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
Title from item., Date derived from printmaker's date of death., Place of publication from item., Trimmed within plate mark., Text below title: Dedié à Monseigneur Louis André de Grimaldi; des Princes de Monaco, Evèque Comte de Noyon, pais de France; Le Tableau Original se trouve dans la Collection du Sr. Basan; Se vend à Paris ches Basan et Poignant rue et Hotel Serpente; Par son très humble et très Obéissant serviteur Basan., This electronic record is derived from historic data and may not reflect our current information. Review and updating of records is ongoing., and Temporary local Medical Library subject terms: Miracle cures.
Publisher:
Se vend à Paris ches Basan et Poignant rue et Hotel Serpente
Subject (Name):
Jesus Christ
Subject (Topic):
Miracles, Medicine in the Bible, Healing of the paralytic (Miracle)., Biblical events, People with disabilities, Litters, Sick persons, Camels, and Obelisks
Ludolf, von Sachsen, approximately 1300-1377 or 1378
Published / Created:
[between 1500 and 1550]
Call Number:
Manuscript 55 vault
Image Count:
16
Resource Type:
text
Abstract:
Illuminated manuscript fragments of medical interest, on parchment, of a collection of Orationes in Ludolf von Sachsen's Vita Christi. F. 1: inveniri. Fac ut voluntatem ... resurgat a peccatis. (I. 40-42); f. 2: Domine deus om[n]ipotens ... verbo dei ac mee [et] (I. 71-72); f. 3: Presta misericors deus ... stent portitores occasiones pec (I. 42-44); f. 4: aliorum saluti. Amen ... preterit a peccata (I. 73-74); f. 5: tionum flatibus et motibus ... crucis ascendisti in (I. 46-48).
Alternative Title:
Vita Christi
Description:
In Latin., Formerly known as "The Book of Hours." Leaves identified by Peter Kidd, 2017, as part of the Vita Christi of Ludolph of Saxony. Additional leaves discovered in the Harry Ransom, HRC Leaf 18, and Detroit Art Institute, reference number 69.277., Title devised by cataloger., Script: humanist minuscule., Decoration: text in yellow frame. Two-line initials in white, blue, and gold with floral motifs. Titles in blue ink. Red, blue, and gold line fillers., Ten miniatures in ink, tempera, and gold, framed by columns: Jesus, accompanied by two apostles, heals man with leprosy (f. 1r); Jesus, accompanied by two apostles, stands beside centurion and bed-ridden servant (f. 1v); Jesus stands in field of wheat, accompanied by three apostles (f. 2r); Jesus, accompanied by apostle, heals man with withered hand--two men (Pharisees) stand behind him (f. 2v); Jesus frees possessed man from red demon (f. 3v); Jesus raises child from grave--mother looks on (f. 3v); Jesus frees possessed man from red demon (f. 4r); Jesus in front of city, talks to crowd (f. 4v); Jesus, accompanied by unidentified person, frees two possessed men from black and gold demons (f. 5r); Jesus, accompanied by unidentified person, heals bed-ridden paralyzed man (f. 5v)., Layout: written in 1 column of 21 lines., Binding: modern cloth binding over pasteboard signed by binder: Bound by J. Desmonts / J. Macdonald Co. / Norwalk. Conn., and Foliation of original sequence(?) in modern pencil on recto: 38, 55, 39, 72, 72.y52; and foliation of order of fragments (i.e., 1-5) in modern pencil on verso.
Subject (Geographic):
France.
Subject (Name):
Jesus Christ
Subject (Topic):
Miracles, Healing, Biblical teaching, and Illumination of books and manuscripts, Medieval
Title and date supplied by curator., Place of publication supplied by curator., and This electronic record is derived from historic data and may not reflect our current information. Review and updating of records is ongoing.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Name):
Jesus Christ
Subject (Topic):
Miracles, Exorcism, Healers, Sick persons, and Demons
