Gold leaf and Graffiti in a copy of the 1462 Mainz Bible
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Authors
Mandelbrote, Scott
Publication Date
2017-09-01Journal Title
Journal of Medieval and Early Modern Studies
ISSN
1082-9636
Publisher
Duke University Press
Volume
47
Issue
3
Type
Article
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Mandelbrote, S. (2017). Gold leaf and Graffiti in a copy of the 1462 Mainz Bible. Journal of Medieval and Early Modern Studies, 47 (3) https://doi.org/10.1215/10829636-4200140
Abstract
<jats:p>This article discusses an illuminated copy of the fourth printed edition of the Latin Vulgate (Mainz, 1462), or 48-line Bible, which is now in the Perne Library at Peterhouse, Cambridge. It considers the history of the book in the late sixteenth century, when it passed between two lawyers (Justinian Kidd and Edward Orwell) in London, and its path into the collection at Peterhouse, via John Cosin, later bishop of Durham. It assesses evidence that the volume was initially considered to be a manuscript, rather than a printed book, and details the peculiar use made of its illuminations in the eighteenth century by a group of young scholars at Peterhouse and Trinity College, who carved their names into the gold-leaf decorations.</jats:p>
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External DOI: https://doi.org/10.1215/10829636-4200140
This record's URL: https://www.repository.cam.ac.uk/handle/1810/283586
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