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Filename:
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cc20190605_05
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Identifier:
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cc20190605_05
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Title:
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Biblia sacra Latina, versio vulgata: fragment
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Subject:
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Bible - Illustrations
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Subject:
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Illumination of books and manuscripts
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Subject:
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Manuscripts, Medieval
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Summary:
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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.
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Summary:
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This translation of the Bible was made by Jerome at the request of Pope Damasus. It was begun in the year 382 A.D. and finished 16 years later. For his great scholarship more than for his eminent sanctity, Jerome was later made a saint. This version of the Bible was his most important work. The angular book hand, executed with amazing skill and precision, reflects the spirit of contemporary architecture of the early 13th century. Closely spaced perpendicular strokes and angular terminals have supplanted the open and round character of the preceding century. It is a beautiful book hand but exceedingly difficult to read. The quills used in writing were obtained from the wings of crows, wild geese, and eagles. To keep them sharp and their strokes of uniform width required skill and great sensitivity in hand pressure. It would be difficult to imitate or approximate the fine details even with the special steel lettering pens of today. This vellum leaf was created in France.
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Summary:
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In early angular gothic script.
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Digital Publisher:
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Rochester Institute of Technology - RIT Libraries - Cary Graphic Arts Collection
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Contributor:
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Ege, Otto F.
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Date of Original:
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1230 approximate
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Date of Digitization:
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2019
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Broad Type:
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still image
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Specific Type:
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manuscript (documents)
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Digital File Format:
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jpeg
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Physical Format:
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books
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Dimensions of Original:
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33 x 23 cm
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Language:
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Latin
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Original Item Location:
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Cary PORTFOLIO BOX 1-5
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Digital Project:
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2019_027_manuscripts
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Catalog Record:
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https://albert.rit.edu/record=b1426926
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Place:
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France
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Rights:
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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.
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Notes:
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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.
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Other Title:
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Vulgate Bible
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Other Title:
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Bible. Latin. Vulgate. Fragments. Early 13th century
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