Research Catalog

Title

Von synnrychen erluchten wyben.

Author

Boccaccio, Giovanni, 1313-1375.

Publication

Ulm, Germany, approximately 1479.

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Details

Additional Authors

• Steinhöwel, Heinrich, 1412-1482?
• New York Public Libary. Manuscript. Spencer Coll. MS 105.

Description

176 leaves, bound : paper , ink, manuscript, illuminations; 293 x 208 mm

Uniform Title

• De mulieribus claris
• Griselda.

Alternative Title

• De mulieribus claris
• Hienach volget der kurz syn von ettlichen frawen von denen Johannes Boccacius in lathin beschriben, und Doctor Hainricus Stainhöwel geteutschet hat

Subjects

• Velvet bindings (Binding) > 18th century
• Illuminated initials (layout features)
• illuminated manuscripts
• Early works
• Manuscripts > Germany > 15th century
• Biographies
• Manuscripts, German > New York (State) > New York
• Illumination of books and manuscripts
• Manuscripts, German > Germany
• Women > Biography
• Boccaccio, Giovanni, 1313-1375 > De mulieribus claris

Genre/Form

• Biographies.
• Manuscripts – Germany – 15th century.
• Early works.
• illuminated manuscripts.
• Illuminated initials (layout features)
• Velvet bindings (Binding) – 18th century.

Note

• Text translated into German by Heinrich Steinhöwel; text and illustration copied mainly from the editio princeps of Steinhöwel's work printed by Johannes Zainer in Ulm ca. 1474 (GW 4486).
• Layout: Written up to 37 long lines per page, ruled in black ink. Catchword visible, f. 12v.
• Decoration: 73 pen-and-ink drawings, colored, based on woodcuts of ca. 1474 edition. 3 artists. Border designs and flourishes, large opening initials.
• Scribe: Written by at least 3 different scribes: A, ff. 1-64v; B, ff. 64v-148v, 152-155; C, ff. 149-151v, 156-173
• Script: Bastarda and hybrida.
• Paper: Watermark fol. 6: close to Briquet 15246 [Ulm, 1480]

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)
• New York Public Library. Spencer Collection. Dictionary catalog and shelf list

Cite As (note)

• NYPL. Spencer Collection MS. 105

Language (note)

• In German.

Provenance (note)

• Dedication to Elinor of Austria, f. 7-9, with her arms. Henry Huth, his sale, Sotheby's, 19 November 1911, lot 797 to Maggs; Maggs, 1930 to Quaritch. James P. R. Lyell.

Binding (note)

• Bound in 18th century faded red velvet.

Contents

pt. 1. Von synnrychen erluchten wyben / G. Boccaccio (ff. 1-157) -- pt. 2. Griseldis / G. Boccaccio (ff. 160-173).

Call Number

Spencer Coll. MS. 105

OCLC

1346322237

Author

Boccaccio, Giovanni, 1313-1375.

Title

Von synnrychen erluchten wyben.

Imprint

Ulm, Germany, approximately 1479.

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. 99.

New York Public Library. Spencer Collection. Dictionary catalog and shelf list, vol. II, p. 904.

Cite As:

NYPL. Spencer Collection MS. 105

Language

In German.

Provenance

Dedication to Elinor of Austria, f. 7-9, with her arms. Henry Huth, his sale, Sotheby's, 19 November 1911, lot 797 to Maggs; Maggs, 1930 to Quaritch. James P. R. Lyell.

Binding

Bound in 18th century faded red velvet.

Source of description

Part of the description used is from Digital Scriptorium 1.0

Connect to:

NYPL Digital Collections

Place of Publication

Germany Ulm.

Added Author

Steinhöwel, Heinrich, 1412-1482?, translator.

New York Public Libary. Manuscript. Spencer Coll. MS 105.

Added Title

Griselda.

Research Call Number

Spencer Coll. MS. 105