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Sketchbook of monuments.

Title
Sketchbook of monuments.
Publication
Mainz or Augsburg?, Germany, 1573.

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TextBy appointment only Spencer Coll. MS. 109Schwarzman Building - Print Collection Room 308

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Additional Authors
New York Public Libary. Manuscript. Spencer Coll. MS 109.
Description
75 leaves, bound : paper, ink, manuscript, illuminations; 334 x 215 mm
Subjects
Genre/Form
  • Manuscripts – Germany – 16th century.
  • Early works.
  • illuminated manuscripts.
  • Illuminated initials (layout features)
  • Blind tooled bindings (Binding) – Germany – 16th century.
  • Leather bindings (Binding) – Germany – 16th century.
  • Notebooks, sketchbooks, etc.
  • Sketchbooks.
  • Architectural drawings.
Note
  • Although drawings are quite complete, is has been suggested that it is a sketchbook, or (less likely) the book an architect might show to customers choosing a monument. Text in German on f. 56v.
  • Layout: Pen drawings on almost every page, often showing only the left or right half of a given monument, next to the opposite half of another monument. Text appears as labels or inscriptions on these drawings, or as notes.
  • Decoration: Pen drawings of altars, monuments, statues etc. (essentially tomb architecture; most contain human and animal figures. Pen drawings.
  • Scribe: Probably 2 scribes, second hand on ff. 55, 56 Dated by scribe, 1573.
  • Script: Capitals (inscriptions); cursive (notes and dates).
  • Many of the drawings are dated 1573. Latin.
Access (note)
  • Restricted use.
Indexed In (note)
  • New York Public Library. Spencer Collection. Dictionary catalog and shelf list
Cite As (note)
  • NYPL. Spencer Collection MS. 109
Language (note)
  • In Latin and German.
Binding (note)
  • Bound in contemporary white pig, tooled.
Call Number
Spencer Coll. MS. 109
OCLC
1346432323
Title
Sketchbook of monuments.
Imprint
Mainz or Augsburg?, Germany, 1573.
Type of Content
text
still image
Type of Medium
unmediated
Type of Carrier
volume
Access
Restricted use. Requires permission for access.
Indexed In:
New York Public Library. Spencer Collection. Dictionary catalog and shelf list, vol. II, p. 905.
Cite As:
NYPL. Spencer Collection MS. 109
Language
In Latin and German.
Binding
Bound in contemporary white pig, tooled.
Source of description
Part of the description used is from Digital Scriptorium 1.0
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Place of Publication
Germany Mainz or Augsburg.
Added Author
New York Public Libary. Manuscript. Spencer Coll. MS 109.
Research Call Number
Spencer Coll. MS. 109
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