Manuscript on parchment roll, composed of 15 membranes, of a Chronicle of biblical world history and the genealogy of the kings of England
Description:
In Middle English., Script: Written by a single scribe in a somewhat rough textura., The genealogical diagrams, which are fitted into the empty spaces between the columns of text, begin with a roundel formed of concentric bands of blue, gold and red with a miniature of Adam with Eve, who is being handed an apple by the serpent. From the roundel of Adam and Eve to the Ascension of Christ the successive Biblical names, framed in orange or green squares, are linked by a continuous band in blue, red and gold. The names of the ancestors of the Kings of England, starting with Brutus, appear in red or blue circles, surmounted by gold crowns. Other names are in plain red circles. Linking lines in the genealogies are in red or green. At the appropriate places in the text are inserted schematized diagrams in red and green ink of Noah's Ark, a plan of the Israelite camp in the desert and a plan of the city of Jerusalem., One large illuminated initial for the prologue, 8-line, mauve and blue with white filigree against gold ground thinly edged in black. The initial is filled with a large flower, red, yellow and green, and curling acanthus, orange and green extending into the margin and continued as black inkspray with large leaves, heart-shaped or acanthus, blue, pink, orange, white and green with white filigree, a large orange and gold flower, smaller leaves in gold with blue and pink, gold dots and small green leaves, extending into the upper and left margin to form a partial border. Smaller illuminated initial for the beginning of the main chronicle, 5-line, gold on blue and mauve ground with white filigree. Numerous small initials, 2-line, alternate in gold with blue penwork and blue with red. Paragraph marks alternate in red and blue., and Binding: Unbound.
Subject (Geographic):
Connecticut, New Haven., and Great Britain
Subject (Topic):
History of Biblical events, Illumination of books and manuscripts, Medieval, Kings and rulers, Manuscripts, Medieval, World history, and History
Manuscript, on vellum, of the text of the "short version" of the Polychronicon (final entry is for 1327).
Description:
In Latin., Layout: double columns of between 44 and 51 lines., Script: cursive book hand., Decoration: Rubricated. Approximately 404 marginal drawings in pen and ink, many with yellow wash: mostly portrait roundels, but also including two diagrams of Noah's Ark; views of London, Canterbury, Rome and other places; an image of the Annunciation; and a small T-map. Margins ruled to accomodate the roundels. One illuminated initial and others covered in matte gold., Binding: contemporary calf over wooden boards, rebacked. Upper cover plain; lower cover contains central panel with the letters POLICRONICON created by stamping background with seven-pointed star stamp. Background pattern of diagonal fillets with five-petalled flower in circle stamped at each intersection. Remains of leather clasps and one brass catch. Sewn on six raised bands., and Byname: Takamiya Polychronicon.
Manuscript, on paper, in a single hand, of portions of the text of Higden's Polychronicon. mostly related to the history of England from BRutus to Richard II. Preceded by a table of contents
Description:
In Latin., Numerous marginal annotations in several contemporary and later hands. Marginal note on p. 136 refers to the death of Oliver Cromwell ("tyranno")., Bound with: Martinus Polonus, Margarita decreti seu tabula martiniana decreti (Strasburg, 1493); William Lyndwood, Constitutiones legitime seu legatine regionis anglicane, (Paris, 1504)., Watermark: Briquet 11159?, Layout: single columns of approximately 35 lines., Script: English cursive bookhand., Decoration: Rubricated. Approximately 60 large initials in red with penwork in brown ink., and Binding: late seventeenth-century full calf; blind-ruled, with crown stamp in the corners. The binder has been identified as a London binder who also worked for Samuel Pepys. Metal chain attached from the upper cover, fourteen links, a ring on either end, and a middle swivel.
duodecima mensis Iulij anno salutis n[ost]r[a]e. 1493.
