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Opening of Genesis, scenes of creation on gold. Placemarkers, book name.

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Title
Opening of Genesis, scenes of creation on gold. Placemarkers, book name.
Collection

Renaissance and medieval manuscripts collection

Bible

Dates / Origin
Date Created: 1200 - 1250
Place: Italy
Library locations
Manuscripts and Archives Division
Shelf locator: MssCol 2557
Shelf locator: MA 9
Genres
Religious books
Manuscripts
Notes
Ownership: Owned by Augustinians of Santa Maria del Popolo in Rome; G. Libri sale to H. Stevens (1859). From the R.L. Stuart collection (no. 13908), bequeathed 1892.
Content: De Ricci, 1317. Chart by Dr. G.B. Guest.
Content: 51 lines in two columns, ruled in very light pencil.
Content: Parchment
Content: Opening initials of books show scenes from those books.
Content: 5- and 6-line multicolored initials on gold fields. Large gold initials on blue and pink fields. 2- and 4-line red and blue initials with penwork extending into border. Daubs of red as placemarkers. Red and blue book names and chapter numbers.
Content: De Ricci places this manuscript in France, s. XIII; Dr. Guest places it in Italy, first half of the 13th century.
Content: ff. 189v-193v left blank; pages missing between ff. 13 and 14 -- missing from Genesis 30 to Exodus 18.
Type of Resource
Text
Text
Still image
Identifiers
NYPL catalog ID (B-number): b12455533
MSS Unit ID: 2557
RLIN/OCLC: NYPW89-A695
Digital Scriptorium 1.0 ID: NYPL MA 009
Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): f99d9850-c5ca-012f-46e1-58d385a7bc34
Rights Statement
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Item timeline of events

  • 1200: Created (Approximate)
  • 2015: Digitized
  • 2024: Found by you!
  • 2025

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Manuscripts and Archives Division, The New York Public Library. "Opening of Genesis, scenes of creation on gold. Placemarkers, book name." The New York Public Library Digital Collections. 1200 - 1250. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/510d47da-e394-a3d9-e040-e00a18064a99

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Manuscripts and Archives Division, The New York Public Library. "Opening of Genesis, scenes of creation on gold. Placemarkers, book name." New York Public Library Digital Collections. Accessed March 19, 2024. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/510d47da-e394-a3d9-e040-e00a18064a99

APA Format

Manuscripts and Archives Division, The New York Public Library. (1200 - 1250). Opening of Genesis, scenes of creation on gold. Placemarkers, book name. Retrieved from https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/510d47da-e394-a3d9-e040-e00a18064a99

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Opening of Genesis, scenes of creation on gold.  Placemarkers, book name.