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 manuscript is housed in a sumptuous binding, which, though not original to the book, contains several striking medieval elements. The manuscript is listed in 1864 as coming from the collection of Guglielmo Libri, who was notorious for having ornate bindings and inscriptions added to existing manuscripts, so it is likely the binding was created for him. It was listed as an authentic, fully medieval treasure binding in Libri's catalog. Because of the fragile nature of the binding, the book was not able to be opened, and the information regarding the interior in this catalog entry is derived from earlier images and notes.
Primitive Gothic textura, 5-5.5 mm high
Cataloger: Kauffman, Nicholas
Cataloger: Walters Art Museum curatorial staff and researchers since 1934
Editor: Herbert, Lynley
Copy editor: Dibble, Charles
Contributor: Bockrath, Diane
Contributor: Emery, Doug
Contributor: Noel, William
Contributor: Tabritha, Ariel
Contributor: Toth, Michael B.
Conservator: Owen, Linda
Conservator: Quandt, Abigail
De Ricci, Seymour. Census of Medieval and Renaissance Manuscripts in the United States and Canada. Vol. 1. New York: H. W. Wilson Company, 1935. p. 769. no. 77.
Catalogue of the Magnificent Collection of Precious Manuscripts and Objects of Art and Vertu, of M. Guglielmo Libri. Sotheby, Wilkinson & Hodge, 1864, p. 18. no. 57.
Ottosen, K. The Responsories and Versicles of the Latin Office of the Dead. Aarhus, Denmark : Aarhus University Press, 1993, pp. viii, 194, 356.
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.
South Germany
Early 13th century CE
book
Non-original Binding
Treasure binding made up of various elements, some medieval and some modern, put together somewhat crudely, probably in the mid nineteenth century, and likely by or for Guglielmo Libri; non-medieval oak boards; upper board has holes from earlier fastenings; spine covered in green velvet; front cover had as centerpiece a seated apostle in copper (now removed, accession no. 53.144), which would have originally decorated a medieval altar; at each corner were Mosan enamel plates (the upper two have been removed); on either side are two Rhenish bone carvings, marked "Joad" and "Davi" ("Joad" is probably not medieval); copper gilt panels at top and bottom
The primary language in this manuscript is Latin.
Guglielmo Libri, by 1864, listed as no. 57 in his sale catalog of that year; binding very possibly created for him, and sold as original
Purchased by Henry Walters, Baltimore, before 1931, possibly from Léon Gruel, Paris; cf. the pattern of the strips of gilt metal around the recess with that on W.16
Walters Art Museum, 1931, by Henry Walters' bequest
South Germany
Early 13th century CE
book
The primary language in this manuscript is Latin.
Guglielmo Libri, by 1864, listed as no. 57 in his sale catalog of that year; binding very possibly created for him, and sold as original
Purchased by Henry Walters, Baltimore, before 1931, possibly from Léon Gruel, Paris; cf. the pattern of the strips of gilt metal around the recess with that on W.16
Walters Art Museum, 1931, by Henry Walters' bequest
This manuscript is housed in a sumptuous binding, which, though not original to the book, contains several striking medieval elements. The manuscript is listed in 1864 as coming from the collection of Guglielmo Libri, who was notorious for having ornate bindings and inscriptions added to existing manuscripts, so it is likely the binding was created for him. It was listed as an authentic, fully medieval treasure binding in Libri's catalog. Because of the fragile nature of the binding, the book was not able to be opened, and the information regarding the interior in this catalog entry is derived from earlier images and notes.
Primitive Gothic textura, 5-5.5 mm high
Cataloger: Kauffman, Nicholas
Cataloger: Walters Art Museum curatorial staff and researchers since 1934
Editor: Herbert, Lynley
Copy editor: Dibble, Charles
Contributor: Bockrath, Diane
Contributor: Emery, Doug
Contributor: Noel, William
Contributor: Tabritha, Ariel
Contributor: Toth, Michael B.
Conservator: Owen, Linda
Conservator: Quandt, Abigail
De Ricci, Seymour. Census of Medieval and Renaissance Manuscripts in the United States and Canada. Vol. 1. New York: H. W. Wilson Company, 1935. p. 769. no. 77.
Catalogue of the Magnificent Collection of Precious Manuscripts and Objects of Art and Vertu, of M. Guglielmo Libri. Sotheby, Wilkinson & Hodge, 1864, p. 18. no. 57.
Ottosen, K. The Responsories and Versicles of the Latin Office of the Dead. Aarhus, Denmark : Aarhus University Press, 1993, pp. viii, 194, 356.
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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