Call Number:
ZZi 2084
Image Count:
12
Alternative Title:
Liber chronicarum, Registrum huius operis libri cronicarum cum in figuris et imagibus ab inicio mundi, Libri cronicarum cu[m] figuris et ÿmagi[ni]bus ab inicio mu[n]di, Libri cronicarum cum in figuris et imagibus ab inicio mundi, Epitoma operu[m] sex dieru[m] de mu[n]di fabrica, and Nuremberg chronicle
Description:
BAC: British Art Center copy bound in 16th-century blind-tooled leather over wood boards. Provenance: Bernhard I, Duke of Saxe-Meiningen, 1649-1706 (with his initials on verso of title page); Paul Mellon., BEIN 1977 Folio 25: Imperfect: some lower margins bled and repaired., BEIN 1977 Folio 25: For fuller description see collation-slip in volume., BEIN 1999 Folio 15: 47 cm. Imperfect: leaves 1, 17, 51, 58, 101, 259, 261, 264, 267, 285, 290 wanting., BEIN 1999 Folio 15: Title page and leaf 268 illuminated., BEIN 2012 Folio 153: Bookplate of A. Hachette., BEIN 2012 Folio 153: For fuller description see collation-slip in volume., BEIN 2012 Folio 154: 49 cm., in case 53 cm. For fuller description see collation-slip in volume., BEIN ZZi 2084: Provenance: Unidentified shelfmarks "1157," "1152," and "11019" (front pastedown). Armorial binding of Paul Petau, with motto: Non est mortale quod opto. Monogram of Alexandre Petau. Autograph and manuscript note of Charles duc de Croy. Autograph of Lalaing. Autograph and armorial bookplate of the Marquises of Ormonde (Ossory), with motto: Comme je trouve (recto front flyleaf). Bibliographical note in modern hand (recto second front flyleaf). Gift of Frank Altschul, 1969., BEIN ZZi 2084: Binding: 45 cm. Mottled calf over paper pasteboards, gold-tooled with arms of Paul Petau and monograph of Alexandre Petau. Spine title: Chronicarum., BEIN BrSides 2024 25: Imperfect: leaves LIIII and CCLXXII only, with text concerning the Persians and Constantinople. Leaves were trimmed with loss of text. Formerly used as end paper in former binding of Geiler von Kaysersberg, Das schiff der penitentz. To view title, search by call number Zg 16 G27 +514., Imprint from second colophon., Leaves printed on both sides., Unsigned gatherings., First colophon (CCLXVIr): Completo in famosissima Nurembergensi vrbi Operi de hystorijs etatum mundi, ac descriptione vrbium. felix imponitur finis. Collectum breui tempore Auxilio doctoris hartma[n]ni Schedel. qua fieri potuit diligentia. Anno [christ]i Millesimo quadringentesimo nonagesimotercio. die quarto mensis Iunij. Deo igitur optimo. sint laudes infinite., Second colophon ([CCC]v): ADest nunc studiose lector finis libri Cronicarum per viam epithomatis [et] breuiarij compilati opus q[ui]dem preclarum. [et] a doctissimo quoq[ue] comparandum. Continet e[ni]m gesta. quecu[m]q[ue] digniora sunt notatu ab initio mu[n]di ad hanc vsq[ue] te[m]poris nostri calamitatem. Castigatu[m]q[ue] a viris doctissimis vt magis elaboratum in lucem prodiret. Ad intuitu[m] autem [et] preces prouidoru[m] ciuiu[m] Sebaldi Schreyer [et] Sebastiani kamermaister hunc librum dominus Anthonius koberger Nuremberge impressit. Adhibitis tame[n] viris mathematicis pingendiq[ue] arte peritissimis. Michaele wolgemut et wilhelmo Pleydenwurff. quaru[m] solerti acuratissimaq[ue] animaduersione tum ciuitatum tum illustrium virorum figure inserte sunt. Consummatu[m] autem duodecima mensis Iulij. Anno salutis n[ost]re 1493., With two colophons, one dated 4 June 1493, marking the end of the work of Hartmann Schedel; the remainder of the text, with colophon dated 12 July 1493, was the work of Georg Alt. See Wilson, Adrian, The making of the Nuremberg chronicle, 1976, page 156., Printed on Imperial-sized paper; table and parts of text in 2 columns; 64 lines plus headline to a full page; area of text 352 (366) x 223 mm. Includes initial spaces in the table and on leaves i, cclxii, and leaf [iv] (third group); printed initials elsewhere. With foliation, without catchwords and signatures., Signatures (as given by BMC and others): *⁶ **⁶ ***⁸ a⁶ b-d⁴ e-h⁶ i² k⁴ l-n⁶ o² p-q⁶ r-y⁴ z⁶ 2a-2c⁶ 2d² 2e⁶ 2f⁴ 2m-2z⁶ A-K⁶ L⁶⁻² M⁶. The double-leaf map of Europe is printed on leaves L3 and L4, with presentation of the map on L3r and the second colophon on L4v; L5-6 are cancelled. M1r-5v (without foliation) contain "De Sarmacia regione Europe," with Latin sapphics on the exploits of Maximilian on M5v; M6 is blank., Leaves CCLVIIII-CCLXI are blank except for headlines to allow for readers' additions, as noted on CCLVIIIv., Contains 1809 woodcut illustrations (of which 1164 are repeats) by Michael Wolgemut, Wilhelm Pleydenwurff, and Albrecht Dürer, and two woodcut maps., World map printed across leaves XIIv and XIIIr., Variants listed by W.B. Todd, The book collector, 1964, p. 497-98, and in Wilson., Disputed passage relating to alleged discovery of America by Behaim and Camus on CCXCr., and BAC Leaf Collection no. 0675: Imperfect: three leaves only, including leaf [267]. From a collection of fifteenth- and sixteenth-century printed leaves compiled by Frederick Werther, with his enumeration stamped in ink.
