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A picture book of the life of Saint Anthony the Abbot : reproduced from a manuscript of the year 1426 in the Malta Public Library at Valletta, with supplementary plates of related subjects: PB 1937.3

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Titles

A picture book of the life of Saint Anthony the Abbot : reproduced from a manuscript of the year 1426 in the Malta Public Library at Valletta, with supplementary plates of related subjects

Maker(s)

Editor: Graham, Rose
Illuminator: Fournier, Robin
Publisher: Roxburghe Club
Printer: Johnson, John (printer)
Printer: Oxford University Press
Printer: Emery Walker Limited

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Description

Edited and described by Rose Graham.

Contains a monograph on the large manuscript which illustrates the life of Saint Anthony, a folio by folio description of the manuscript with transcription of the captions; and a section of plates reproducing the illustrated leaves of the manuscript as well as scenes from altas pieces and other manuscripts relating to the life of Saint Anthony.
Pictures by Robin Fournier, based on the life of Saint Anthony by Jean Macellard.

Viii, [2], 144, [2] p., LXVI p of plates : ill. facsims. (1 col.) ; 38 cm

Place(s) associated

  • Oxford

Acquisition and important dates

Method of acquisition: Given (1937) by Roxburghe Club

Dating

Production date: AD 1937

Note

Title in red and black. "In this volume the collotype plates are the work of Emery Walker Limited.". Quarter bound in black leather with maroon cloth sides.

Components of the work

Support composed of paper

Materials used in production

Printing ink

Techniques used in production

Printing

Identification numbers

Accession number: PB 1937.3
Primary reference Number: 99020
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Audit data

Created: Saturday 6 August 2011 Updated: Monday 6 January 2014 Last processed: Monday 31 July 2023

Associated departments & institutions

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

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