Manuscript codex., Collation: In quires of 8 (except 1 of 6, 8 of 7, and last of 1). F. 8 first leaf missing. Folio numbers added in brown ink; partially cut off, indicating pages were trimmed. Two blank flyleaves of handmade paper at front and back added in 2011 rebind., Decoration: First page has elaborate illuminated initial and border on three sides with gilding over raised gesso. Large initial C in pink with architectural motif, filled with vines in wash of green, red, and blue, on a background of blue with whitework scrolls, all surrounded by gilding with tiny dotted punch-work. Along left margin, a bar in blue and gold sprouts vines and leaves on three sides. Vines in red or blue ink with painted leaves in pink, green, blue, gold, and red. Scattered raised gold dots outlined with black ink curlicues. Along top, a green acanthus leaf. Along base, a grotesque dragon in red, blue, pink, gold, and green, and a now illegible coat of arms, including red and blue. The document describes a dark brown shield ... across the center a broad fess azure; above rays gules; below, metallic brown. These details may have been more visible in the past than they are now. However, brown is not a normal heraldic color, so this may be discoloration or a bole (clay) wash under gold which has rubbed off. Above the shield are initials M. A. with red penwork flourishes. Throughout, numerous red and blue initial letters, embellished with delicate penwork in alternating purple or red., Binding: 2011 binding by Etherington Conservation Services. Dark brown calf over beveled boards. Blind-tooled in 15th century style: front and back covers have border with small rosettes; within this a frame of larger rosettes; within this a cross motif made up of small and large rosettes. Five-paneled spine with raised cords laced into boards. White linen head and tail bands. Pastedowns and 2 flyleaves of modern handmade paper at front and back. Interrupted borders of frontispiece indicate the manuscript was trimmed. The manuscript was previously bound in a 20th century velvet binding., Script: Rounded Humanistic book hand. A few lines rubricated. Long 's' throughout, short 's' at start of sentence., Illuminated letters: Leaf 33r: Initial letter 'M' in yellow and red, framed in blue, with whitework vines and leaves, on a background of red and white penwork. Green ink sprays with leaves in yellow, green, red, or blue. Leaf 84r: Initial 'I' in yellow with red highlights, on a rectangular background of blue, pink, and dark green with white highlights, and white vines and leaves in an 'X' shape. A spray of green stems with pink and blue flowers emerges from upper and lower left corners of the rectangle. Leaf 113r: initial 'V' made of two curved fish in yellow and orange wash with brown ink; outer background quartered in red and blue with white linework; inner background green with whitework vines and leaves, sprouting two sprays of leaves in green, blue, or red., Formatted Content Note: De Oratore, Libri ff. 1-115. Liber I, f. 1, begins: Cogitanti mihi sepenumero et memoria vetera repententi per beati fuisse. Quinte frater. illi videri solent... Liber II, f. 33: agna nobis pueris. Q. frater si memoria tenes... Liber III, f. 84: Institutendi mihi Quinte te frater. Orator ff. 115-150v, begins: Vtruiii Dificilius aut Maius e[ss]et (negare) tibi s[a]epius idem roganti un effice[re] id quod rogares diu multum q: Brute dubitavi. Ends: Marcii Tullii Ciceronis Oratoris Liber Explet LXXXDI-[?]XII.