duodecima mensis Iulij anno salutis n[ost]r[a]e. 1493.
Call Number:
2012 Folio 154
Image Count:
8
Alternative Title:
Liber chronicarum, Registrum huius operis libri cronicarum cum in figuris et imagibus ab inicio mundi, Libri cronicarum cu[m] figuris et ÿmagi[ni]bus ab inicio mu[n]di, Libri cronicarum cum in figuris et imagibus ab inicio mundi, Epitoma operu[m] sex dieru[m] de mu[n]di fabrica, and Nuremberg chronicle
Description:
BAC: British Art Center copy bound in 16th-century blind-tooled leather over wood boards. Provenance: Bernhard I, Duke of Saxe-Meiningen, 1649-1706 (with his initials on verso of title page); Paul Mellon., BEIN 1977 Folio 25: Imperfect: some lower margins bled and repaired., BEIN 1977 Folio 25: For fuller description see collation-slip in volume., BEIN 1999 Folio 15: 47 cm. Imperfect: leaves 1, 17, 51, 58, 101, 259, 261, 264, 267, 285, 290 wanting., BEIN 1999 Folio 15: Title page and leaf 268 illuminated., BEIN 2012 Folio 153: Bookplate of A. Hachette., BEIN 2012 Folio 153: For fuller description see collation-slip in volume., BEIN 2012 Folio 154: 49 cm., in case 53 cm. For fuller description see collation-slip in volume., BEIN ZZi 2084: Provenance: Unidentified shelfmarks "1157," "1152," and "11019" (front pastedown). Armorial binding of Paul Petau, with motto: Non est mortale quod opto. Monogram of Alexandre Petau. Autograph and manuscript note of Charles duc de Croy. Autograph of Lalaing. Autograph and armorial bookplate of the Marquises of Ormonde (Ossory), with motto: Comme je trouve (recto front flyleaf). Bibliographical note in modern hand (recto second front flyleaf). Gift of Frank Altschul, 1969., BEIN ZZi 2084: Binding: 45 cm. Mottled calf over paper pasteboards, gold-tooled with arms of Paul Petau and monograph of Alexandre Petau. Spine title: Chronicarum., BEIN BrSides 2024 25: Imperfect: leaves LIIII and CCLXXII only, with text concerning the Persians and Constantinople. Leaves were trimmed with loss of text. Formerly used as end paper in former binding of Geiler von Kaysersberg, Das schiff der penitentz. To view title, search by call number Zg 16 G27 +514., Imprint from second colophon., Leaves printed on both sides., Unsigned gatherings., First colophon (CCLXVIr): Completo in famosissima Nurembergensi vrbi Operi de hystorijs etatum mundi, ac descriptione vrbium. felix imponitur finis. Collectum breui tempore Auxilio doctoris hartma[n]ni Schedel. qua fieri potuit diligentia. Anno [christ]i Millesimo quadringentesimo nonagesimotercio. die quarto mensis Iunij. Deo igitur optimo. sint laudes infinite., Second colophon ([CCC]v): ADest nunc studiose lector finis libri Cronicarum per viam epithomatis [et] breuiarij compilati opus q[ui]dem preclarum. [et] a doctissimo quoq[ue] comparandum. Continet e[ni]m gesta. quecu[m]q[ue] digniora sunt notatu ab initio mu[n]di ad hanc vsq[ue] te[m]poris nostri calamitatem. Castigatu[m]q[ue] a viris doctissimis vt magis elaboratum in lucem prodiret. Ad intuitu[m] autem [et] preces prouidoru[m] ciuiu[m] Sebaldi Schreyer [et] Sebastiani kamermaister hunc librum dominus Anthonius koberger Nuremberge impressit. Adhibitis tame[n] viris mathematicis pingendiq[ue] arte peritissimis. Michaele wolgemut et wilhelmo Pleydenwurff. quaru[m] solerti acuratissimaq[ue] animaduersione tum ciuitatum tum illustrium virorum figure inserte sunt. Consummatu[m] autem duodecima mensis Iulij. Anno salutis n[ost]re 1493., With