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Postillae litterales et morales in testamentum vetus.

Accession number
MS M.535
Object title
Postillae litterales et morales in testamentum vetus.
Created
Bruges, Belgium, 1467
Binding
French 19th-century maroon morocco by Belz-Niedrée (Jean-Philippe Belz; 1831-1917); lettered: Biblia Sacra.
Credit line
Purchased by J. Pierpont Morgan (1837-1913) in 1910.
Description
265 leaves (2 columns, 49 lines), bound : vellum, illuminated ; 400 x 300 mm
Provenance
Owned by the marchese Gerolamo d'Adda (bookplate on front pastedown); Charles Fairfax-Murray collection (not in catalogue of manuscripts purchased from the Marchese d'Adda); T. De Marinis, (Catalogue, manuscrits et livres rares, 1908, p. V-VI, no. 10, plate V, inventory no. 5609; this number in pencil on front pastedown); purchased by J. Pierpont Morgan (1837-1913) from Alexandre Imbert in 1910; J. Pierpont Morgan (1867-1943).
Notes
Ms. commentary on books Genesis through Kings of the Old Testament; written in Bruges, Belgium, and dated 1467 on fols. 165v and 265v.
Scribe: Johannes de Aveloos.
Decoration: 4 miniatures, 25 illuminated figures, diagrams, and tables.
Artist: Maître de la vraie cronicque descoce. Also associated with the Chroniques II Workshop, a group of approximately 10 artists identified by Jean Marden Caswell.
Script
bastarda
Language
Latin
Century
Classification