A Book of Old Testament illustrations of the middle of the thirteenth century : sent by Cardinal Bernard Maciejowski to Shah Abbas the Great, King of Persia, now in the Pierpont Morgan Library at New York: PB 1927.5

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A Book of Old Testament illustrations of the middle of the thirteenth century : sent by Cardinal Bernard Maciejowski to Shah Abbas the Great, King of Persia, now in the Pierpont Morgan Library at New York

Maker(s)

Author: Cockerell, Sydney C.
Contributor: James, Montague Rhodes, Dr
Contributor: Ffoulkes, Charles J.
Publisher: Roxburghe Club
Printer: Lewis, Walter
Printer: Cambridge University Press

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Book

Description

Described by Sydney C. Cockerell, with an introduction by Montague Rhodes James and notes on the armour by Charles J. Ffoulkes.

Reproduction of 46 leaves of an imperfect manuscript now in the Morgan Library. Two of the missing leaves (folio 43-44) are in the Bibliothéque nationale, Paris; another, folio 45, was in Mr. Cockerell's possession at the time of publication.

148 p., [92] p. of plates : facsims. (some col.) ; 42 cm.

Place(s) associated

Cambridge (Cambs.) ⪼ Cambridgeshire ⪼ England

Acquisition and important dates

Method of acquisition: Bought (1927-04) by Morgan, J. Pierpont

Dating

Production date: AD 1927

Note

Half bound in red leather with red cloth sides; 6 raised bands on spine; gold fillets and lettering. Top edge of pages gilt. Marbled endpages.

Components of the work

Support composed of paper

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Techniques used in production

Identification numbers

Accession number: PB 1927.5
Primary reference Number: 98952
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Created: Saturday 6 August 2011 Updated: Friday 10 January 2014

Associated departments & institutions

Owner or interested party: The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department: Manuscripts and Printed Books

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