two colophons, one dated 4 June 1493, marking the end of the work of Hartmann Schedel; the remainder of the text, with colophon dated 12 July 1493, was the work of Georg Alt. See Wilson, Adrian, The making of the Nuremberg chronicle, 1976, page 156., Printed on Imperial-sized paper; table and parts of text in 2 columns; 64 lines plus headline to a full page; area of text 352 (366) x 223 mm. Includes initial spaces in the table and on leaves i, cclxii, and leaf [iv] (third group); printed initials elsewhere. With foliation, without catchwords and signatures., Signatures (as given by BMC and others): *⁶ **⁶ ***⁸ a⁶ b-d⁴ e-h⁶ i² k⁴ l-n⁶ o² p-q⁶ r-y⁴ z⁶ 2a-2c⁶ 2d² 2e⁶ 2f⁴ 2m-2z⁶ A-K⁶ L⁶⁻² M⁶. The double-leaf map of Europe is printed on leaves L3 and L4, with presentation of the map on L3r and the second colophon on L4v; L5-6 are cancelled. M1r-5v (without foliation) contain "De Sarmacia regione Europe," with Latin sapphics on the exploits of Maximilian on M5v; M6 is blank., Leaves CCLVIIII-CCLXI are blank except for headlines to allow for readers' additions, as noted on CCLVIIIv., Contains 1809 woodcut illustrations (of which 1164 are repeats) by Michael Wolgemut, Wilhelm Pleydenwurff, and Albrecht Dürer, and two woodcut maps., World map printed across leaves XIIv and XIIIr., Variants listed by W.B. Todd, The book collector, 1964, p. 497-98, and in Wilson., Disputed passage relating to alleged discovery of America by Behaim and Camus on CCXCr., and BAC Leaf Collection no. 0675: Imperfect: three leaves only, including leaf [267]. From a collection of fifteenth- and sixteenth-century printed leaves compiled by Frederick Werther, with his enumeration stamped in ink.
duodecima mensis Iulij anno salutis n[ost]r[a]e. 1493.
Call Number:
1999 Folio 15
Image Count:
7
Alternative Title:
Liber chronicarum, Registrum huius operis libri cronicarum cum in figuris et imagibus ab inicio mundi, Libri cronicarum cu[m] figuris et ÿmagi[ni]bus ab inicio mu[n]di, Libri cronicarum cum in figuris et imagibus ab inicio mundi, Epitoma operu[m] sex dieru[m] de mu[n]di fabrica, and Nuremberg chronicle
Description:
BAC: British Art Center copy bound in 16th-century blind-tooled leather over wood boards. Provenance: Bernhard I, Duke of Saxe-Meiningen, 1649-1706 (with his initials on verso of title page); Paul Mellon., BEIN 1977 Folio 25: Imperfect: some lower margins bled and repaired., BEIN 1977 Folio 25: For fuller description see collation-slip in volume., BEIN 1999 Folio 15: 47 cm. Imperfect: leaves 1, 17, 51, 58, 101, 259, 261, 264, 267, 285, 290 wanting., BEIN 1999 Folio 15: Title page and leaf 268 illuminated., BEIN 2012 Folio 153: Bookplate of A. Hachette., BEIN 2012 Folio 153: For fuller description see collation-slip in volume., BEIN 2012 Folio 154: 49 cm., in case 53 cm. For fuller description see collation-slip in volume., BEIN ZZi 2084: Provenance: Unidentified shelfmarks "1157," "1152," and "11019" (front pastedown). Armorial binding of Paul Petau, with motto: Non est mortale quod opto. Monogram of Alexandre Petau. Autograph and manuscript note of Charles duc de Croy. Autograph of Lalaing. Autograph and armorial bookplate of the Marquises of Ormonde (Ossory), with motto: Comme je trouve (recto front flyleaf). Bibliographical note in modern hand (recto second front flyleaf). Gift of Frank Altschul, 1969., BEIN ZZi 2084: Binding: 45 cm. Mottled calf over paper pasteboards, gold-tooled with