
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