Travels of Sir John Mandeville.
- Title
- Travels of Sir John Mandeville.
- Published by
- Germany, 1459.
- Author
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Status Available by appointment at Schwarzman Building - Print Collection Room 308. | FormatText | AccessBy appointment only | Call numberSpencer Coll. MS. 37 | Item locationSchwarzman Building - Print Collection Room 308 |
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- Additional authors
- Description
- 1 volume (170 leaves), bound : paper , ink, manuscript, illuminations; 212 x 153 mm
- Alternative title
- Travels of Sir John Mandeville to the Holy Land
- Subject
- Manuscripts
- Illuminated manuscripts
- Wooden boards (Binding)
- Calf bindings (Binding)
- Manuscripts > Germany > 15th century
- Manuscripts, Latin (Medieval and modern) > New York (State) > New York
- Illumination of books and manuscripts, German
- Manuscripts, German > Germany > 15th century
- Mandeville, John, Sir > Itinerarium German
- Genre/Form
- Manuscripts – Germany – 15th century.
- Manuscripts.
- Calf bindings (Binding)
- Wooden boards (Binding)
- Illuminated manuscripts.
- Call number
- Spencer Coll. MS. 37
- Note
- Dated by the scribe on f. 156v to September 7, 1459. Latin.
- Foliation only goes to f. 168 because back pastedown is not counted and because f. 117 is followed by f. 117a.
- Number of Parts: 1 - Number of Images Available: 3
- Text written ca. 1356 by Jean de Bourgogne, with real English nobleman as hero; was intended as guide for pilgrims to the Holy Land. Michael Velser translated it into German; his version first printed in Augsburg by Anton Sorg in 1481.
- Layout: 25 long lines. Quire signatures. 13 quires of twelve folios each, followed by one of six folios and one of eight folios.
- Description: Paper, two types of ox heads; one similar to Briquet 14725
- Decoration: 81 colored drawings, three of which are full-page. Large red initials at the opening of each section. Red slashes as placemarkers.
- Script: Littera bastarda currens.
- Access (note)
- Restricted use.
- Indexed in (note)
- New York Public Library. Spencer Collection. Dictionary catalog and shelf list
- Ricci, S de. Medieval and Renaissance mss.
- Cite as (note)
- NYPL. Spencer Collection MS. 37.
- Language (note)
- German Country: Germany Century: 15th
- Provenance (note)
- Inside front cover: "Luipold Munzer von babenburg" with two coats of arms. In possession of A. Rosenthal, London, 1938.
- Binding (note)
- Contemporary binding of red calf over boards, decorated with a panel with simple geometric designs; one leather strap with a bronze clasp.
- Source of description (note)
- Part of the description used is from Digital Scriptorium 1.0.
- Author
- Mandeville, John, Sir.
- Title
- Travels of Sir John Mandeville.
- Imprint
- Germany, 1459.
- 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
- Ricci, S de. Medieval and Renaissance mss., p. 332, no. 37
- Cite as:
- NYPL. Spencer Collection MS. 37.
- Language
- German Country: Germany Century: 15th
- Provenance
- Inside front cover: "Luipold Munzer von babenburg" with two coats of arms. In possession of A. Rosenthal, London, 1938.
- Binding
- Contemporary binding of red calf over boards, decorated with a panel with simple geometric designs; one leather strap with a bronze clasp.
- Connect to:
- Place of publication
- Germany
- Added author
- John, Duke of Burgundy, 1371-1419.
- Velser, Michel, translator.
- New York Public Libary. Manuscript. Spencer Coll. MS 37.
- Other title
- Travels of Sir John Mandeville to the Holy Land
- Research call number
- Spencer Coll. MS. 37