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Detailed record for Arundel 93
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| Part 1 |
ff. 1-111 |
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| Author |
Diodorus Siculus |
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| Title |
Bibliotheca historiarum, in the translation of Poggio Bracciolini |
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Netherlands, S. (Ghent) |
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| Date |
1482-1485 |
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| Language |
Latin |
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| Script |
Gothic cursive; extensive marginalia in semi-humanistic |
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| Decoration |
1 large decorated initial, incorporating heraldic arms, with a partial foliate border, in colours and gold (f. 3). 5 large puzzle initials in red and blue with (brown or light green, and) light red pen-flourishing, some with yellow, red, and/or blue infill, some including elaborate human figures or floral motifs, at the beginning of the books (ff. 3v, 16, 32, 48, 92). 1 large initial in blue with light red pen-flourishing (f. 1). Paraph marks in plain red or blue. Capital letters highlighted in yellow. Cadels. |
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| Dimensions in mm |
360 x 255 (265 x 170) |
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| Part 2 |
ff. 112-128v |
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Aeneas Sylvius Piccolomini (Pope Pius II) |
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| Title |
Selected treatises, including De situ et origine Pruthenorum, De Livonia, and Epistola ad Philippum Mariam Angelum de Vicecomitibus de bello Thurcorum et Hungarorum |
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| Origin |
Netherlands, S. (Ghent) |
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| Date |
c. 1482- c. 1485 |
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| Language |
Latin |
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| Script |
Gothic cursive |
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| Decoration |
5 large initials in red with blue pen-flourishing or in blue with light red pen-flourishing (ff. 112, 118v, 120v [with reserved zoomorphic design], 122, 124). |
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| Dimensions in mm |
360 x 255 (265 x 170) |
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| Part 3 |
ff. 129-160v |
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| Author |
Christoforo Buondelmonti |
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| Title |
Liber insularum archipelagi |
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| Origin |
Netherlands, S. (Ghent) |
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| Date |
1482 |
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| Language |
Latin |
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Gothic cursive |
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| Decoration |
54 large and small miniatures of maps, in colours (ff. 130 (2x), 130v, 131, 131v, 132, 133, 134, 134v, 135v, 136, 136v, 137 (2x), 137v, 138, 138v (3x), 139, 139v, 140 (2x), 140v, 141, 141v (2x), 142, 142v, 143, 143v (2x), 144, 144v (2x), 145 (2x), 145v (3x), 146, 146v, 147 (2x), 147v (2x), 148 (2x), 148v, 149 (2x), 149v (2x), 150). 1 large initial made of branches, set in a landscape with birds, in colours (f. 129). Small initials in gold on red and blue grounds. |
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| Dimensions in mm |
360 x 255 (270 x 170) |
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| Official foliation |
ff. 160 (+ 1 modern and 1 older paper flyleaves at the beginning, and 2 older paper flyleaves at the end) |
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Parchment codex |
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Post-1600. Diced calf; framed in gilt; rebacked; the edges of the leaves gilt. |
| Provenance |
Inscribed 'finis. 1482' (f. 111); and acquired ('comparavit') in 1485: inscribed ' with the date as cited below (f. 160v).
Raphael de Marcatellis (b. 1437, d. 1508), abbot of St Bavon's, Ghent: with his arms (ff. 3, 129), and his unexplained monogram: 'L.Y.S.' (f. 91v); inscribed 'Hoc volumen comparavit Raphael de Marcatellis, Dei gratia episcopus Rosensis [Rhosus, Cicilia], abbas Sancti Bavonis iuxta Gandavum [Ghent], et quad potuit correxit anno Domini 1485' (f. 160v).
? Thomas Howard (b. 1585, d. 1646), 2nd earl of Arundel, 4th earl of Surrey, and 1st earl of Norfolk, art collector and politician.
Henry Howard (b. 1628, d. 1684), 6th duke of Norfolk, presented to the Royal Society in 1667.
The Royal Society, London (its ink stamp: 'Soc. Reg. Lond / ex dono HENR. HOWARD / Norfolciensis.', f. 1; its book-plate with the pencil inscription: ‘XV.3.6’, inside upper cover).
Purchased by the British Museum from the Royal Society together with 549 other Arundel manuscripts in 1831. |
| Notes |
Medieval foliation in red ink arabic numerals as far as '105', skips from 64 to 67.
Thomov assigns this manuscript to Group I.A. |
| Select bibliography |
Catalogue of Manuscripts in The British Museum, New Series, 1 vol. in 2 parts (London: British Museum, 1834-1840), I, part I: The Arundel Manuscripts, p. 26.
F. W. Hasluck, 'Notes on MSS. in the British Museum relating to Levant Geography and Travel', Annual of the British School at Athens, 12 (1905-6), 196-215, pl. I (p. 198, pl. 1).
