Illuminated manuscripts
Subject
Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus
Found in 154 Collections and/or Records:
E.Or Ms 461: Gadala Georgios. The Acts of St George accordīng to Theodotus of Ancyra. Vol. 1 of 2, undated (c. 18th C.E.)
Item
Identifier: E.Or Ms 461
Scope and Contents
This is a copy of Gadla Giyorgis (The Life of St George). The Acts of St George according to Theodotus of Ancyra in two volumes (E.Or Ms 461 and 462).The manuscript is richly decorated with miniatures in a style of painting that bears comparison with illuminations from the eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries. In addition to an image of the Virgin and Child, the miniatures show episodes from the life and martyrdom of St George.7ra–91rb: ...
Dates:
undated (c. 18th C.E.)
E.Or Ms 462: Gadala Georgios. The Acts of St George accordīng to Theodotus of Ancyra. Vol. 2 of 2, undated (c. 18th C.E.)
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Identifier: E.Or Ms 462
Scope and Contents
This is a copy of Gadala Georgios. The Acts of St George according to Theodotus of Ancyra in two volumes (E.Or Ms 461 and 462).5ra–72ra: Gadla Giyorgis (The Life of St George, CAe 1455).73ra–122vb: Taʾāmmǝra Giyorgis (The Miracles of George, CAe 4006).This manuscript at one point in time belonged to the Church of the Saviour of the World (Madḫāne ʿĀlam) at Magdala (fol. 5r). — The...
Dates:
undated (c. 18th C.E.)
E.Or Ms 649: Ethiopic scroll, undated (c. 19th cent. C.E.)
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Identifier: E.Or Ms 649
Scope and Contents
This is a protective scroll. It is paper, 186 by 9 cm, and constituted of 4 joined sections. It is written in the Ge'ez script, with red ink decorations at the head of each section.
Dates:
undated (c. 19th cent. C.E.)
E.Or Ms 651: Ethiopic New Testament, Vol. II. The Book of Acts and the Epistles, undated (c. 17th–18th cent. C.E.)
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Identifier: E.Or Ms 651
Scope and Contents
A copy of the New Testament, including Acts and Epistles, on vellum. It includes one miniature painting which is inserted loose between a paper flyleaf and fol. 1. It measures 17 by 16.5 cm, smaller in size than the main manuscript. The leaf contains a depiction of King David and could date from the 16th century.3ra–145vb: New Testament Epistles 147ra–193rb: ActsDetailed description: fols 3ra–23ra: Romans; 23ra–43va: 1 Corinthians (23ra–23va: Introduction, 23vb–43va: 1...
Dates:
undated (c. 17th–18th cent. C.E.)
E.Or Ms 654: Ethiopic Manuscript [Collection of prayers], undated
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Identifier: E.Or Ms 654
Scope and Contents
This Ethiopic codex may be a collection of prayers. It has a frontispiece illuminated in red and black ink, and text is written in two columns throughout. Specialist research is needed.
Dates:
undated
E.Or Ms 673: Ethiopic Scroll [Portions of the Gospels], undated
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Identifier: E.Or Ms 673
Scope and Contents
This scroll may be portions of the Gospels. It begins with an illumination in yellow, blue, brown and black, featuring three figures and a type of ornate cross. There are five sections of text down the length of the scroll, each separated by an illumination. There are six illuminations in total. They feature human images, crosses and patterns. Specialist research is needed.
Dates:
undated
E.Or Ms 686: Ethiopic codex and scroll, undated
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Identifier: E.Or Ms 686
Scope and Contents
An Ethiopic codex and scroll, together in a small leather pouch.
The content of the codex has not been identified. Specialist research is needed.
The content of the scroll has not been identified. It may well be an amulet featuring prayers or incantations. Specialist research is needed.
The content of the codex has not been identified. Specialist research is needed.
The content of the scroll has not been identified. It may well be an amulet featuring prayers or incantations. Specialist research is needed.
Dates:
undated
Illuminated calligraphic manuscript entitled A Selection from the Collects, by Louisa Mary Freeman, c 1880
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Identifier: Ms.Add.5
Scope and Contents
This is a manuscript entitled A Selection from the Collects, by Louisa Mary Freeman. Each page is highly illuminated, and includes a prayer and a note indicating when to recite said prayer (for example 'Sixth Sunday after Epiphany', and 'Ninth Sunday after Trinity'), a decorated initial, and richly illuminated borders.Also includes a contemporary carte de visite portrait of Louisa Mary Freeman, taken by Hennah & Kent in...
Dates:
c 1880
Illuminated manuscript by Charles Oppenheimer (1875-1961) of 'The Eve of Saint Agnes' by John Keats
Fonds — Box CLX-A-1261
Identifier: Coll-1666
Scope and Contents
1901 work in the form of an illuminated manuscript of the poem The Eve of Saint Agnes, by John Keats. The bound volume is of fourteen pages of vellum.
Work demonstrates Oppenheimer's craftsmanship and skill and improving drawing. It is not known whether the item was a commission, an academic exercise or business sample.
Work demonstrates Oppenheimer's craftsmanship and skill and improving drawing. It is not known whether the item was a commission, an academic exercise or business sample.
Dates:
1901
MS 2: Biblia Sacra [Bible. Latin. Vulgate], c 1300
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Identifier: MS 2
Scope and Contents
The manuscript contains the complete text of the Vulgate. It also contains the Interpretationes nominum hebraicorum ('Interpretations of the Hebrew names'), a list, mostly in alphabetical order, of Hebrew names found in the Bible, attributed to Stephen Langton (died 1228); each Hebrew name is accompanied by a short explanation in Latin.At the beginning of Nehemiah, a second hand has added the numeral for 'second' and a later...
Dates:
c 1300