COLLECTION NAME:
RIT CARY GRAPHIC ARTS COLLECTION
Record
Filename:
cc20190605_14
Identifier:
cc20190605_14
Title:
Bible
Subject:
Bible - Illustrations
Subject:
Bible. Ezekiel
Subject:
Illumination of books and manuscripts, Medieval
Subject:
Manuscripts, Medieval
Summary:
Ezekiel 18:21-20:43
Summary:
2 columns, 50 lines; Written in an angular Gothic script in brown ink; 3-line pink and blue initials on backgrounds with white penwork and gold decoration, with marginal/intercolumnar extenders terminating in red grotesque heads.
Summary:
Verso bottom right corner contains "14" in a modern hand in pencil.
Summary:
fol. 1
Summary:
Former owner names: Otto F. Ege
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Previous manuscript description provided by Otto F. Ege (included below) has been superseded by description by Scott Gwara (2013).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Previous manuscript description provided by Otto F. Ege (included below) has been superseded by description by Scott Gwara (2013).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. "This copy of the Latin version by St. Jerome was made during the period when France stood at the height of her medieval glory. A decade or two before, Louis IX (Saint Louis), the strongest monarch of his age, had made France the mightiest power in Europe. This favorable political situation rendered possible the "golden age" of the manuscript, and Paris became the center in which the finest manuscripts were written and sold. In the quarter century from 1275 to 1300, marked advances were effected in the art. The bar borders came to be executed in rich opaque gouache pigments, with ultramarine made of powdered lapis lazuli predominating. The foliage scroll work inside the initial frame created a style that persisted with little or no change for nearly two hundred years. The script was well executed and was without rigidity or tension. All these elements, together with the sparkle which was created by the casual distribution of the burnished gold accents, give to this leaf a striking atmosphere of joyous freedom. This vellum leaf was created in France."
Digital Publisher:
Rochester Institute of Technology - RIT Libraries - Cary Graphic Arts Collection
Date of Original:
1325 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:
410 x 280 cm
Language:
Latin
Original Item Location:
PORTFOLIO BOX 1-14
Digital Project:
2019_027_manuscripts
Place:
France
Place:
Flanders
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 14.
Notes:
Parent manuscript described in Scott Gwara, Otto Ege's Manuscripts (De Brailes, 2013).
Other Title:
Bible. Latin. Vulgate. Fragments. Late 13th century
Other Title:
Vulgate Bible