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Drew UniversitySpecial Collections
Medieval Texts & Images
Early Greek Texts
Late 11th century Lectionary of the Gospels,parchment
Early Greek Texts
Late 11th century Lectionary of the Gospels,parchment
Early Greek Texts
12th century Lectionary of the Gospels,parchment
Early Greek Texts
12th century Lectionary of the Gospels,parchment
Early Greek Texts
Parchment consumed by insects
12th century Lectionary of the Gospels,parchment
Early Greek Texts
11th century Lectionary of the Gospels,parchment
Parchment affected by fungus
Early Greek Texts
Parchment affected by fungus
11th century Lectionary of the Gospels,parchment
15th century Antiphonal (Choral Book),parchment
Materiality
HairSide
FleshSide
1240 Dominican Vulgate Bible,parchment
Note the size comparison to the pencil
1240 Dominican Vulgate Bible,parchment
1240 Dominican Vulgate Bible,parchment
15th century Book of Hours,parchment
c.1440 French Book of Hours, parchment
Illuminated Initials &Decorated Margins
c.1440 French Book of Hours (detail), parchment
Illuminated Initials &Decorated Margins
c.1440 French Book of Hours, parchment
Illuminated Initials &Decorated Margins
c.1460 French Book of Hours, parchment
Illuminated Initials &Decorated Margins
c.1460 French Book of Hours (detail),parchment
Dragon
Illuminated Initials &Decorated Margins
c.1460 French Book of Hours, parchment
Illuminated Initials &Decorated Margins
c.1470 Pope Leo I, Sermons and epistles, Rome, paper
Illuminated Initials &Decorated MarginsWith Printed Text
White vine-stemBorders
White vine-stemborders
c.1470 Pope Leo I (detail)
c.1470 Pope Leo I (detail)
c.1470 Pope Leo I (detail)
c.1470 Pope Leo I (detail)
c.1470 Pope Leo I (detail)
c.1470 Pope Leo I (detail)
c.1478 Pope Gregory IX, Nova compilation decretalium, paper
Decorated Initials & MarginsWith Printed Text
c.1478 Pope Gregory IX, Nova compilation decretalium(detail), paper
c.1481 Bartolomeo Platina, Vitae pontificum, paper
Decorated Initials
With Printed Text
c.1483 Saint Hieronymous, In antiquorum patrum vitas.., paper
Decorated InitialsWith Printed Text
Example of a “ghosted” imagec.1491 Guido de MonteRocherii, Liber qui manipuluscuratoru inscribitur, paper
c.1478 Biblia Sacra, paper
Illuminated Initials &Decorated MarginsWith Printed Text
c.1478 Biblia Sacra (detail), paper
c.1520 French book of hours, parchment
c.1520 French book of hours, parchment
c.1479 Thomas Aquinas, Secundus liber questioum, paper
Illuminated Initials &Decorated MarginsWith Printed Text
c.1479 Thomas Aquinas, Secundus liber questioum(detail), paper
Shell gold
c.1491 Peter Lombard, Perlutratio in librosIV sententiarum, paper
Gold leaf, tooled
c.1493 Nicolaus de Lyra, Postilla, 4 volumes, paper
c.1493 Nicolaus de Lyra, Postilla, 4 volumes, paper
c.1493 Nicolaus de Lyra, Postilla, 4 volumes, paper
Silver application
c.1493 Nicolaus de Lyra, Postilla, 4 volumes, paper
c.1493 Nicolaus de Lyra, Postilla, 4 volumes, paper
c.1493 Nicolaus de Lyra, Postilla, 4 volumes, paper
c.1493 Liber chronicarum (Nuremberg Chronicle), paper
c.1493 Liber chronicarum (Nuremberg Chronicle) (detail of Pope Joan and God Almighty), paper
c.1493 Liber chronicarum (Nuremberg Chronicle) (detail of werewolf and Dance of Death), paper