The Digital Walters is a branch of The Walters Art Museum Manuscripts Department.
The Digital Walters is a branch of The Walters Art Museum Manuscripts Department.
This large-scale manuscript contains the first eight Old Testament books, Genesis through Ruth. The date of completion is given as February 2, 1507. The illumination of the Creation within a cosmographic scheme is based in part on the woodcut illustrations of the Creation in the 1483 Koberger Bible and the 1493 Nuremberg chronicle by the same printer. Large historiated initials mark the beginning of each book. This large-format form of the Bible was revived in the low countries and Rhineland in the mid fifteenth century; later in the century such books were being made in southeast Germany and Bohemia. The style of the miniatures in this manuscript is typical of upper Austrian miniature painting of the later fifteenth century.
Fols. 1r-5v: Incipit epistola beati hieronymi presbyteri ad Paulinum presbiteram de omnibus divine hystorie libris (Frater Ambrosius [Stegmüller 284]); fols. 5v-6r: Incipit prefatio beati hieronimi presbiteri in Pentateucum (Desiderii mei desideratas accepi [Stegmüller 285]); fol. 6r: Incipit liber Genesis qui dicitur Hebraice bresith. Capitulum primum; fols. 6v-37v: Genesis; fols. 37v-61v: Incipit liber Hellesmoth quem nos Exodi dicimus. Capitulum primum, Exodus; fols. 62r-78r: Incipit vagethra id est liber Leviticus. Capitulum primum, Leviticus; fol. 78r: Incipit vadegeber id est Numeri. Capitulum primum; fols. 78v-102r: Numbers; fols. 102r-124r: Incipit liber Elleaddaberim qui Deuteronomium prenotatur. De quorumdam mandatorum epilogatione cum determinatoribus quibusdam additis. Capitulum primum, Deuteronomy; fols. 124r-124v: Incipit prologus beati hieronymi presbyteri in librum Iosue (Tandem finito Pentateucho [Stegmüller 311]); fol. 124v: Incipit argumentum (Iesus filius nave typum [Stegmüller 307]); fols. 124v-140r: Incipit liber Iosue. De Iosue qualiter receptus est in locum Moysi et eius edicto ad principes de transmeatione Iordani. Capitulum primum, Joshua; fols. 140r-155v: Incipit liber Sopthim quem nos Iudicium appellamus. Quomodo Iudas pugnavit contra chananeum absque deletionem aliquorum habitantium in terra. Capitulum primum, Judges; fols. 155v-157v: Incipit liber Ruth. De peregrinatione elimelech et Noemi uxoris sue tempore famis in regione moabitarum ac de reditu eiusdem cum Ruth nuru sua. Capitulum primum, Ruth; fols. 158r-158v: Incipit capitulatio libri Genesis. L. Capitula continentis (De creatione celi Empirei); fols. 158v-159v: Incipit capitulatio libri Exodi. XL. Capitula continentis (De servitute et oneribus filiorum Israel); fols. 159v-160r: Incipit capitulatio libri Levitici qui XXVII continet capitula (De holocaustis filiorum Israhel); fols. 160r-160v: Incipit capitulatio libri Numerorum qui in XXXVI dividitur capitula
Written in Gothic bookhand (textura); chapter list and colophon written in a second hand; punctus flexus punctuation possibly indicating Cistercian or Carthusian use
One half-page miniature; eight large historiated initials (11 lines); chapter initials in red or blue throughout (3 lines); headings, rubrics, and explicits in red; rubric to preface on fol. 1r in gold; text in dark brown ink
Cataloger: Walters Art Museum curatorial staff and researchers since 1934
Editor: Herbert, Lynley
Editor: Noel, William
Copy editor: Bockrath, Diane
Contributor: Bockrath, Diane
Contributor: Dutschke, Consuelo
Contributor: Emery, Doug
Contributor: Hamburger, Jeffrey
Contributor: Noel, William
Contributor: Sciacca, Christine
Contributor: Tabritha, Ariel
Contributor: Toth, Michael B.
Contributor: Valle, Chiara
Conservator: Owen, Linda
Conservator: Quandt, Abigail
De Ricci, Seymour. Census of Medieval and Renaissance Manuscripts in the United States and Canada. Vol. 2. New York: H. W. Wilson Company, 1937, p. 1938, no. 6.
Randall, Lilian M. C. "Tradition in Transition." The Walters Art Gallery Bulletin 38, no. 3 (1984): 1-2.
Hindman, Sandra. Important Western Medieval Illuminated Manuscripts and Illuminated Leaves. Akron, OH: Bruce Ferrini, 1987, p. 53.
König. Eberhard. "The History of Art and the History of the Book at the Time of Transition from Manuscript to Print." In Bibliography and the Study of 15th-Century Civilization: Papers Presented at a Colloquium at the British Library, 26-28 September 1984, edited by Lotte Hellinga and John Goldfinch. London: British Library, 1987, pp. 154-184, n. 62.
These are pages that we pulled aside that disrupted the flow of the manuscript reader. These may be bindings, inserts, bookmarks, and various other oddities.
Austria or Bohemia
Dated February 2, 1507 CE
book
Original Binding
Blind-stamped tanned leather over heavy wooden boards; sewn in six bands; boards ruled with a frame and diaper pattern and stamped with floral tools, as well as lozenge-shaped rosettes, lilies, and quatrefoils; nine (of the original ten) elaborate, pierced metal fittings for stubs of clasps and catches present (clasps themselves lacking); extensively rebacked
The primary language in this manuscript is Latin.