Manuscript codex. Prologus, Genesis, Exodus, Leviticus, Numeri, Deuteronomiu, Iosue, Iudicu, Ruth, Regu I, II, III, IV. Paralip I, II. Esdras I, II, III. Tobit, Iudith, Hester, Iob, Psalms. Parabole salomonis, Eclesiastes. Cantica, Sapientie, Ecclesiasticus, Ysayis, Iherentia, Lamtatios. Baruch, Ezechihel, Daniel, Osee, Ioel, Amos, Abdia, Ionas, Micheas, Naum, Abacuch, Sophonias, Aggeus, Zachaias, Malachias, Machabeor[um] I, II. Titum, Philemone, Hebraos, Actus, Iacobus, Petrus I, II. Iohannes I, II, III. Iude, Apocalipsis, Interpretations (Hebrew Names), Concordance or Subject Index., Decoration: Illuminated with large initials in gold paint (not leaf) and tarnished silver leaf, blue, red, and green with white tracery. Designs include human faces, grotesque animals, and interlaced vines and strapwork. Capital letters in red and blue. Text pages have runner in alternating letters of blue and red., Binding: Dark green morocco over boards, blind-stamped in diagonal mesh. Gold tooled paneling with corner fleurons inside covers. Deeply tooled gilt crest with monogram TW (Theodore Williams) on front cover; armorial design on back. On six-paneled spine: 'S. S. BIBLIA LATINA. CODEX ANTIQUUS. SUPRA MEMBRANIS'. Gilt and gauffered edges. Two flyleaves of newer, heavier parchment. Text has been trimmed., Script: Minute (1 mm high) Gothic script in brown ink with rubrication. The size is typical of the 13th century, versus the large works of the 12th century (per Sir Edward Maunde Thompson (1840-1929) in Introduction to Greek and Latin Paleography). Includes corrections by another scribe. The uncrossed '7' for 'et' indicates Italian origin. However, the script also shows French influence. The appearance of some rounded letterforms points to an early date for this manuscript showing its strong Carolingian influence., Origin: On the leaf before the MS. commences is a note in a 14th c. hand, 9 lines, in red and black, giving rules for finding the date of Easter from 1350 onward. Also on this leaf the 14th c. owner's name apparently appeared, but has been erased; there remains a note that the MS. cost him 19 florins...Also a further note for finding the date of Easter occurs on the last leaf...repeating the words 'mill'io C.C.C. quinquagesimo. This shows the book is earlier than 1350 (Thomas Thorp, bookseller, London).
Manuscript codex. Gregory's dialogues with his favorite Deacon, intended to honor the memory of the saints of Italy and to edify and instruct his countrymen. In Book IV, Gregory attempts to strengthen their faith in the unseen by proving that the soul does not perish., Collation: Gatherings of 8, the last of 6; signatures to 3, f. 82; 4, f. 124. Book numbers at top recto., Decoration: Two large initials, one in red and one in green, red, and blue. Many small initials in red or green, a few in blue. Each chapter heading has a red capital., Binding: parchment over thin boards, 4 thongs, spine lined with white evenweave fabric. Pastedown and flyleaf of thick rough paper. Written on spine in brown ink: S. Gregory Dialog. and two unintelligible lines., Script: Rounded Gothic minuscule book hand in brown ink with rubrication., Content Note: Dr. Giuseppe Martini (probably Giuseppe Alfredo Martini, bibliophile and collector, 1870-1944), as recorded by Edward Sandford Burgess: Probable date, 1150-60. Ruled with sharp point in style of 12th century. After 1300 green found in polychrome only. Written in North Italy, since it had been in a monastery at Genoa. Looks like the beautiful writing they did in Benedictine monastery, Morimondo, of the order of St. Justin, in the province of Pavia. There they write a peculiar and excellent hand like this. Date is confirmed by opinion of Mr. Minns (possibly Dr. Ellis Hovell Minns (1874-1953)), University reader in Paleography, Cambridge, England, as quoted in 1907 letter from rare books firm P. M. Barnard: It is 12th c...1150-75 Italian...Borne out by monastery inscription. Pierce and Fox argue that it is mid-12th century due to the single column layout and lack of letter fusion typical of later Gothic script. They assert it is not Italian due to the script angularity and the type of abbreviations.
Manuscript codex. As referenced by Jim Marrow Report: Book of Hours with an Office of the Dead of Autun Use., Collation: 101 leaves in 13 quires of 8 (except 1__, 2_, 8_, 13_). No catchwords, No signatures. Folio numbers in pencil. Much variety in emphatic rubrication., Decoration: Larger 3-to-4 line initials in blue OR burgundy upon a gilded square with white floral tracery introducing chapters. Smaller 1-to-2 line gilt capitals upon blue and burgundy square are used to introduce sentences. In addition, five miniatures are found, and bordered with floral acanthus with accompanying pheasantry. Much variety in emphatic rubrication. Miniature illustrations: 1. (fol. 25r) The Annunciation (Hours of the Virgin, Matins). 2. (fol. 63r) The Crucifixion (Hours of the Cross). 3. (fol. 67r) The Pentecost (Hours of the Holy Spirit). 4. (fol. 70r) David at Prayer (Seven Penitential Psalms). 5. (fol. 85r) Funeral Scene (Office of the Dead)., Binding: Modern red morocco with marbled rose endpapers., Script: In one hand of Gothic cursive called the French Batarde Script, notable is the lowercase g, which is as a minuscule y, with a horizontal bar extending through both ascending strokes.