arms of Paul Petau and monograph of Alexandre Petau. Spine title: Chronicarum., BEIN BrSides 2024 25: Imperfect: leaves LIIII and CCLXXII only, with text concerning the Persians and Constantinople. Leaves were trimmed with loss of text. Formerly used as end paper in former binding of Geiler von Kaysersberg, Das schiff der penitentz. To view title, search by call number Zg 16 G27 +514., Imprint from second colophon., Leaves printed on both sides., Unsigned gatherings., First colophon (CCLXVIr): Completo in famosissima Nurembergensi vrbi Operi de hystorijs etatum mundi, ac descriptione vrbium. felix imponitur finis. Collectum breui tempore Auxilio doctoris hartma[n]ni Schedel. qua fieri potuit diligentia. Anno [christ]i Millesimo quadringentesimo nonagesimotercio. die quarto mensis Iunij. Deo igitur optimo. sint laudes infinite., Second colophon ([CCC]v): ADest nunc studiose lector finis libri Cronicarum per viam epithomatis [et] breuiarij compilati opus q[ui]dem preclarum. [et] a doctissimo quoq[ue] comparandum. Continet e[ni]m gesta. quecu[m]q[ue] digniora sunt notatu ab initio mu[n]di ad hanc vsq[ue] te[m]poris nostri calamitatem. Castigatu[m]q[ue] a viris doctissimis vt magis elaboratum in lucem prodiret. Ad intuitu[m] autem [et] preces prouidoru[m] ciuiu[m] Sebaldi Schreyer [et] Sebastiani kamermaister hunc librum dominus Anthonius koberger Nuremberge impressit. Adhibitis tame[n] viris mathematicis pingendiq[ue] arte peritissimis. Michaele wolgemut et wilhelmo Pleydenwurff. quaru[m] solerti acuratissimaq[ue] animaduersione tum ciuitatum tum illustrium virorum figure inserte sunt. Consummatu[m] autem duodecima mensis Iulij. Anno salutis n[ost]re 1493., With two colophons, one dated 4 June 1493, marking the end of the work of Hartmann Schedel; the remainder of the text, with colophon dated 12 July 1493, was the work of Georg Alt. See Wilson, Adrian, The making of the Nuremberg chronicle, 1976, page 156., Printed on Imperial-sized paper; table and parts of text in 2 columns; 64 lines plus headline to a full page; area of text 352 (366) x 223 mm. Includes initial spaces in the table and on leaves i, cclxii, and leaf [iv] (third group); printed initials elsewhere. With foliation, without catchwords and signatures., Signatures (as given by BMC and others): *⁶ **⁶ ***⁸ a⁶ b-d⁴ e-h⁶ i² k⁴ l-n⁶ o² p-q⁶ r-y⁴ z⁶ 2a-2c⁶ 2d² 2e⁶ 2f⁴ 2m-2z⁶ A-K⁶ L⁶⁻² M⁶. The double-leaf map of Europe is printed on leaves L3 and L4, with presentation of the map on L3r and the second colophon on L4v; L5-6 are cancelled. M1r-5v (without foliation) contain "De Sarmacia regione Europe," with Latin sapphics on the exploits of Maximilian on M5v; M6 is blank., Leaves CCLVIIII-CCLXI are blank except for headlines to allow for readers' additions, as noted on CCLVIIIv., Contains 1809 woodcut illustrations (of which 1164 are repeats) by Michael Wolgemut, Wilhelm Pleydenwurff, and Albrecht Dürer, and two woodcut maps., World map printed across leaves XIIv and XIIIr., Variants listed by W.B. Todd, The book collector, 1964, p. 497-98, and in Wilson., Disputed passage relating to alleged discovery of America by Behaim and Camus on CCXCr., and BAC Leaf Collection no. 0675: Imperfect: three leaves only, including leaf [267]. From a collection of fifteenth- and sixteenth-century printed leaves compiled by Frederick Werther, with his enumeration stamped in ink.
duodecima mensis Iulij anno salutis n[ost]r[a]e. 1493.
