Research Catalog

Title

Wappenbuch.

Author

Ruge, Jörg, active 15th century.

Publication

Germany, 1499.

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Details

Additional Authors

• Morsheim, Johann von, approximately 1450-1516.
• Morsheim, Ursula von, active 15th century.
• Wolfgang Herolt Workshop, active 15th century
• New York Public Libary. Manuscript. Spencer Coll. MS 176.

Description

253 leaves, bound : paper, ink, manuscript, illuminations; 371 x 250 mm

Subject

• Manuscripts, German > Germany
• Illumination of books and manuscripts
• Manuscripts, German > New York (State) > New York
• Devices (Heraldry)
• Heraldry > Germany
• Heraldry
• coats of arms
• Germany

Genre/Form

• Blind tooled bindings (Binding) – Germany – 15th century.
• Leather bindings (Binding) – Germany – 15th century.
• Early works.
• illuminated manuscripts.
• Illuminated initials (layout features)
• Manuscripts – Germany – 15th century.

Note

• Jorg Rugen, whose signature is on f. 236, may be the author. Includes Den Anfang und das Lublich Herkommen des Thorneys(ff. 214-36) and index (ff. 236-53).
• Layout: Through f. 213, coats of arms on each page; ff. 214-36, 35 long lines per page, ruled in very light pencil; ff. 237-53, up to 30 lines per page in 2-3 columns.
• Decoration: Animals and human figures appear on some coats of arms. Drawing of Adam and Eve f. 2v. 2662 watercolor drawings of coats of arms.
• Dated by scribe, 1499.
• Script: Cursive.
• Text is dated 1499 on f. 236. Terminus post quem is 1492, when Innocent VIII, whose coat of arms appears, came to power.

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. 176

Language (note)

• In German.

Provenance (note)

• Written for Johann von Morsheim and his wife Ursula, nee von Heusstain.

Binding (note)

• Bound in contemporary brown calf, tooled, from the workshop of Wolfgang Herolt, Erfurt.

Call Number

Spencer Coll. MS. 176

OCLC

1347751395

Author

Ruge, Jörg, active 15th century.

Title

Wappenbuch.

Imprint

Germany, 1499.

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. 904.

Cite As:

NYPL. Spencer Collection MS. 176

Language

In German.

Provenance

Written for Johann von Morsheim and his wife Ursula, nee von Heusstain.

Binding

Bound in contemporary brown calf, tooled, from the workshop of Wolfgang Herolt, Erfurt.

Source of description

Part of the description used is from Digital Scriptorium 1.0

Connect to:

NYPL Digital Collections

Place of Publication

Germany.

Added Author

Morsheim, Johann von, approximately 1450-1516.

Morsheim, Ursula von, active 15th century.

Wolfgang Herolt Workshop, active 15th century, binder.

New York Public Libary. Manuscript. Spencer Coll. MS 176.

Research Call Number

Spencer Coll. MS. 176