Addenda and Corrigenda

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Membra disiecta

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Dispersed collections

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Saturday, 29 November 2014

The Vassar Leo X Cuttings, Part II

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In a previous post I mentioned that the the newly-recognised cuttings from a Missal of Pope Leo X have a "companion" in New York....
Wednesday, 26 November 2014

A Triple Trompe-L'Œil (Midweek Miscellany 4)

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Browsing photographs of manuscripts at the Houghton Library, Harvard, I found this unusual example of a trompe-l'œil fly, on a trompe-l...
Tuesday, 25 November 2014

Another Leo X Cutting

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I have just returned from a three-week trip to the USA (where I collected lots of material for future blog posts) which is why I missed my r...
Sunday, 16 November 2014

Another Soranzo MS, now in Philadelphia

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Browsing images of manuscripts at the Free Library, Philadelphia, I recently came across another unrecognised manuscript ( Lewis E 219 ) for...
Saturday, 8 November 2014

Alan Thomas and the Gabárty-Brandeis Manuscripts

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In a previous post I discussed a cutting from the Bible of Pedro of Pamplona that was owned by Eugene Gabárty. I mentioned that he had sold...
Saturday, 1 November 2014

New Cuttings From a Missal of Leo X, Illuminated by Attavante c.1520 [Part I]

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In preparation for a visit to manuscript repositories within a few hours drive of New York city, I contacted Vassar College Library's Sp...
Wednesday, 29 October 2014

The Colbert Libraries (Midweek Miscellany 3)

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The "Histoire de la Bibliophilie" blog has recently  posted  about the libraries of the various members of the Colbert family , in...