Finished on February 2, 1507, in Bohemia
Unknown monastic owner, eighteenth century
November 9, 1931, Sotheby's London, lot 216, to Marks
Otto Ege, Cleveland, bought in 1932 from E. Dawson, Los Angeles
Walters Art Museum, December 11, 1984, purchased from Sotheby's London, no. 54
Museum purchase
Austria or Bohemia
Dated February 2, 1507 CE
book
The primary language in this manuscript is Latin.
Finished on February 2, 1507, in Bohemia
Unknown monastic owner, eighteenth century
November 9, 1931, Sotheby's London, lot 216, to Marks
Otto Ege, Cleveland, bought in 1932 from E. Dawson, Los Angeles
Walters Art Museum, December 11, 1984, purchased from Sotheby's London, no. 54
Museum purchase
This large-scale manuscript contains the first eight Old Testament books, Genesis through Ruth. The date of completion is given as February 2, 1507. The illumination of the Creation within a cosmographic scheme is based in part on the woodcut illustrations of the Creation in the 1483 Koberger Bible and the 1493 Nuremberg chronicle by the same printer. Large historiated initials mark the beginning of each book. This large-format form of the Bible was revived in the low countries and Rhineland in the mid fifteenth century; later in the century such books were being made in southeast Germany and Bohemia. The style of the miniatures in this manuscript is typical of upper Austrian miniature painting of the later fifteenth century.
Fols. 1r-5v: Incipit epistola beati hieronymi presbyteri ad Paulinum presbiteram de omnibus divine hystorie libris (Frater Ambrosius [Stegmüller 284]); fols. 5v-6r: Incipit prefatio beati hieronimi presbiteri in Pentateucum (Desiderii mei desideratas accepi [Stegmüller 285]); fol. 6r: Incipit liber Genesis qui dicitur Hebraice bresith. Capitulum primum; fols. 6v-37v: Genesis; fols. 37v-61v: Incipit liber Hellesmoth quem nos Exodi dicimus. Capitulum primum, Exodus; fols. 62r-78r: Incipit vagethra id est liber Leviticus. Capitulum primum, Leviticus; fol. 78r: Incipit vadegeber id est Numeri. Capitulum primum; fols. 78v-102r: Numbers; fols. 102r-124r: Incipit liber Elleaddaberim qui Deuteronomium prenotatur. De quorumdam mandatorum epilogatione cum determinatoribus quibusdam additis. Capitulum primum, Deuteronomy; fols. 124r-124v: Incipit prologus beati hieronymi presbyteri in librum Iosue (Tandem finito Pentateucho [Stegmüller 311]); fol. 124v: Incipit argumentum (Iesus filius nave typum [Stegmüller 307]); fols. 124v-140r: Incipit liber Iosue. De Iosue qualiter receptus est in locum Moysi et eius edicto ad principes de transmeatione Iordani. Capitulum primum, Joshua; fols. 140r-155v: Incipit liber Sopthim quem nos Iudicium appellamus. Quomodo Iudas pugnavit contra chananeum absque deletionem aliquorum habitantium in terra. Capitulum primum, Judges; fols. 155v-157v: Incipit liber Ruth. De peregrinatione elimelech et Noemi uxoris sue tempore famis in regione moabitarum ac de reditu eiusdem cum Ruth nuru sua. Capitulum primum, Ruth; fols. 158r-158v: Incipit capitulatio libri Genesis. L. Capitula continentis (De creatione celi Empirei); fols. 158v-159v: Incipit capitulatio libri Exodi. XL. Capitula continentis (De servitute et oneribus filiorum Israel); fols. 159v-160r: Incipit capitulatio libri Levitici qui XXVII continet capitula (De holocaustis filiorum Israhel); fols. 160r-160v: Incipit capitulatio libri Numerorum qui in XXXVI dividitur capitula
Written in Gothic bookhand (textura); chapter list and colophon written in a second hand; punctus flexus punctuation possibly indicating Cistercian or Carthusian use
One half-page miniature; eight large historiated initials (11 lines); chapter initials in red or blue throughout (3 lines); headings, rubrics, and explicits in red; rubric to preface on fol. 1r in gold; text in dark brown ink
Cataloger: Walters Art Museum curatorial staff and researchers since 1934
Editor: Herbert, Lynley
Editor: Noel, William
Copy editor: Bockrath, Diane
Contributor: Bockrath, Diane
Contributor: Dutschke, Consuelo
Contributor: Emery, Doug
Contributor: Hamburger, Jeffrey
Contributor: Noel, William
Contributor: Sciacca, Christine
Contributor: Tabritha, Ariel
Contributor: Toth, Michael B.
Contributor: Valle, Chiara
Conservator: Owen, Linda
Conservator: Quandt, Abigail
De Ricci, Seymour. Census of Medieval and Renaissance Manuscripts in the United States and Canada. Vol. 2. New York: H. W. Wilson Company, 1937, p. 1938, no. 6.
Randall, Lilian M. C. "Tradition in Transition." The Walters Art Gallery Bulletin 38, no. 3 (1984): 1-2.
Hindman, Sandra. Important Western Medieval Illuminated Manuscripts and Illuminated Leaves. Akron, OH: Bruce Ferrini, 1987, p. 53.
König. Eberhard. "The History of Art and the History of the Book at the Time of Transition from Manuscript to Print." In Bibliography and the Study of 15th-Century Civilization: Papers Presented at a Colloquium at the British Library, 26-28 September 1984, edited by Lotte Hellinga and John Goldfinch. London: British Library, 1987, pp. 154-184, n. 62.
These are pages that we pulled aside that disrupted the flow of the manuscript reader. These may be bindings, inserts, bookmarks, and various other oddities.
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