MEDIA INFORMATION

 
 
 
COLLECTION NAME:
RIT CARY GRAPHIC ARTS COLLECTION
Record
Filename:
cc20190605_35
Identifier:
cc20190605_35
Title:
Contra Jovinianum
Title:
Patristica
Creator:
Jerome, Saint, d. 419 or 20
Subject:
Jerome, Saint, -419 or 420. Contra Jovinianum - Illustrations
Subject:
Theology
Subject:
Marriage
Subject:
Virginity
Subject:
treatises
Subject:
Illumination of books and manuscripts, Medieval
Subject:
Manuscripts, Medieval
Summary:
2 columns, 41 lines; Written in lettre de somme script in brown ink; Enlarged initials in blue and gold.
Summary:
fol. 1
Summary:
Former owner names: Otto F. Ege
Summary:
Recto bottom right corner contains "35" in a modern hand in pencil.
Summary:
Previous manuscript description provided by Otto F. Ege (included below) has been superseded by description by Scott Gwara (2013). The Ege description is retained here for reference: "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:
Previous manuscript description provided by Otto F. Ege (included below) has been superseded by description by Scott Gwara (2013). The Ege description is retained here for reference: "Jerome, the father of the Latin Church and translator of the Bible, shows in his writing his active participation in the controversies of his day (c. 332 to 420 A.D.). With the frequent use of vehement invective, he is often as biting as Juvenal or Martial. This fine book hand, lettre de somme, obtained its name from the fact that Fust and Schoeffer used a type based on it for the printing of their Summa Theologica of St. Thomas Aquinas in 1467. It was the favorite manuscript book hand in the second half of the 15th century for the transcribing of French chronicles and romances. Simplicity and dignity are maintained by omitting all enrichment around the burnished gold letters. The first printed books followed the practice seen here of marking off by hand and with a stroke of red the capitals at the beginning of each sentence. Fifteenth century ink frequently had a tendency to fade to a gray tone as in this example. This vellum leaf was created in France."
Digital Publisher:
Rochester Institute of Technology - RIT Libraries - Cary Graphic Arts Collection
Date of Original:
1450 approximate
Date of Digitization:
2019
Broad Type:
still image
Specific Type:
fragments (object portions)
Digital File Format:
jpeg
Physical Format:
parchment (animal material)
Dimensions of Original:
390 x 280 mm
Language:
Latin
Original Item Location:
PORTFOLIO BOX 2-35
Digital Project:
2019_027_manuscripts
Catalog Record:
Place:
France
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.
Notes:
Folio from a manuscript broken by Otto F. Ege.
Notes:
Leaf from Otto Ege HL 35.
Notes:
Parent manuscript described in Scott Gwara, Otto Ege's Manuscripts (De Brailes, 2013).
Other Title:
Contra Jovinianum. Fragments. 1430-1470?
Other Title:
Writings of St. Jerome

Patristica