Bible of Borso d'Este
Dublin Core
Identifier
Biblioteca estense universitaria,
V.G.12 = LAT. 422, V.G.13 = LAT.423
V.G.12 = LAT. 422, V.G.13 = LAT.423
Coverage
Modena, Italy
Subject
Title
Bible of Borso d'Este
Table Of Contents
Bible in two volumes: vol. 1. Genesis - Ecclesiaticus; vol. 2. Chronicles - Revelation; includes the Hieronymian prologues and Index of Hebrew Names.
Format
Codex in 2 vols. ; 311, 293 leaves; parchment, ill ; 375 x 265 mm
Description
Script: Textualis rotunda in two columns of 37 lines. Decoration: luxuriously illuminated manuscript with full borders and historiated initials marking major divisions in text. Extensive use of gold leaf, painted illustration and decoration, and filigree penwork.
Creator
Taddeo Crivelli and Franco dei Russi; also Girolamo da Cremona, Marco dell’Avogadro, and Giorgio d’Alemagna.
Publisher
Ferrara, Italy
Language
Latin
Date
ca. 1455-1461
Provenance
Borso d'Este (1413-1471), Duke of Ferrara, patron; Francis V of Austria-d'Este (1819-1875); Giovanni Treccani (1877-1961).
Relation
Type
Text: bound book
Bibliographic Citation
Charles M. Rosenberg. "Bible of Borso d’Este." Oxford Art Online. http://www.oxfordartonline.com ;
Federica Toniolo, La Bibbia di Borso d'Este. Cortesia e magnificenza a Ferrara tra Tardogotico e Rinascimento, in La Bibbia di Borso d'Este, Commentario al codice, v.2, Modena, Franco Cosimo Panini, 1997.
Federica Toniolo, La Bibbia di Borso d'Este. Cortesia e magnificenza a Ferrara tra Tardogotico e Rinascimento, in La Bibbia di Borso d'Este, Commentario al codice, v.2, Modena, Franco Cosimo Panini, 1997.
Contributor
Debra Taylor Cashion, PhD, MLIS
Collection Items
St. Jerome's Prologue to the Bible
Script: Textualis rotunda in two columns of 51 lines. Decoration: 14-line historiated initial with an author portrait of St. Jerome; panel borders on four sides with historiated medallions of marks of ownership.
Genesis 1:22-4:11
Script: Textualis rotunda in two columns of 51 lines. Decoration, recto: 1 four-line initial, 1 two-line initial; historiated borders on four sides with scenes from Genesis and medallions with marks of ownership.