Call Number:
1977 Folio 25
Image Count:
7
Alternative Title:
Liber chronicarum, Registrum huius operis libri cronicarum cum in figuris et imagibus ab inicio mundi, Libri cronicarum cu[m] figuris et ÿmagi[ni]bus ab inicio mu[n]di, Libri cronicarum cum in figuris et imagibus ab inicio mundi, Epitoma operu[m] sex dieru[m] de mu[n]di fabrica, and Nuremberg chronicle
Description:
BAC: British Art Center copy bound in 16th-century blind-tooled leather over wood boards. Provenance: Bernhard I, Duke of Saxe-Meiningen, 1649-1706 (with his initials on verso of title page); Paul Mellon., BEIN 1977 Folio 25: Imperfect: some lower margins bled and repaired., BEIN 1977 Folio 25: For fuller description see collation-slip in volume., BEIN 1999 Folio 15: 47 cm. Imperfect: leaves 1, 17, 51, 58, 101, 259, 261, 264, 267, 285, 290 wanting., BEIN 1999 Folio 15: Title page and leaf 268 illuminated., BEIN 2012 Folio 153: Bookplate of A. Hachette., BEIN 2012 Folio 153: For fuller description see collation-slip in volume., BEIN 2012 Folio 154: 49 cm., in case 53 cm. For fuller description see collation-slip in volume., BEIN ZZi 2084: Provenance: Unidentified shelfmarks "1157," "1152," and "11019" (front pastedown). Armorial binding of Paul Petau, with motto: Non est mortale quod opto. Monogram of Alexandre Petau. Autograph and manuscript note of Charles duc de Croy. Autograph of Lalaing. Autograph and armorial bookplate of the Marquises of Ormonde (Ossory), with motto: Comme je trouve (recto front flyleaf). Bibliographical note in modern hand (recto second front flyleaf). Gift of Frank Altschul, 1969., BEIN ZZi 2084: Binding: 45 cm. Mottled calf over paper pasteboards, gold-tooled with arms of Paul Petau and monograph of Alexandre Petau. Spine title: Chronicarum., BEIN BrSides 2024 25: Imperfect: leaves LIIII and CCLXXII only, with text concerning the Persians and Constantinople. Leaves were trimmed with loss of text. Formerly used as end paper in former binding of Geiler von Kaysersberg, Das schiff der penitentz. To view title, search by call number Zg 16 G27 +514., Imprint from second colophon., Leaves printed on both sides., Unsigned gatherings., First colophon (CCLXVIr): Completo in famosissima Nurembergensi vrbi Operi de hystorijs etatum mundi, ac descriptione vrbium. felix imponitur finis. Collectum breui tempore Auxilio doctoris hartma[n]ni Schedel. qua fieri potuit diligentia. Anno [christ]i Millesimo quadringentesimo nonagesimotercio. die quarto mensis Iunij. Deo igitur optimo. sint laudes infinite., Second colophon ([CCC]v): ADest nunc studiose lector finis libri Cronicarum per viam epithomatis [et] breuiarij compilati opus q[ui]dem preclarum. [et] a doctissimo quoq[ue] comparandum. Continet e[ni]m gesta. quecu[m]q[ue] digniora sunt notatu ab initio mu[n]di ad hanc vsq[ue] te[m]poris nostri calamitatem. Castigatu[m]q[ue] a viris doctissimis vt magis elaboratum in lucem prodiret. Ad intuitu[m] autem [et] preces prouidoru[m] ciuiu[m] Sebaldi Schreyer [et] Sebastiani kamermaister hunc librum dominus Anthonius koberger Nuremberge impressit. Adhibitis tame[n] viris mathematicis pingendiq[ue] arte peritissimis. Michaele wolgemut et wilhelmo Pleydenwurff. quaru[m] solerti acuratissimaq[ue] animaduersione tum ciuitatum tum illustrium virorum figure inserte sunt. Consummatu[m] autem duodecima mensis Iulij. Anno salutis n[ost]re 1493., With two colophons, one dated 4 June 1493, marking the end of the work of Hartmann Schedel; the remainder of the text, with colophon dated 12 July 1493, was the work of Georg Alt. See Wilson, Adrian, The making of the Nuremberg chronicle, 1976, page 156., Printed on Imperial-sized paper; table and parts of text in 2 columns; 64 lines plus headline to a full page; area of text 352 (366) x 223 mm. Includes initial spaces in the table and on leaves i, cclxii, and leaf [iv] (third group); printed initials elsewhere. With foliation, without catchwords and signatures., Signatures (as given by BMC and others): *⁶ **⁶ ***⁸ a⁶ b-d⁴ e-h⁶ i² k⁴ l-n⁶ o² p-q⁶ r-y⁴ z⁶ 2a-2c⁶ 2d² 2e⁶ 2f⁴ 2m-2z⁶ A-K⁶ L⁶⁻² M⁶. The double-leaf map of Europe is printed on leaves L3 and L4, with presentation of the map on L3r and the second colophon on L4v; L5-6 are cancelled. M1r-5v (without foliation) contain "De Sarmacia regione Europe," with Latin sapphics on the exploits of Maximilian on M5v; M6 is blank., Leaves CCLVIIII-CCLXI are blank except for headlines to allow for readers' additions, as noted on CCLVIIIv., Contains 1809 woodcut illustrations (of which 1164 are repeats) by Michael Wolgemut, Wilhelm Pleydenwurff, and Albrecht Dürer, and two woodcut maps., World map printed across leaves XIIv and XIIIr., Variants listed by W.B. Todd, The book collector, 1964, p. 497-98, and in Wilson., Disputed passage relating to alleged discovery of America by Behaim and Camus on CCXCr., and BAC Leaf Collection no. 0675: Imperfect: three leaves only, including leaf [267]. From a collection of fifteenth- and sixteenth-century printed leaves compiled by Frederick Werther, with his enumeration stamped in ink.
duodecima mensis Iulij anno salutis n[ost]r[a]e. 1493.
