Bible (part), Walters Art Museum MS. W.805
Mar 11, 2016
This large-scale manuscript contains the first eight Old Testament books, Genesis through Ruth. The date of completion is given as February 2, 1507. The illumination of the Creation within a cosmographic scheme is based in part on the woodcut illustrations of the Creation in the 1483 Koberger Bible and the 1493 Nuremberg chronicle by the same printer. Large historiated initials mark the beginning of each book. This large-format form of the Bible was revived in the low countries and Rhineland in the mid fifteenth century; later in the century such books were being made in southeast Germany and Bohemia. The style of the miniatures in this manuscript is typical of upper Austrian miniature painting of the later fifteenth century.
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http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0/legalcodePublished 2011
A digital facsimile of Walters Ms. W.805, Bible (part)Title: Bible (Jerome's prefaces, Pentateuch, Joshua, Judges, Ruth, chapter lists)
Published by: The Walters Art Museum600 N. Charles Street Baltimore, MD 21201
http://www.thewalters.org/
This document is a digital facsimile of a manuscript belonging to the Walters Art Museum, inBaltimore, Maryland, in the United States. It is one of a number of manuscripts that have beendigitized as part of a project generously funded by the National Endowment for the Humanities,and by an anonymous donor to the Walters Art Museum. More details about the manuscripts atthe Walters can be found by visiting The Walters Art Museum's website www.thewalters.org. Forfurther information about this book, and online resources for Walters manuscripts, please contactus through the Walters Website by email, and ask for your message to be directed to the Departmentof Manuscripts.
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Shelf mark Walters Art Museum Ms. W.805
Descriptive Title Bible (part)
Text title Bible (Jerome's prefaces, Pentateuch, Joshua, Judges, Ruth,chapter lists)
Abstract This large-scale manuscript contains the first eight OldTestament books, Genesis through Ruth. The date ofcompletion is given as February 2, 1507. The illuminationof the Creation within a cosmographic scheme is based inpart on the woodcut illustrations of the Creation in the 1483Koberger Bible and the 1493 Nuremberg chronicle by thesame printer. Large historiated initials mark the beginning ofeach book. This large-format form of the Bible was revived inthe low countries and Rhineland in the mid fifteenth century;later in the century such books were being made in southeastGermany and Bohemia. The style of the miniatures in thismanuscript is typical of upper Austrian miniature painting ofthe later fifteenth century.
Date Dated February 2, 1507 CE
Origin Austria or Bohemia
Form Book
Genre Scriptural
Language The primary language in this manuscript is Latin.
Colophon fol. 160v:Transliteration: 1507 4 nonas februariasTranslation: February 2, 1507
Support material Parchment
Cream-colored parchment of medium thickness
Extent Foliation: i+160+iFoliation in pencil in upper right corners of rectos; flyleavesof added laid paper
Collation Formula: i, 1-20(8), i
Catchwords: None
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Signatures: Sheet signatures of the type ai, aii, aiii, aiiiivisible at the bottom right corners of the rectos of the firstfour leaves of each quire, in most cases
Comments: Quires begin on fols. 1(1), 9(2), 17(3),25(4), 33(5), 41(6), 49(7), 57(8), 65(9), 73(10), 81(11),89(12), 97(13), 105(14), 113(15), 121(16), 129(17), 137(18),145(19), 153(20)
Dimensions 29.7 cm wide by 42.3 cm high
Written surface 20.5 cm wide by 31.5 cm high
Layout Columns: 2Ruled lines: 34Ruled in light brown ink
Contents fols. 1r - 160v:Title: Bible (Jerome's prefaces, Pentateuch, Joshua,Judges, Ruth, chapter lists)Contents: Fols. 1r-5v: Incipit epistola beati hieronymipresbyteri ad Paulinum presbiteram de omnibus divinehystorie libris (Frater Ambrosius [Stegmüller 284]);fols. 5v-6r: Incipit prefatio beati hieronimi presbiteriin Pentateucum (Desiderii mei desideratas accepi[Stegmüller 285]); fol. 6r: Incipit liber Genesisqui dicitur Hebraice bresith. Capitulum primum;fols. 6v-37v: Genesis; fols. 37v-61v: Incipit liberHellesmoth quem nos Exodi dicimus. Capitulumprimum, Exodus; fols. 62r-78r: Incipit vagethra idest liber Leviticus. Capitulum primum, Leviticus;fol. 78r: Incipit vadegeber id est Numeri. Capitulumprimum; fols. 78v-102r: Numbers; fols. 102r-124r:Incipit liber Elleaddaberim qui Deuteronomiumprenotatur. De quorumdam mandatorum epilogationecum determinatoribus quibusdam additis. Capitulumprimum, Deuteronomy; fols. 124r-124v: Incipitprologus beati hieronymi presbyteri in librum Iosue(Tandem finito Pentateucho [Stegmüller 311]); fol.124v: Incipit argumentum (Iesus filius nave typum[Stegmüller 307]); fols. 124v-140r: Incipit liber
