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Biblia sacra Latina, versio vulgata : fragment
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., In rotunda gothic script., In 1217, St. Dominic, the founder of the order which bears his name, withdrew from France and settled in Italy. Here, in the next four and last years of his life, he founded sixty more chapters of the Dominican order. Many of the younger members of the order studied at the University of Bologna and, while there, produced a great number of these small portable Bibles, just as did their brothers at the University of Paris in France and the University of Oxford in England. There was a difference in the art of the scriptoria in the various countries. In England and France}the ideal of craftsmanship was very high, while at this time, in Italy, a rather casual attitude prevailed. In the 13th century, Italy was distraught by the long struggle between the papal and anti-imperialistic Guelphs and the autocratic and imperialistic Ghibellines. Little encouragement was given by either party to the arts. This leaf reveals, however, the skill and keen eyesight which were necessary for the writing of ten of these lines to the inch. This vellum leaf was created in Italy.]
Title
Lectionarium: fragment
Creator
Catholic Church
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., In revived Carolingian script., A Lectionary contains selected readings from the Epistles and Gospels as well as the Acts of the Saints and the Lives of the Martyrs. These were read by the sub-deacon from a side pulpit. This practice necessitated that they be written in a separate volume, apart from the complete Missal. The fine large book hand shown here, suited to easier reading in a dark cathedral, is a revival of the script developed nearly four centuries earlier in scriptoria founded by Charlemagne. Maunde Thompson calls this Lombardic revival the finest of all European book hands. Even the 15th century humanistic scribes could not surpass it for beauty and legibility. The tone or hue of ink frequently helps allocate a manuscript to a particular district or century. Ink of brown tone is generally found in early manuscripts, less frequently after 1200 A.D. This vellum leaf was created in Italy.]
Title
Biblia sacra Latina, versio vulgata: fragment
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., In transitional rotunda script, 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.]
Title
Antiphonarium: fragment
Creator
Catholic Church
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., In rotunda gothic script; Gregorian notation., The chanting of hymns during ecclesiastical rites goes back to the beginning of Christian services. Antiphonal or responsive singing is said to have been introduced in the second century by St. Ignatius of Antioch. According to legend, he had a vision of a heavenly choir singing in honor of the Blessed Trinity in the responsive manner. Many of the more than four hundred antiphons which have survived the centuries are elaborate in their musical structure. They were sung in the medieval church by the first cantor and his assistants. Candle grease stains reveal that this small-sized antiphonal was doubtless carried in processions in dimly lighted cathedrals. In this example the notation is written on the four-line red staff which was in general use by the end of the 12th century. The script is the usual form of Italian rotunda with bold Lombardic initial letters. This leaf was created in Italy.]
Title
Privilegium in Arte Aromataria
Creator
[Collegio D. D. Pharmacopolorum, Arsie, D. Marco]
Summary
Hand painted manuscript diploma awarded to D. Marco Arsie as an herbalist, apothecary, and pharmacist, with permission to open an apothecary Collegio Pharmacopolorum (Ventian College of Pharmacists?)
Author
Stieler, Adolf, 1775–1836
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Stieler, Adolf, 1775–1836
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Stieler, Adolf, 1775–1836
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Stieler, Adolf, 1775–1836
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Stieler, Adolf, 1775–1836
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[Morden, Robert, approximately 1650-1703, Cockerill, Thomas, active 1674-1702]
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[Pasa, Ali Seref, Esref, Hafiz Ali]
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[Pasa, Ali Seref, Esref, Hafiz Ali]
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Heather, William, 1764-1812
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Heather, William, 1764-1812
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Heather, William, 1764-1812
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Heather, William, 1764-1812
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Heather, William, 1764-1812
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Heather, William, 1764-1812
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Heather, William, 1764-1812
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Heather, William, 1764-1812
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Heather, William, 1764-1812
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Heather, William, 1764-1812
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Heather, William, 1764-1812
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Heather, William, 1764-1812
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Heather, William, 1764-1812
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Heather, William, 1764-1812
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Heather, William, 1764-1812
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[Pawley, Neele, Samuel John, 1758-1824, Neele, George, Pinnock and Maunder]
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[Ptolemy, Claudius, D'Angelo, Jacopo, Regiomontanus, Joannes, Pirckheimer, Willibald, Grueninger, Johann]
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[Ptolemy, Claudius, D'Angelo, Jacopo, Regiomontanus, Joannes, Pirckheimer, Willibald, Grueninger, Johann]
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[Ptolemy, Claudius, D'Angelo, Jacopo, Regiomontanus, Joannes, Pirckheimer, Willibald, Grueninger, Johann]
Author
[Magini, Giovanni Antonio, 1555-1617, Magini, Fabio, active 1620]
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[Magini, Giovanni Antonio, 1555-1617, Magini, Fabio, active 1620]
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[Magini, Giovanni Antonio, 1555-1617, Magini, Fabio, active 1620]
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[Magini, Giovanni Antonio, 1555-1617, Magini, Fabio, active 1620]
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[Magini, Giovanni Antonio, 1555-1617, Magini, Fabio, active 1620]
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[Magini, Giovanni Antonio, 1555-1617, Magini, Fabio, active 1620]
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[Magini, Giovanni Antonio, 1555-1617, Magini, Fabio, active 1620]
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[Magini, Giovanni Antonio, 1555-1617, Magini, Fabio, active 1620]
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[Magini, Giovanni Antonio, 1555-1617, Magini, Fabio, active 1620]
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[Magini, Giovanni Antonio, 1555-1617, Magini, Fabio, active 1620]
Author
[Magini, Giovanni Antonio, 1555-1617, Magini, Fabio, active 1620]
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[Magini, Giovanni Antonio, 1555-1617, Magini, Fabio, active 1620]
Author
[Magini, Giovanni Antonio, 1555-1617, Magini, Fabio, active 1620]
Author
[Magini, Giovanni Antonio, 1555-1617, Magini, Fabio, active 1620]
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[Magini, Giovanni Antonio, 1555-1617, Magini, Fabio, active 1620, Wright, Benjamin, approximately 1575-]
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