Manuscript on parchment of the Bible, with prologues to almost every book; also includes interpretations of Hebrew names
Description:
In Latin., Script: copied by several similar-looking hands writing in Northern Gothica Textualis Libraria., Decoration: each Prologue (except Jeremiah, f. 240rb) opens with a painted initial, decorated with interlace and hybrid animals, fishes, etc. Numerous large and small decorative initials in red and blue pen-work. Execution of decoration ascribed to the "Vie de Saint Denis Atelier." See catalog description for further detail., and Binding: Eighteenth century : rose-coloured parchment over wooden boards; both covers gold-tooled; brass bosses and clasps; arms of Johann Christoph Borzek on front cover; cartouche containing a peasant pruning a tree, with the motto "Cum tempore fructus," on rear cover.
Subject (Geographic):
Connecticut and New Haven.
Subject (Topic):
Illumination of books and manuscripts, Medieval and Manuscripts, Medieval
"Portrait of Charles Edward Stuart, half-length, turned to right; in armour, with insignia of the Order of the Garter; in trompe l'oeil masonry border"--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title from text in image., Date from British Museum online catalogue., Place of publication surmised from printmaker's place of activity., and Numbered in manuscript in lower left corner: "No 91."
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Geographic):
Great Britain.
Subject (Name):
Charles Edward, Prince, grandson of James II, King of England, 1720-1788,
Manuscript on parchment (trimmed) of a Book of Hours, use of Paris. Includes a Full calendar, Fifteen Joys of the Virgin, Seven Requests, and a sonnet, all in French
Description:
In Latin and French., Script: Written in Gothic bookhand., Sixteen miniatures from the workshops of the Lucon Master and the Master of the Duke of Bedford, in blue, pink, and gold arched frames, some with cusping. Each miniature with a lavish acanthus border incorporating arms on ff. 77r and 93r. Text pages with a 3/4 bar border, pink, blue and gold, with interlace knots at corners and terminals and delicate rinceaux, in two sizes on different folios. 3-line initials at text opening, two historiated: f. 77r and f. 93r; f. 51r with a blue and gold diapered ground; the remainder, blue with white highlights or in pink and blue acanthus filled with ivy, with blue and orange leaves, on gold, against pink, blue and/or gold grounds with white filigree; framed in gold, often with small ivy or acanthus serifs. 4- to 2-line initials in text and KL monograms, pink or blue with white highlights, filled with ivy, as above. 1-line initials blue, pink and gold with white filigree. Line endings, blue, pink and gold, three (ff. 57r, 102r, 102v) signed by Petrus Gilberti, known to have signed line-endings in at least four other manuscripts. Rubrics throughout., and Binding: 18th-19th centuries. Gilt edges. Red velvet with a silver fastening and a silver medallion, with unidentified male figure preaching, in center of upper board.
Subject (Geographic):
Connecticut and New Haven.
Subject (Name):
Catholic Church
Subject (Topic):
Books of hours, Devotional literature, French, Illumination of books and manuscripts, Medieval, and Manuscripts, Medieval
"Portrait of George I, half-length, face to right, in cuirass and mantle, in oval frame with crown, globe, insignia of the Order of St George, hat and medal at the bottom, on each side of the coat of arms"--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
Georgius I D. G. Magnae Britannia Franc. et Hib. Rex defensor ...
Description:
Title from text in image., Place of publication from the British Museum online catalogue, registration numbers: Bb,2.21., Sheet trimmed to plate mark., and Text below image: "Georgio Imo. augustissimo magnae Britanniae, Franc. et, Hib. Regi, defensori fideli, Duci Brunsvic et Lunaeb S.R.I. archithesavrario et electori ... "
Publisher:
Worden verkogt op de Cingel ten huise van B. Picart in de star
Full page woodcut on title page, which reads: Liber de vilitate conditionis humane., Final leaf entitled: De proprietatibus romanorum., and Signatures: a8-d8, e4.
BEIN If M81 r516: Inscription: Su[m] Tunstalli. From the libraries of Thomas Godwyn, J. Hilton, John Loveday, and the Loveday family from 1736-1940. Contemporary blindstamped Flemish binding, clasps wanting. No.4 of 7 works bound together., The earliest appearance of Hebrew type in France., Signatures: A-B⁴ C⁶ D-Y⁴., Imprint from colophon., Colophon: Operoso huic opusculo extremam imposuit manum Egidius Gourmontius integerrimus, ac fidelissimus, primus duce Francisco Tissardo Ambac[a]eo, gr[a]ecarum, et hebraearum litterarum Parrhisijs Impressor. Anno a natiuitate domini M.CCCCCVIII. Quarto Calen. Februa., Printer's device on p. [1]., and Described in Brunet, Manuel du libraire, 5e éd., t.5, col.866-867.
"Portrait of Philippe de Champaigne, after the painter's self-portrait; half-length, turned to the right, with left hand on chest and right hand holding a parchment inscribed with the date '1668'; landscape and view of Brussels in the background."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title from caption below image. and Place of publication based on printmaker's known place of activity. See Bénézit.
Title below image., Date supplied by curator., Place of publication derived from street address., Portion of legend trimmed., Published in Le Caricature, No. 161, 5 December 1833., This electronic record is derived from historic data and may not reflect our current information. Review and updating of records is ongoing., and Temporary local Medical Library subject terms: Clysters.
Publisher:
Chez Aubert, galerie vero dodat and L. de Becquet, rue Furstenburg 6.
Subject (Geographic):
France
Subject (Name):
Louis Philippe, King of the French, 1773-1850.
Subject (Topic):
Enema, Phlebotomy, Politics and government, Soldiers, Physicians, Wounds & injuries, Bandages, Medicines, and Medical equipment & supplies
Latin prose version, ascribed to Bengt Knutsson, of the French rhymed tract on the plague by Joannes Jacobi (Jean Jacmé)., Yale Med copy has a modern English binding by Riviere. Described by Scott Husby, 2010., and An 8th leaf (blank) is wanting in Yale Med copy