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Iosue. De Iosue qualiter receptus est in locumMoysi et eius edicto ad principes de transmeationeIordani. Capitulum primum, Joshua; fols. 140r-155v:Incipit liber Sopthim quem nos Iudicium appellamus.Quomodo Iudas pugnavit contra chananeum absquedeletionem aliquorum habitantium in terra. Capitulumprimum, Judges; fols. 155v-157v: Incipit liber Ruth.De peregrinatione elimelech et Noemi uxoris suetempore famis in regione moabitarum ac de reditueiusdem cum Ruth nuru sua. Capitulum primum,Ruth; fols. 158r-158v: Incipit capitulatio libri Genesis.L. Capitula continentis (De creatione celi Empirei);fols. 158v-159v: Incipit capitulatio libri Exodi. XL.Capitula continentis (De servitute et oneribus filiorumIsrael); fols. 159v-160r: Incipit capitulatio libri Leviticiqui XXVII continet capitula (De holocaustis filiorumIsrahel); fols. 160r-160v: Incipit capitulatio libriNumerorum qui in XXXVI dividitur capitulaHand note: Written in Gothic bookhand (textura);chapter list and colophon written in a secondhand; punctus flexus punctuation possibly indicatingCistercian or Carthusian useDecoration note: One half-page miniature; eight largehistoriated initials (11 lines); chapter initials in redor blue throughout (3 lines); headings, rubrics, andexplicits in red; rubric to preface on fol. 1r in gold; textin dark brown ink
Decoration fol. 1r:Title: St. Jerome in his studyForm: Historiated initial "F," 9 linesText: Jerome's letter to Paulinus
fol. 6v:Title: Creation of the world and EveForm: Half-page miniatureText: Genesis
fol. 37v:Title: Moses before the burning bushForm: Historiated initial "H," 11 lines
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Text: Exodus
fol. 62r:Title: Moses explains the law to two IsraelitesForm: Historiated initial "V," 11 linesText: Leviticus
fol. 78v:Title: God appears to Moses and a group of IsraelitesForm: Historiated initial "L," 11 linesText: Numbers
fol. 102r:Title: Moses preaches to the Israelites from a pulpitForm: Historiated initial "H," 11 linesText: Deuteronomy
fol. 124v:Title: Joshua, in silver armor, leads the assault onJerichoForm: Historiated initial "E," 11 linesText: Joshua
fol. 140r:Title: Samson kills the lionForm: Historiated initial "P," 11 linesText: Judges
fol. 155v:Title: Naomi and RuthForm: Historiated initial "I," 11 linesText: Ruth
Binding The binding is original.
Blind-stamped tanned leather over heavy wooden boards;sewn in six bands; boards ruled with a frame and diaperpattern and stamped with floral tools, as well as lozenge-shaped rosettes, lilies, and quatrefoils; nine (of the originalten) elaborate, pierced metal fittings for stubs of claspsand catches present (clasps themselves lacking); extensivelyrebacked
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Provenance Finished on February 2, 1507, in Bohemia(?); made formonastic use, probably Cistercian or Carthusian
Unknown monastic owner, eighteenth century ("Nr. 78"written on front pastedown)
November 9, 1931, Sotheby's London, lot 216, to Marks(?)
Otto Ege, Cleveland, bought in 1932 from E. Dawson, LosAngeles
Walters Art Museum, December 11, 1984, purchased fromSotheby's London, no. 54
Acquisition Museum purchase
Bibliography De Ricci, Seymour. Census of Medieval and RenaissanceManuscripts in the United States and Canada. Vol. 2. NewYork: H. W. Wilson Company, 1937, p. 1938, no. 6.
Randall, Lilian M. C. "Tradition in Transition." The WaltersArt Gallery Bulletin 38, no. 3 (1984): 1-2.
Hindman, Sandra. Important Western Medieval IlluminatedManuscripts and Illuminated Leaves. Akron, OH: BruceFerrini, 1987, p. 53.
König. Eberhard. "The History of Art and the History of theBook at the Time of Transition from Manuscript to Print."In Bibliography and the Study of 15th-Century Civilization:Papers Presented at a Colloquium at the British Library,26-28 September 1984, edited by Lotte Hellinga and JohnGoldfinch. London: British Library, 1987, pp. 154-184, n.62.
Contributors Cataloger: Walters Art Museum curatorial staff andresearchers since 1934Editors: Herbert, Lynley; Noel, WilliamCopy editor: Bockrath, DianeConservators: Owen, Linda; Quandt, AbigailContributors: Bockrath, Diane; Dutschke, Consuelo; Emery,Doug; Hamburger, Jeffrey; Noel, William; Sciacca,Christine; Tabritha, Ariel; Toth, Michael B.; Valle, Chiara
http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0/legalcodePublished 2009
The Walters Art Museum600 N. Charles StreetBaltimore, Maryland
21201http://www.thewalters.org/
This document is a digital facsimile of a manuscript belonging to the Walters Art Museum, inBaltimore, Maryland, in the United States. It is one of a number of manuscripts that have beendigitized as part of a project generously funded by the National Endowment for the Humanities,and by an anonymous donor to the Walters Art Museum. More details about the manuscripts atthe Walters can be found by visiting The Walters Art Museum's website www.thewalters.org. Forfurther information about this book, and online resources for Walters manuscripts, please contactus through the Walters Website by email, and ask for your message to be directed to the Departmentof Manuscripts.
http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0/legalcodePublished 2009
The Walters Art Museum600 N. Charles StreetBaltimore, Maryland
21201http://www.thewalters.org/
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