Date of publication from ESTC., Verse of 26 lines in acrostic form; first lines: O God, my God! In rivers of my tears I come to thee., Below imprint: Price One Penny, or 8d per dozen., Mounted on leaf 16. Copy trimmed., and Bound in three-quarters red morocco leather with marbled boards, with spine title stamped in gold: Old English ballads, woodcuts, vol. 3.
Publisher:
Printed and sold by W. Bailey, at No. 28 Great Tower-street, London
Beinecke copy : the text v. is marked as v. 1, the plates as v. 2., Beinecke copy imperfect: fourth leaf (blank) and last leaf (blank) wanting., T.p. engraved., The statement of responsibility appears after the edition statement., Plates in accompanying v. engraved by Antonie, Jeronimus and Jan Wierix, Adriaen and Jan Collaert and Carel van Mallery, mostly after designs by Bernardino Passeri and Maerten de Vos., Edited by Jacobus Ximenes., The register lists the prelim. gathering as having six leaves., Signatures: [dagger]⁴ A-2A⁶, ²2A-2G⁶ ²2H⁴., and Accompanied by: Euangelicae historiae imagines : exordine Euangeliorum, quae toto anno in Missae sacrificio recitantur ... / auctore Hieronymo Natali ... Antuerpiae ... M.D.XCIII ([10] p., 153 leaves of plates : 153 ill. ; 33 cm. (fol.)). The plates have a second series of numbers corresponding to their place in the text.
Manuscript roll, on parchment, in a single hand, illuminated, containing the "Arma Christi" poem and other prayers, in Dutch, including prayers ascribed to Popes Sixtus IV and Alexander VI. The prayers are preceded by a rubric instructing readers to kneel as they recite the prayers in order to obtain an indulgence
Description:
In Dutch., Layout: single column of text., Script: gothic., Decoration: Rubricated. Initials in red or blue. Large miniature at head of roll containing a bust of Christ wearing a crown of thorns, displaying his stigmata, and surrounded by the "arma Christi" (also known as the Instruments of the Passion). On a blue ground in gold frame. One large decorated initial immediately below miniature. Text accompanied by decorated borders on both sides., and Binding: section of leather sewn to top of scroll. Accompanied by seventeenth-century? fabric case with fabric and metal appliqués.
Subject (Geographic):
Connecticut, New Haven., and Netherlands
Subject (Name):
Jesus Christ and Catholic Church
Subject (Topic):
Passion, Dutch, Illumination of books and manuscripts, Medieval, Indulgences, Manuscripts, Medieval, and Religious life and customs
Woodblock depicting scene of the miracle of Christ stilling the wind and waves
Description:
Accompanied by: Christmas card from "the Wilsons," dated 1930, containing a print made from the woodblock and attributing the block to a craftsman in the Netherlands, circa 1480., Date uncertain., Bookplate: Arthur and Charlotte Vershbow., and Binding: modern cloth case.
Subject (Geographic):
Connecticut and New Haven.
Subject (Name):
Jesus Christ
Subject (Topic):
Miracles, Art, Manuscripts, Medieval, and Christian art and symbolism
Hodges, C. H. (Charles Howard), 1764-1837, printmaker
Published / Created:
[1 January 1788]
Call Number:
Folio 49 3582 (Oversize)
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"The naked body of Christ laid on a stone slab covered with a cloth, supported by Mary Magdalen; the Virgin fainting and a crowd of mourners; the crown of thorns and the nails on the ground."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title etched below image, on either side of etched Walpole arms bearing the motto "Fari quae sentiat.", Plate from: A set of prints engraved after the most capital paintings in the collection of ... the Empress of Russia ... London : J. & J. Boydell, 1788, v. 2., Text below title: Print the size of the picture., Sheet trimmed to plate mark., Mounted on page 203 of Horace Walpole's extra-illustrated copy of his: A description of the villa of Mr. Horace Walpole. Strawberry Hill : Printed by Thomas Kirgate, 1784. See Hazen, A.T. Bibliography of the Strawberry Hill Press (1973 ed.), no. 30, copy 12., and Note in brown ink in Horace Walpole's hand on mounting page: See page 68 preceding.
Publisher:
Published Jany. 1st, 1788, by John & Josiah Boydell, No. 90 Cheapside, London
BEIN Zi 3237: Imperfect: leaf A1 wanting., BEIN Beinecke MS 907: Imperfect: leaf H4 wanting; some leaves bled at head, with partial loss of running title. Blind-stamped quarter pigskin binding over wooden boards; with two metal clasps. Manuscript note on rear pastedown: Anno 1561 22 Febr. 3. g. M. Pauli Bussini Magdeburg. Purchased on the Edwin J. Beinecke Book Fund. Number 1 of 6 titles bound together., Translated by Jacob Otther., Incipit: Ad Deum vadit., Place and year of imprint from colophon. Colophon: Sermonis de d[omi]nica passione Eexcellentissimi sacraru[m] littera[rum] interp[re]tis Joannis Gersonis celeberrime Parrhisiorum Academie quondam Cancellarii: finis Argentine. M.D.X. Mense Maio., Ascribed to the press of Mathias Schürer., Signatures: A⁴ b⁸ C-D⁴ E-F⁶ G-I⁴., Final page blank., and Title vignette, woodcut; signed HG, possibly Hans Baldung.
Decorated roll containing the text of the Compendium historiae in genealogia Christi by Peter of Poitiers (Petrus Pictaviensis). The text, presented in genealogical tree format, appears to be a copy of the second version of this work, containing the full text of the first version accompanied by interpolations from the Historia scholastica and other sources
Description:
In Latin., Format: seven membranes sewn together to form one roll., Layout: single vertical column in the form of a genealogical tree., Script: single gothic bookhand., Decoration: text is presented as a genealogical tree, in brown ink, with rubrication; initials in red and blue ink; roundels and planned spaces for diagrams and miniatures (unfinished) outlined in red and blue ink. Linking genealogical tree branches and diagram lines in red and blue ink. Complex grid for layout of design elements ruled in plummet., and Ownership inscriptions at top and bottom of roll: Conradus Mondone Astensis. (Corrado Mondone d'Asti, Master General of the Dominican Order, 1462-1465).
Subject (Geographic):
Connecticut and New Haven.
Subject (Name):
Jesus Christ and Peter, of Poitiers, approximately 1130-1205.
Manuscript on parchment of Petrus Pictaviensis, Compendium historiae in genealogia Christi
Description:
In Latin., Script: Written by a single scribe in fine gothic bookhand, above top line., Genealogical tables accompany text throughout: drawn in red with roundels connected by pairs of parallel lines and aligned between red vertical rulings. Roundels for Adam and Eve, f. 1r, in yellow and blue, respectively; the roundels for their descendants on green ground. The plan of the temple at Jerusalem, f. 4r, in red, green and blue. The roundels for Christ, f. 5r, in blue, yellow, and red. Headings in red; spaces left for decorative initials remain unfilled., Lower portion of f. 1 torn, with loss of text., and Binding: Nineteenth century, Germany. Grubby blue paper wrapper. Title, in ink, on upper cover: "Manuscript des XIII Jahrhunderts. Historia mundi sec. ord. chronol. usque ad mortem Jesu Christi".
Subject (Geographic):
Connecticut and New Haven.
Subject (Name):
Jesus Christ and Petrus, Wiensis, -1183.
Subject (Topic):
Christian literature, Latin (Medieval and modern), Illumination of books and manuscripts, Medieval, and Manuscripts, Medieval
