Medieval manuscripts, 1300-1507

Summary

Creator:

Unknown and Cramariis, Giovanni da, 1450-

Date:

1300-1507

Extent:

0.2 Linear Feet 3 oversized folders, 2 folders

Language:

Latin

Preferred citation:

Medieval manuscripts, ms1286, Hargrett Rare Book and Manuscript Library, The University of Georgia Libraries.

Background

Scope and content:

The collection consists of various loose pages of manuscripts dating from the fourteenth and fifteenth centuries, some rubricated with ornate initials and borders. Eight items are on vellum, three contain musical notation, are in Latin and appear to be religious in nature. One document is a leaf from the 1479 Biblia Latina by Nicholas Jenson of Venice. Also included is a full-page metalcut of the Virgin Mary from a French book of hours and Seven illuminated initials by Giovanni da Cramariis.

Biographical / historical:

Nicholas Jenson (1420-1480) was a French printer and type designer. He worked in Venice, Italy, and designed one of the first Roman type faces.

Indexed terms

Subjects:

Printing -- 1450-1500
Typographers
Manuscripts, Medieval.
Illumination of books and manuscripts.
Manuscripts.
Rubrication.
Vellum (parchment)

Names:

Jenson, Nicholas, approximately 1420-1480

Preferred citation:

Medieval manuscripts, ms1286, Hargrett Rare Book and Manuscript Library, The University of Georgia Libraries.