Call Number:
2012 Folio 153
Image Count:
11
Alternative Title:
Liber chronicarum, Registrum huius operis libri cronicarum cum in figuris et imagibus ab inicio mundi, Libri cronicarum cu[m] figuris et ÿmagi[ni]bus ab inicio mu[n]di, Libri cronicarum cum in figuris et imagibus ab inicio mundi, Epitoma operu[m] sex dieru[m] de mu[n]di fabrica, and Nuremberg chronicle
Description:
BAC: British Art Center copy bound in 16th-century blind-tooled leather over wood boards. Provenance: Bernhard I, Duke of Saxe-Meiningen, 1649-1706 (with his initials on verso of title page); Paul Mellon., BEIN 1977 Folio 25: Imperfect: some lower margins bled and repaired., BEIN 1977 Folio 25: For fuller description see collation-slip in volume., BEIN 1999 Folio 15: 47 cm. Imperfect: leaves 1, 17, 51, 58, 101, 259, 261, 264, 267, 285, 290 wanting., BEIN 1999 Folio 15: Title page and leaf 268 illuminated., BEIN 2012 Folio 153: Bookplate of A. Hachette., BEIN 2012 Folio 153: For fuller description see collation-slip in volume., BEIN 2012 Folio 154: 49 cm., in case 53 cm. For fuller description see collation-slip in volume., BEIN ZZi 2084: Provenance: Unidentified shelfmarks "1157," "1152," and "11019" (front pastedown). Armorial binding of Paul Petau, with motto: Non est mortale quod opto. Monogram of Alexandre Petau. Autograph and manuscript note of Charles duc de Croy. Autograph of Lalaing. Autograph and armorial bookplate of the Marquises of Ormonde (Ossory), with motto: Comme je trouve (recto front flyleaf). Bibliographical note in modern hand (recto second front flyleaf). Gift of Frank Altschul, 1969., BEIN ZZi 2084: Binding: 45 cm. Mottled calf over paper pasteboards, gold-tooled with arms of Paul Petau and monograph of Alexandre Petau. Spine title: Chronicarum., BEIN BrSides 2024 25: Imperfect: leaves LIIII and CCLXXII only, with text concerning the Persians and Constantinople. Leaves were trimmed with loss of text. Formerly used as end paper in former binding of Geiler von Kaysersberg, Das schiff der penitentz. To view title, search by call number Zg 16 G27 +514., Imprint from second colophon., Leaves printed on both sides., Unsigned gatherings., First colophon (CCLXVIr): Completo in famosissima Nurembergensi vrbi Operi de hystorijs etatum mundi, ac descriptione vrbium. felix imponitur finis. Collectum breui tempore Auxilio doctoris hartma[n]ni Schedel. qua fieri potuit diligentia. Anno [christ]i Millesimo quadringentesimo nonagesimotercio. die quarto mensis Iunij. Deo igitur optimo. sint laudes infinite., Second colophon ([CCC]v): ADest nunc studiose lector finis libri Cronicarum per viam epithomatis [et] breuiarij compilati opus q[ui]dem preclarum. [et] a doctissimo quoq[ue] comparandum. Continet e[ni]m gesta. quecu[m]q[ue] digniora sunt notatu ab initio mu[n]di ad hanc vsq[ue] te[m]poris nostri calamitatem. Castigatu[m]q[ue] a viris doctissimis vt magis elaboratum in lucem prodiret. Ad intuitu[m] autem [et] preces prouidoru[m] ciuiu[m] Sebaldi Schreyer [et] Sebastiani kamermaister hunc librum dominus Anthonius koberger Nuremberge impressit. Adhibitis tame[n] viris mathematicis pingendiq[ue] arte peritissimis. Michaele wolgemut et wilhelmo Pleydenwurff. quaru[m] solerti acuratissimaq[ue] animaduersione tum ciuitatum tum illustrium virorum figure inserte sunt. Consummatu[m] autem duodecima mensis Iulij. Anno salutis n[ost]re 1493., With two colophons, one dated 4 June 1493, marking the end of the work of Hartmann Schedel; the remainder of the text, with colophon dated 12 July 1493, was the work of Georg Alt. See Wilson, Adrian, The making of the Nuremberg chronicle, 1976, page 156., Printed on Imperial-sized paper; table and parts of text in 2 columns; 64 lines plus headline to a full page; area of text 352 (366) x 223 mm. Includes initial spaces in the table and on leaves i, cclxii, and leaf [iv] (third group); printed initials elsewhere. With foliation, without catchwords