Title

Biblia historiale.

Publication

Paris, France, approximately 1325.

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Details

Additional Authors

New York Public Libary. Manuscript. Spencer Coll. MS 22.

Description

134 leaves, bound : parchment, ink, manuscript, illuminations; 312 x 225 mm

Alternative Title

Picture Bible and Illustrated Lives of Saints.

Subjects

• Vellum (parchment)
• Early works
• Morocco bindings (Binding) > England > 19th century
• Manuscripts > France > 14th century
• Hagiographies
• Manuscripts, Latin (Medieval and modern) > New York (State) > New York
• Christian saints > Biography > Early works to 1800
• Christian hagiography
• Illumination of books and manuscripts
• Manuscripts, Latin (Medieval and modern) > France
• Bible > Versions > Early works to 1800

Genre/Form

• Hagiographies.
• Manuscripts – France – 14th century.
• Vellum (parchment)
• Morocco bindings (Binding) – England – 19th century.
• Early works.

Note

• Adaptation of King Sancho's Bible (Amiens, Bibl. Municipale, Ms. lat. 108), with style and dress adapted to contemporary fashions.
• Ms. originally contained at least 170 leaves, with 930 illustrations.
• Layout: 13-56 lines per page in one column; most pages have a narrow column of text flanked by a column of miniatures, but there is a variety of formats. Prickmarks, quire signatures and catchwords visible.
• Decoration: 843 miniatures. 1-line red and blue initials. 2-line and 3-line red and blue initials with opposing-color penwork. Red, blue and gold frames around miniatures. Large blue opening initial on gold field.
• Script: Gothic.
• Incipit: In dei nomine patris et filii et spiritus sancti et cetera. Au nom du pere et du fil et du saint espirit qui est commencement de toutes choses visibles et invisibles qui est senz commencement et senz fin.

Access (note)

• Restricted use.

Indexed In (note)

• The Splendor of the Word. (ed.) J. G. Alexander, J. H. Marrow, L. F. Sandler (NYPL / Harvey Miller, 2005),
• Ricci, S de. Medieval and Renaissance mss.,

Cite As (note)

• NYPL. Spencer Collection MS. 22

Language (note)

• In Latin and French.

Provenance (note)

• May have belonged to Jeanne II, Queen of Navarre. Library of John Perceval, fourth Earl of Egmont.

Binding (note)

• Red marocco binding by C. Lewis, with gilt border, rounded sides, and gilt edges, 19th century.

Source of Description (note)

• Part of the description used is from Digital Scriptorium 1.0.

Call Number

Spencer Coll. MS. 22

OCLC

1334677773

Title

Biblia historiale.

Imprint

Paris, France, approximately 1325.

Type of Content

text

still image

Type of Medium

unmediated

Type of Carrier

volume

Access

Restricted use. Requires permission for access.

Indexed In:

The Splendor of the Word. (ed.) J. G. Alexander, J. H. Marrow, L. F. Sandler (NYPL / Harvey Miller, 2005), n. 20.

Ricci, S de. Medieval and Renaissance mss., p. 1340, no. 22.

Cite As:

NYPL. Spencer Collection MS. 22

Language

In Latin and French.

Provenance

May have belonged to Jeanne II, Queen of Navarre. Library of John Perceval, fourth Earl of Egmont.

Binding

Red marocco binding by C. Lewis, with gilt border, rounded sides, and gilt edges, 19th century.

Connect to:

NYPL Digital Collections

Place of Publication

France Paris

Added Author

New York Public Libary. Manuscript. Spencer Coll. MS 22.

Other Title

Picture Bible and Illustrated Lives of Saints.

Research Call Number

Spencer Coll. MS. 22