Manuscript codex., Collation: In quires of 8 (except 1 of 6, 8 of 7, and last of 1). F. 8 first leaf missing. Folio numbers added in brown ink; partially cut off, indicating pages were trimmed. Two blank flyleaves of handmade paper at front and back added in 2011 rebind., Decoration: First page has elaborate illuminated initial and border on three sides with gilding over raised gesso. Large initial C in pink with architectural motif, filled with vines in wash of green, red, and blue, on a background of blue with whitework scrolls, all surrounded by gilding with tiny dotted punch-work. Along left margin, a bar in blue and gold sprouts vines and leaves on three sides. Vines in red or blue ink with painted leaves in pink, green, blue, gold, and red. Scattered raised gold dots outlined with black ink curlicues. Along top, a green acanthus leaf. Along base, a grotesque dragon in red, blue, pink, gold, and green, and a now illegible coat of arms, including red and blue. The document describes a dark brown shield ... across the center a broad fess azure; above rays gules; below, metallic brown. These details may have been more visible in the past than they are now. However, brown is not a normal heraldic color, so this may be discoloration or a bole (clay) wash under gold which has rubbed off. Above the shield are initials M. A. with red penwork flourishes. Throughout, numerous red and blue initial letters, embellished with delicate penwork in alternating purple or red., Binding: 2011 binding by Etherington Conservation Services. Dark brown calf over beveled boards. Blind-tooled in 15th century style: front and back covers have border with small rosettes; within this a frame of larger rosettes; within this a cross motif made up of small and large rosettes. Five-paneled spine with raised cords laced into boards. White linen head and tail bands. Pastedowns and 2 flyleaves of modern handmade paper at front and back. Interrupted borders of frontispiece indicate the manuscript was trimmed. The manuscript was previously bound in a 20th century velvet binding., Script: Rounded Humanistic book hand. A few lines rubricated. Long 's' throughout, short 's' at start of sentence., Illuminated letters: Leaf 33r: Initial letter 'M' in yellow and red, framed in blue, with whitework vines and leaves, on a background of red and white penwork. Green ink sprays with leaves in yellow, green, red, or blue. Leaf 84r: Initial 'I' in yellow with red highlights, on a rectangular background of blue, pink, and dark green with white highlights, and white vines and leaves in an 'X' shape. A spray of green stems with pink and blue flowers emerges from upper and lower left corners of the rectangle. Leaf 113r: initial 'V' made of two curved fish in yellow and orange wash with brown ink; outer background quartered in red and blue with white linework; inner background green with whitework vines and leaves, sprouting two sprays of leaves in green, blue, or red., Formatted Content Note: De Oratore, Libri ff. 1-115. Liber I, f. 1, begins: Cogitanti mihi sepenumero et memoria vetera repententi per beati fuisse. Quinte frater. illi videri solent... Liber II, f. 33: agna nobis pueris. Q. frater si memoria tenes... Liber III, f. 84: Institutendi mihi Quinte te frater. Orator ff. 115-150v, begins: Vtruiii Dificilius aut Maius e[ss]et (negare) tibi s[a]epius idem roganti un effice[re] id quod rogares diu multum q: Brute dubitavi. Ends: Marcii Tullii Ciceronis Oratoris Liber Explet LXXXDI-[?]XII.
74 p. of stiff paper covered recto and verso with mixed media collage; bound in paper covered, collage-decorated boards; Coptic-stitch binding sewn with black thread. Issued in collage-decorated slipcase.
22 pages. Ed. of 25 numbered and signed copies. Images of the author's parents, William and Frances Salic Cecil, are printed on rectos with folding overlay showing William Cecil in isolation; text on facing pages. Bound in gold-colored jacquard fabric with leather spine. Title stamped in blind on the spine.