COLLECTION NAME:
CARY GRAPHIC ARTS COLLECTION
Record
Filename:
cc20190605_19
Identifier:
cc20190605_19
Title:
Biblia sacra Latina, versio vulgata: fragment
Subject:
Bible - Illustrations
Subject:
Illumination of books and manuscripts, Medieval
Subject:
Manuscripts, Medieval
Summary:
Ms. This manuscript leaf is part of a collection of medieval manuscript leaves selected to illustrate the art of the manuscript during the period of its greatest development and influence. They have been taken from books written in various European scriptoria by Benedictine, Franciscan, Carthusian, Dominican, and other orders of monks. Many are enriched with handsome borders, initial letters, and line-endings rendered in color. Twenty-five are illuminated with burnished gold or silver. The texts include the Bible, various church service books, the writings of the Church fathers, and some of the Classics.
Summary:
In transitional rotunda script
Summary:
At this period, the St. Jerome Bible was not transcribed as often as one would expect in the country of its origin and the very land which held the seat of the Roman Church. During the greater part of the 13th century, while the popes were greatly concerned with gaining political power, art was at a low ebb in Italy, and religious manuscripts were comparatively few and far inferior to the work of monastic scribes in Germany, France, and England. But with the great wealth accumulating in Italy during the 14th century through commerce and the Crusades, this country soon surpassed in richness as well as in numbers the manuscript outpout of all other nationalities. The rich black lettering of this manuscript is in the transitional rotunda script and is executed with skill and beauty. It is supplemented by initial letters in rich ultramarine blue and deep cinnabar (vermilion), which colors are reflected in the ornament of the romanesque capitals. All of these factors combine to indicate that the manuscript was executed in central Italy, possibly at Florence.
Digital Publisher:
Rochester Institute of Technology - RIT Libraries - Cary Graphic Arts Collection
Contributor:
Ege, Otto F.
Date of Original:
1330 approximate
Date of Digitization:
2019
Broad Type:
still image
Specific Type:
manuscript (documents)
Digital File Format:
jpeg
Physical Format:
books
Dimensions of Original:
24 x 18 cm
Language:
Latin
Original Item Location:
PORTFOLIO BOX 1-19
Digital Project:
2019_027_manuscripts
Place:
Italy
Rights:
RIT Libraries makes materials from its collections available for educational and research purposes pursuant to U.S. Copyright Law. You are free to use this Item in any way that is permitted by the copyright and related rights legislation that applies to your use. It is your responsibility to obtain permission from the copyright holder to publish or reproduce images in print or electronic form.
Notes:
The manuscript leaves of this collection were accumulated and selected and most of the accompanying information was prepared over a period of forty years by the late Otto F. Ege, Dean of the Cleveland Institute of Art and Lecturer on the History of the Book at the School of Library Science, Western Reserve University. Each leaf is matted and accompanied by a descriptive letterpress label.
Other Title:
Bible. Latin. Vulgate. Fragments. Early 14th century
Other Title:
Vulgate Bible
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