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
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
Manuscript fragment on paper of the Consolatio peccatorum of Jacobus de Theramo, here in Czech translation. The Consolatio describes a lawsuit between the Devil (Beilal) and Jesus Christ, with Solomon presiding, in which the Devil sues Christ for having trespassed by descending into Hell to redeem lost souls. Leaf was formerly used as a pastedown
Alternative Title:
Consolatio peccatorum. Czech, Processus Luciferi contra Jesum Christum, and Processus Belial
Description:
In Czech., Layout: 2 columns of 44 lines, with unknown number of lines trimmed from top of leaf., Script: gothic cursiva., and Decoration: one 3-line initial in blue wash, one 3-line initial in red wash.
Subject (Geographic):
Connecticut and New Haven.
Subject (Name):
Jacobus, de Theramo, 1349-1417. and Jesus Christ
Subject (Topic):
Devil, Mock trials, Redemption, and Manuscripts, Medieval
Manuscript on paper of 1) Das Leiden Ihesu Christi. 2) Prayers for a woman
Description:
In German., Script: Written in uptight informal batarde by a single scribe., Ordinary blue initials, 2-line, on ff. 1r and 76r, with crude penwork designs in red. Plain 1-line initials, paragraph marks, headings, and letter strokes, as well as some corrections, in red., and Binding: 16th-17th centuries. Wooden boards, slightly cut in at the fore-edge for two catches on the upper cover and covered in brown calf, blind-tooled in a curvilinear design, are probably early. The rest of the stab-sewn, rebacked binding obviously is not. Upper board detached, fastenings wanting.
Subject (Geographic):
Connecticut and New Haven.
Subject (Name):
Jesus Christ
Subject (Topic):
Passion, Christian literature, German, and Manuscripts, Medieval