Manuscript roll, on parchment, in a single hand, illuminated, containing the "Arma Christi" poem and other prayers, in Dutch, including prayers ascribed to Popes Sixtus IV and Alexander VI. The prayers are preceded by a rubric instructing readers to kneel as they recite the prayers in order to obtain an indulgence.
Description:
Binding: section of leather sewn to top of scroll. Accompanied by seventeenth-century? fabric case with fabric and metal appliqués., Decoration: Rubricated. Initials in red or blue. Large miniature at head of roll containing a bust of Christ wearing a crown of thorns, displaying his stigmata, and surrounded by the "arma Christi" (also known as the Instruments of the Passion). On a blue ground in gold frame. One large decorated initial immediately below miniature. Text accompanied by decorated borders on both sides., Layout: single column of text., Purchased from Richard Linenthal (Sotheby's London sale, 2014 July 8, lot 48) on the Edwin J. Beinecke Book Fund, 2014., and Script: gothic.
Subject (Geographic):
Netherlands--Religious life and customs--Early works to 1800
Subject (Name):
Alexander VI, Pope, 1431-1503, Catholic Church--Prayers and devotions--Dutch, Jesus Christ--Passion--Art, Jesus Christ--Passion--Prayers and devotions, Jesus Christ--Passion--Prayers and devotions--Early works to 1800, and Sixtus IV, Pope, 1414-1484
Subject (Topic):
Illumination of books and manuscripts, Medieval, Indulgences--Early works to 1800, Manuscripts, Medieval--Connecticut--New Haven, and Medieval and Renaissance Manuscripts in Beinecke Library
This leaf was once used as a binding and is thus in poor condition. The text is a fragment of a long Biblical poem (21,818 lines) in Middle Dutch by Jan van Boendale (also called Jan Decker and Jan de Clerc), begun in 1325 and completed August 6, 1330. Bo
Description:
Formerly used in binding. and Imperfect: fragment; mutilated with loss of text.
Subject (Name):
Jacobus, de Voragine, ca. 1229-1298 and Mary, Blessed Virgin, Saint
Collection probably dates from before publication in book form as "Het groote tafereel der dwaasheid" in 1720 and before the earliest published list of the prints., Earliest published list, "Register van alle de printen die op de actiehandel zyn uyt gekomen in jaar 1720", includes all of the prints collected here, except for the title print and nine others, some of which are later additions., and Reference for plate numbers: Muller, F. Nederlandsche geschiedenis in platen, 3535
Subject (Name):
Law, John, 1671-1729
Subject (Topic):
Colonial companies --Early works to 1800, Dutch wit and humor, Pictorial, South Sea Bubble, Great, and South Sea Company --Early works to 1800
Basquiat, Jean-Michel, 1960-1988 Galerie Delta Sonnenberg, Hans
Published / Created:
1982]
Call Number:
JWJ Zan B291 +982J
Image Count:
20
Description:
"December 1982"--P. [4] of cover., "Fotografie: Pieter Vandermeer, Rotterdam -- Portretfoto: Marion Busch, Rotterdam -- Vormgeving: Studio Arta, Rotterdam"--P. [12]., Cover title., Exhibition catalog., Illustrations include "Portrait of VRKS," "Kings of Egypt," "Sinhueso," and "Lunapark.", Original wrappers., and Text on p. [2] signed: Hans Sonnenberg, Rotterdam, December 1982.