Research Catalog

Title

Biblia pauperum.

Publication

Swabia, Germany, approximately 1445.

Items in the Library & Off-site

Details

Additional Authors

New York Public Libary. Manuscript. Spencer Coll. MS 35.

Description

19 leaves, bound : parchment , ink, manuscript, illuminations; 290 x 208 mm

Uniform Title

Biblia pauperum. German.

Subject

• Biblia pauperum
• Manuscripts, German > Germany > 15th century
• Illumination of books and manuscripts
• Manuscripts, German > New York
• Manuscripts, German

Genre/Form

• Manuscripts – German – 15th century.
• vellum (parchment)
• Vellum bindings (Binding) – 20th century.
• Biblia pauperum.
• Early works.
• illuminated manuscripts.

Note

• Associated with the so-called Weimar Group of the text, based on linguistic features, and number, sequence and layout of images.
• Layout: Written in two columns of varying length (8-16 lines), ruled in ink. Two quires, the first of 10 folios and the second of 9 folios.
• Decoration: 38 half-page tinted drawings: New Testament scenes in central roundel, flanked by OT scenes and busts of prophets. Added coats of arms, f. 1.
• Script: Gothic cursive.

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., Suppl.

Cite As (note)

• NYPL. Spencer Collection MS. 35

Language (note)

• In a Swabian dialect.

Provenance (note)

• Arms on f.1 identified as Ehringer family of Constance and Ulm and Neithardt family of Constance. Owned by Bishop Johann IV of Strasbourg. Jacques Rosenthal collection.

Binding (note)

• Bound in 16th century calf, blind-tooled Renaissance border, with coat of arms of Bishop Johann IV of Strasbourg, Count Johann von Manderscheid-Blankenheim (1569-92).

Call Number

Spencer Coll. MS. 35

OCLC

• 1340122199
• 1340122199

Title

Biblia pauperum.

Imprint

Swabia, Germany, approximately 1445.

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. 25.

Ricci, S de. Medieval and Renaissance mss., Suppl. p. 331, no. 35.

Cite As:

NYPL. Spencer Collection MS. 35

Language

In a Swabian dialect.

Provenance

Arms on f.1 identified as Ehringer family of Constance and Ulm and Neithardt family of Constance. Owned by Bishop Johann IV of Strasbourg. Jacques Rosenthal collection.

Binding

Bound in 16th century calf, blind-tooled Renaissance border, with coat of arms of Bishop Johann IV of Strasbourg, Count Johann von Manderscheid-Blankenheim (1569-92).

Source of description

Part of the description used is from Digital Scriptorium 1.0.

Connect to:

NYPL Digital Collections

Place of Publication

Germany Swabia region.

Added Author

New York Public Libary. Manuscript. Spencer Coll. MS 35.

Research Call Number

Spencer Coll. MS. 35