and signatures., Signatures (as given by BMC and others): *⁶ **⁶ ***⁸ a⁶ b-d⁴ e-h⁶ i² k⁴ l-n⁶ o² p-q⁶ r-y⁴ z⁶ 2a-2c⁶ 2d² 2e⁶ 2f⁴ 2m-2z⁶ A-K⁶ L⁶⁻² M⁶. The double-leaf map of Europe is printed on leaves L3 and L4, with presentation of the map on L3r and the second colophon on L4v; L5-6 are cancelled. M1r-5v (without foliation) contain "De Sarmacia regione Europe," with Latin sapphics on the exploits of Maximilian on M5v; M6 is blank., Leaves CCLVIIII-CCLXI are blank except for headlines to allow for readers' additions, as noted on CCLVIIIv., Contains 1809 woodcut illustrations (of which 1164 are repeats) by Michael Wolgemut, Wilhelm Pleydenwurff, and Albrecht Dürer, and two woodcut maps., World map printed across leaves XIIv and XIIIr., Variants listed by W.B. Todd, The book collector, 1964, p. 497-98, and in Wilson., Disputed passage relating to alleged discovery of America by Behaim and Camus on CCXCr., and BAC Leaf Collection no. 0675: Imperfect: three leaves only, including leaf [267]. From a collection of fifteenth- and sixteenth-century printed leaves compiled by Frederick Werther, with his enumeration stamped in ink.
Manuscript on paper. The compiler of this unidentified world chronicle cites as sources Sallust, Suetonius, Josephus, Orosius, Macrobius, Eusebius, Origen, Eutropius, Sigebertus, Hugh of Fleury, and many others. The chronicle concludes at the end of the twelfth century; the date of composition is given in the final section as 1183 in the reign of Frederick Barbarossa (1155-90). The text of the manuscript is continuous, with no book and few chapter notations
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Written in the middle of the 15th century, perhaps ca. 1456 when the codex was given to John Capgrave by Jacobus de Oppenheim. Capgrave was elected in August of 1455 to another 2-year term as head of the English Augustinian Province. In 1457 he resumed his literary interests, including work on a universal chronicle from the beginning of the world until the year 1417; this endeavor resulted in the Chronicle of England produced ca. 1462., In Latin., Script: Written by three scribes. Scribe 1) ff. 1r-105v, 60 lines of text written in a small and even, slightly rounded gothic bookhand. Scribe 2) ff. 105v-110v (end of quire XI), 112r-114r, 40 lines of text in a small notarial hand with some shading of descenders. Scribe 3) ff. 111r-v, 114r-405r, 55-58 lines of text in a dark gothic script characterized by fine hair-lines and curved flourishes over the letter i., Decoration changes according to scribe. Scribe 1: Guide-letters for initials never supplied. Rubrics (in upright gothic), paragraph marks and initial strokes in red. Scribe 2: Rubrics (ff. 105v-110v only) in same hand as preceding section; rubrics for ff. 112r-114r as for Scribe 3. Paragraph marks and initial strokes in red. Guide-letters for initials never supplied. Scribe 3: Decorative initials (signalled by guide-letters), in red, with protruberances and hair-lines. Notes to rubricator in inner and outer margins. Rubrics (beginning f. 111r) in same hand as text; paragraph marks, often exaggerated, in red., and Binding: Fifteenth century (Italian?). Sewn on four tawed slit straps laced into wooden boards. Covered in brown goatskin, blind-tooled with concentric frames of alternating fillets and rope interlace, the central panel filled with interlace. Four fastenings, the catches on the lower board, the straps, now wanting, attached with seven star-headed nails. Parchment strips from unidentified manuscripts reinforce center of each gathering. Remains of a paper or vellum label with lettering in ink near head of lower board and trace of a chain base at the tail. Heavily restored.
Subject (Geographic):
Connecticut and New Haven.
Subject (Topic):
Illumination of books and manuscripts, Medieval, Latin literature, Medieval and modern, Manuscripts, Medieval, and World history
