drew university special collections medieval texts & images...illuminated initials & decorated...
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Drew UniversitySpecial Collections
Medieval Texts & Images
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Early Greek Texts
Late 11th century Lectionary of the Gospels,parchment
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Early Greek Texts
Late 11th century Lectionary of the Gospels,parchment
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Early Greek Texts
12th century Lectionary of the Gospels,parchment
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Early Greek Texts
12th century Lectionary of the Gospels,parchment
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Early Greek Texts
Parchment consumed by insects
12th century Lectionary of the Gospels,parchment
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Early Greek Texts
11th century Lectionary of the Gospels,parchment
Parchment affected by fungus
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Early Greek Texts
Parchment affected by fungus
11th century Lectionary of the Gospels,parchment
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15th century Antiphonal (Choral Book),parchment
Materiality
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HairSide
FleshSide
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1240 Dominican Vulgate Bible,parchment
Note the size comparison to the pencil
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1240 Dominican Vulgate Bible,parchment
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1240 Dominican Vulgate Bible,parchment
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15th century Book of Hours,parchment
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c.1440 French Book of Hours, parchment
Illuminated Initials &Decorated Margins
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c.1440 French Book of Hours (detail), parchment
Illuminated Initials &Decorated Margins
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c.1440 French Book of Hours, parchment
Illuminated Initials &Decorated Margins
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c.1460 French Book of Hours, parchment
Illuminated Initials &Decorated Margins
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c.1460 French Book of Hours (detail),parchment
Dragon
Illuminated Initials &Decorated Margins
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c.1460 French Book of Hours, parchment
Illuminated Initials &Decorated Margins
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c.1470 Pope Leo I, Sermons and epistles, Rome, paper
Illuminated Initials &Decorated MarginsWith Printed Text
White vine-stemBorders
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White vine-stemborders
c.1470 Pope Leo I (detail)
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c.1470 Pope Leo I (detail)
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c.1470 Pope Leo I (detail)
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c.1470 Pope Leo I (detail)
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c.1470 Pope Leo I (detail)
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c.1470 Pope Leo I (detail)
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c.1478 Pope Gregory IX, Nova compilation decretalium, paper
Decorated Initials & MarginsWith Printed Text
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c.1478 Pope Gregory IX, Nova compilation decretalium(detail), paper
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c.1481 Bartolomeo Platina, Vitae pontificum, paper
Decorated Initials
With Printed Text
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c.1483 Saint Hieronymous, In antiquorum patrum vitas.., paper
Decorated InitialsWith Printed Text
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Example of a “ghosted” imagec.1491 Guido de MonteRocherii, Liber qui manipuluscuratoru inscribitur, paper
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c.1478 Biblia Sacra, paper
Illuminated Initials &Decorated MarginsWith Printed Text
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c.1478 Biblia Sacra (detail), paper
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c.1520 French book of hours, parchment
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c.1520 French book of hours, parchment
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c.1479 Thomas Aquinas, Secundus liber questioum, paper
Illuminated Initials &Decorated MarginsWith Printed Text
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c.1479 Thomas Aquinas, Secundus liber questioum(detail), paper
Shell gold
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c.1491 Peter Lombard, Perlutratio in librosIV sententiarum, paper
Gold leaf, tooled
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c.1493 Nicolaus de Lyra, Postilla, 4 volumes, paper
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c.1493 Nicolaus de Lyra, Postilla, 4 volumes, paper
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c.1493 Nicolaus de Lyra, Postilla, 4 volumes, paper
Silver application
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c.1493 Nicolaus de Lyra, Postilla, 4 volumes, paper
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c.1493 Nicolaus de Lyra, Postilla, 4 volumes, paper
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c.1493 Nicolaus de Lyra, Postilla, 4 volumes, paper
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c.1493 Liber chronicarum (Nuremberg Chronicle), paper
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c.1493 Liber chronicarum (Nuremberg Chronicle) (detail of Pope Joan and God Almighty), paper
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c.1493 Liber chronicarum (Nuremberg Chronicle) (detail of werewolf and Dance of Death), paper