(Q43521)
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Bible
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Gentiluzi, Niccolò Berti Martini de', approximately 1388-1468
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Jones, Herschel V. 1861-1928
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Historiated initials--Italy--15th century
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Illuminations (paintings)--Italy--15th century
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Decorated initials--Italy--15th century
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1452-1453
15. century
1452Gregorian
1453Gregorian
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Extent: ff. 489 + i : parchment ; 243 x 336 mm
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Title from printed catalog.
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Support: Parchment.
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Layout: 12(1 is pastedown) 24 3-3610 3712 3810(through f. 367) 39-4710 486(-6; through f. 462) 4910 508 518(+1). Catchwords horizontally in the inside lower margin. 2 columns of 56 lines ruled in light brown ink, double bounding lines at the sides and single lines top and bottom; additional double rule in upper margin for running headlines.
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Decoration: Full page miniature of mediocre quality, f. 1v, added perhaps late in the fifteenth century, of the Expulsion from the Garden of Eden.
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Other Decoration: Genesis initial I the length of the text and almost the width of the first column in gold strapwork on white vine stem with a bust of Moses holding the tablets of the Law; on the same page, full border of white vine stem with birds, dragonflies, putti and a coat of arms. Similar opening page to the New Testament, somewhat rubbed. Similar initials for the books and prologues...
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Signed and dated 14 times, with dates between 1452 and 1453, by Niccolò Berti Martini de' Gentiluzi (approximately 1388-1468) often with a motto (cf. f. 91, "Nichil inpossibile est amori"), and twice with the motto alone.
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Assigned Date: s. XVmed.
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Input into Digital Scriptorium by: C. W. Dutschke, 2/11/2012.
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Coat of arms on f. 5, azure, a castle with 4 towers argent. Sotheby's, 31 July 1912, n. 197 to Quaritch. Quaritch Cat. 321 (December 1912) n. 253. Belonged to Herschel V. Jones (1861-1928) of Minneapolis.
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22 July 2024
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22 July 2024
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