Research Catalog

Title

Emblemata.

Publication

Paris?, approximately 1555.

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Details

Additional Authors

• Albani, Giovanni Gerolamo, 1509-1591
• New York Public Libary. Manuscript. Spencer Coll. MS 82.

Description

93 leaves, bound : parchment , ink, manuscript, illuminations; 149 x 93 mm

Subject

• Manuscripts, Latin (Medieval and modern) > France > 16th century
• Manuscripts, Latin (Medieval and modern) > New York (State) > New York
• Manuscripts, Latin (Medieval and modern)
• Emblems > Early works to 1800
• Emblems > France > 16th century
• Emblems
• Emblem books, French

Genre/Form

• Manuscripts – France – 16th century.
• vellum (parchment)
• Early works.
• illuminated manuscripts.
• Illuminated initials (layout features)
• Morocco bindings (Binding)
• Blind tooled bindings (Binding)
• Gold-tooled bindings (gathered matter components.
• emblem books.
• Emblem books.

Note

• Layout: Emblem on the verso of every vellum folio. Some of the emblems' banners are left blank.
• Decoration: 93 emblems, including human and animal figures. Emblems in pen and ink, with occasional touches of red.
• Script: Capitals.
• Artist: S with diagonal stroke.
• Dated to before 1570, because Hieronymus Albani became a cardinal that year, but the device on the binding does not include a cardinal's hat. Illuminator's mark?: "S" with diagonal stroke through initial, ff. 82, 84.

Access (note)

• Restricted use.

Indexed In (note)

• New York Public Library. Spencer Collection. Dictionary catalog and shelf list

Cite As (note)

• NYPL. Spencer Collection MS. 82

Language (note)

• In Latin and Greek.

Provenance (note)

• On front cover: H Albani et Amicorum. - Hieronymus Albani (1504-91; became cardinal in 1570).

Binding (note)

• Bound in full levant morocco with shell and sun devices, gilt..

Call Number

Spencer Coll. MS. 82

OCLC

1345479848

Title

Emblemata.

Imprint

Paris?, approximately 1555.

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. 903.

Cite As:

NYPL. Spencer Collection MS. 82

Language

In Latin and Greek.

Provenance

On front cover: H Albani et Amicorum. - Hieronymus Albani (1504-91; became cardinal in 1570).

Binding

Bound in full levant morocco with shell and sun devices, gilt..

Source of description

Part of the description used is from Digital Scriptorium 1.0

Connect to:

NYPL Digital Collections

Place of Publication

France Paris.

Added Author

Albani, Giovanni Gerolamo, 1509-1591, former owner.

New York Public Libary. Manuscript. Spencer Coll. MS 82.

Research Call Number

Spencer Coll. MS. 82