The Osborn collection of 12 fragments of illuminated manuscripts from the 14th to the 16th century
Image Count:
4
Resource Type:
Archives or Manuscripts
Abstract:
The decoration consists of 1- or 2-line initials in paint and liquid gold and a three-margin-outer border on f. 1r. On the same page two rectangular pictures (10 lines high, framed in gold and black ink placed in the text area, representing (1) St. Anthony holding a book and (2) St. Claude as a bishop, blessing.
Description:
Presented by James M. Osborn in memory of William R. Coats.
Fol. 310, blank, wanting; several ff. are blank on one side., Manuscript note on fly-leaf: "E. Burne-Jones. MDCCC-LXXXIV. London.", Red straight grain morocco binding, gilt; bound by Bozerian, according to a penciled note on fly-leaf., With Sir Edward Burne-Jones' book-plate, and another book-plate, unidentified (armorial, motto: "Amantibvs ivstitiam pietatem fidem")., and Woodcut illustrations, mostly full-page; printer's device at end; capital spaces with guide-letters; initial on fol. a₂a supplied in ink.
Breydenbach, Bernhard von, d. 1497 Reuwich, Erhard, fl. 1483-1486
Published / Created:
anno salutis 1486 die xj Februarij.
Call Number:
Zi +156
Image Count:
12
Resource Type:
Books, Journals & Pamphlets
Abstract:
An account of a pilgrimage to the Holy Land, with outstanding illustrations, and with information on various eastern peoples met en route.
Alternative Title:
[Peregrinatio in Terram Sanctam] and Prefatio in opus transmarine peregrinationis ad venerandum et gloriosum sepulcrum Dominicum in Iherusalem ...
Description:
Bookplate: Frank Altschul. Inscription: Pro Conventu Olomucensi ad S. Bernardinum. Illegible stamp., Capital spaces without guide letters., Imperfect: Final blank leaf wanting., Imprint from colophon, where name of printer precedes place of publication., The first illustrated travel book printed, and the first to include images of real places. Also the first to include folding plates; the panorama of Venice is over five feet long. The view of Jerusalem is the earliest printed map of the Holy Land based on a contemporary eyewitness account., Title from incipit to preface (leaf 4r)., Types of Peter Schöffer used. Cf. GW 5075., Variant: Last letter (e in "pere-") inverted in line 1 of fol. 4v., and Woodcuts by Erhard Reuwich.
Publisher:
P[er] Erhardu[m] Reüwich de Traiecto Inferiori,
Subject (Geographic):
Jerusalem--Maps, Methone (Greece), Palestine --Description and travel --Early works to 1800, Rhodes (Greece), Sinai (Egypt) --Description and travel --Early works to 1800, and Venice (Italy)
Subject (Name):
Breydenbach, Bernhard von, d. 1497 --Travel and Reuwich, Erhard, fl. 1483-1486
Subject (Topic):
Christian pilgrims and pilgrimages--Palestine--Early works to 1800, Incunabula in Yale Library, Monasteries--Czech Republic--Olomouc--Inscription, and Travelers' writings, German--Early works to 1800