Robert Weiss, 'Un umanista antiquario: Cristoforo Buondelmonti', Lettere italiane, 16 (1964), 105-16 (p. 109 n. 43).
Albert Derolez, The Library of Raphael de Marcatellis, Abbot of St. Bavon's, Ghent, 1437-1508 (Ghent: Story-Scientia, 1979), no. 12.
Andrew G. Watson, Catalogue of Dated and Datable Manuscripts c. 700-1600 in The Department of Manuscripts, The British Library, 2 vols (London: British Library, 1979), I, no. 438, II, pl. 828.
P. D. A. Harvey, The History of Topographical Maps (London: Thames and Hudson, 1980), pl. 32.
Albert Derolez, 'Un nouveau manuscrit de la bibliothèque de Raphael de Mercatel', in Litterae Medii Aevi: Festschrift für Johanne Autenrieth zu ihrem 65. Geburtstag, ed. by Michael Borgolte and Herrad Spilling (Sigmaringen: Thorbecke, 1988), 301-308 (p. 303).
Europa und der Orient: 800-1900, ed. by Gereon Sievernich and Hendrik Budde (Berlin: Bertelsmann Lexikon, 1989), no. 14/33 [exhibition catalogue] [part 3].
Paul Oskar Kristeller, Iter Italicum: Accedunt Alia Itinera: A Finding List of Uncatalogued or Incompletely Catalogued Humanistic Manuscripts of the Renaissance in Italian and other Libraries 7 vols (London: Warburg Institute; Leiden: Brill, 1963-1997), IV (1989), 127.
Thomas Thomov, ‘New Information about Christoforo Buondelmonti’s Drawings of Constantinople’, Byzantion: revue internationale des études byzantines, 66 (1996), 431-53 (pp. 438-42, pl. 2) [part 3]
Scot McKendrick, Flemish Illuminated Manuscripts 1400-1550 (London: British Library, 2003), fig. 79 [part 3].
Turks: A Journey of a Thousand Years, 600-1600, ed. by David J. Roxburgh (London: Royal Academy of Arts, 2005), no. 227 [part 3, with additional bibliography].
Kathleen Doyle, catalogue entry, Byzantium 330-1453, ed. by Robin Cormack and Maria Vassilaki (London: Royal Academy, 2008), no. 11 [exhibition catalogue]. |
| Last revised: 02 December 2005 |
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Part 1
ff. 1-111 |
| Diodorus Siculus Bibliotheca historiarum, in the translation of Poggio Bracciolini |
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f. 1
Decorated initial |
f. 3
Illuminated initial |
f. 3
Detail |
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f. 3v
Puzzle initial |
f. 16
Puzzle initial |
f. 32
Puzzle initial |
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f. 48
Puzzle initial |
f. 48
Puzzle initial |
f. 68
Puzzle initial |
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ff. 91v-92
Puzzle initial |
f. 129
Birds |
f. 129
Heraldry |
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f. 138
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f. 138v
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f. 139
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f. 139v
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f. 140
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f. 141
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f. 141v
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f. 142
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f. 142v
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f. 143
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f. 143v
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f. 145
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f. 145v
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f. 146
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f. 146v
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f. 147
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f. 147v
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f. 148
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f. 148v
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f. 149
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f. 149v
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f. 150
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f. 152v
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f. 153
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f. 153v
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f. 154
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f. 155v
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f. 156
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f. 156v
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f. 157
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f. 157v
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f. 158
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f. 158v
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f. 159
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f. 159v
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Part 2
ff. 112-128v |
| Aeneas Sylvius Piccolomini (Pope Pius II) Selected treatises, including De situ et origine Pruthenorum, De Livonia, and Epistola ad Philippum Mariam Angelum de Vicecomitibus de bello Thurcorum et Hungarorum |
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f. 112
Decorated initial |
f. 118v
Decorated initial |
f. 120v
Decorated initial |
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f. 122
Decorated initial |
f. 124
Decorated initial |
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Part 3
ff. 129-160v |
| Christoforo Buondelmonti Liber insularum archipelagi |
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f. 129
Initial and heraldic arms |
f. 133
Map |
f. 134v
Miniature of a map: 'Crete hodie candia'. |
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f. 139
Milo |
f. 141
Andros |
f. 144v
Podia |
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ff. 145v-146
Maps |
ff. 146v-147
Maps |
ff. 147v-148
Maps |
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f. 148
Map |
ff. 148v-149
Maps |
f. 149v
Maps |
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f. 150
Chios |
f. 150
Chois |
ff. 151v-152
Map |
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ff. 152v-153
Maps |
ff. 155v-156
Maps |
f. 156v
Map |
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f. 157
Map |
ff. 157v-158
Maps |
ff. 158v-159
Maps |
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ff. 159v-160
Map |
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