Grolier Club, MS 01

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Metadata

DS ID:

DS197

Shelfmark:

MS 01

Title:

Bible

Artist:

Mathurin atelier

Mathurin atelier WIKIDATA

Place:

France

France TGN

Date:

s. XIII(2/4); 1225-1250

thirteenth century (dates CE) AAT

Language:

Latin

Latin WIKIDATA

Physical Description:

Binding: Bound, 1881, in red crushed levant morocco by William Matthews (bookbinder in Brooklyn, NY and Grolier Club member, 1884-96) for Hamilton Cole; covers of both volumes tooled in gilt to the design by Le Gascon on a Plantin bible of the Marquis d'Adda.
Figurative details, ff. 1-303v; ff. 1-351v: 82 historiated initials (with two probably missing on the leaves that would have begun Exodus and Leviticus).
Layout, ff. 1-303v; ff. 1-351v: Gatherings apparently of 24 leaves (the psalter not on a separate quire); 2 columns of 46 lines.

Former Owner(s):

Obtained before December 1881 by Hamilton Cole (Grolier member, 1884-89) ; his sale (New York, 7 April 1890 n. 31, pl.), bought by Edward Bement (Grolier member, 1884-1931) who bequeathed it to the Grolier Club in 1932.

Hamilton Cole WIKIDATA

Obtained before December 1881 by Hamilton Cole (Grolier member, 1884-89) ; his sale (New York, 7 April 1890 n. 31, pl.), bought by Edward Bement (Grolier member, 1884-1931) who bequeathed it to the Grolier Club in 1932.

Edward Bement WIKIDATA

Note:

Bibliography: De Ricci, p. 1289.
ff. 1-303v; ff. 1-351v: Latin.
ff. 1-303v; ff. 1-351v: In the usual order for thirteenth century French bibles, and with the usual texts (but adding the prayer of Solomon to the end of Ecclesiasticus, and the Nicene Creed to the end of the Psalms). The expected set of 64 prologues is expanded to 68.

IIIF Manifest:

https://iiif.archivelab.org/iiif/images_MS01_24/manifest.json

Holding Institution:

Grolier Club