St. Jerome's Prologue to the Bible

Dublin Core

Identifier

BB_Bible_0001

MS V.G.12 = LAT.423, fol. 002

Coverage

Modena, Italy

Subject

Bible, Latin Vulgate

Title

St. Jerome's Prologue to the Bible

Table Of Contents

Incipit: Incipit prologus Sancti Ieronymi ad Paulinum...
Explicit: ...quem ceteri non videbant. Ha//[braam vidit diem eius...]

Format

Codex; 311 leaves (vol. 1) ; parchment; 375 x 265 mm

Description

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.

Creator

Taddeo Crivelli, Franco dei Russi and others.

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); Archduke Franz-Ferdinand of Austria-d'Este (1863-1914); Giovanni Treccani (1877-1961).

Relation

Type

Text: Old Testament

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.

Contributor

Pietro Paolo Marone, scribe.

Files

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Citation

Taddeo Crivelli, Franco dei Russi and others., “St. Jerome's Prologue to the Bible,” Broken Books, accessed March 19, 2024, https://brokenbooks.omeka.net/items/show/80.