LEADER 03554ctm a2200457 i 4500001 99113439393506421 005 20221219232726.0 008 190422q13501400enka 000 p lat d 035 (NjP)11343939-princetondb 035 (OCoLC)on1099489234 035 |z(NjP)Voyager11343939 040 NjP |beng |erda |cNjP 043 e-uk-enn-us-nj 050 4 PA8310.G3 |bA54 100 0 Walter, |cof Châtillon, |dactive 1170-1180 |eauthor. |0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n85065445 240 10 Alexandreis. |kSelections (Princeton University. Library. Manuscript. Garrett MS. 119) 245 10 Alexandreis / |cWalter of Châtillon. 264 1 [Lincolnshire, England] : |b[producer not identified], |c[between 1350 and 1400] 300 1 volume (64, 4 leaves) : |bparchment, illustrations ; |c26 cm 336 text |btxt |2rdacontent 337 unmediated |bn |2rdamedia 338 volume |bnc |2rdacarrier 500 Title from printed catalog. 500 Script: Anglicana formata. 500 Decoration: The Alexandreis begins with a large pen-flourished initial in brown ink, extending into the inner margin. Major text divisions thereafter begin with 5-line pen-flourished initials in brown ink, and lesser divisions in 2-line initials in red ink with red pen-flourished decoration. Occasional decorations extending from lower lines into the lower margin (e.g., dragon on fol. 30v). A somewhat crude lead-point and pen sketch of St. Anne holding on her lap the Virgin Mary, who is holding the Christ child is on fol. 61v. 563 England, 17th century. Calf over pasteboard, with gold-stamped and blind-embossed panels; gilt edges; red, blue, and ochre marbled endpapers. Spine title (gold-stamped): “alexandri magni vita m.s.” 524 Garrett MS. 119, Manuscripts Division, Department of Rare Books and Special Collections, Princeton University Library. 541 |cGiftof Robert Garrett, |d1942. 561 Garrett MS. 119 was most likely copied in part at Revesby Abbey (Cistercian Abbey of the Blessed Virgin Mary and St. Lawrence), Lincolnshire, in the second half of the 14th century (see Content, fols. 59r-61v). Robert Garrett (1875-1961), of Baltimore, Maryland, Class of 1897, purchased the manuscript on 22 December 1924 from the New York antiquarian bookseller Wilfrid M. Voynich (1865-1930). Garrett's gift to the Princeton University Library, 1942. 510 4 Medieval & Renaissance manuscripts in the Princeton University Library, |cvolume 1, pages 265-267. 600 00 Alexander, |cthe Great, |d356 B.C.-323 B.C. |vPoetry |vEarly works to 1800. 650 0 Epic poetry, Latin (Medieval and modern) |0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85044337 650 0 Manuscripts, Latin (Medieval and modern) |zEngland. |0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2010100565 650 0 Manuscripts, Latin (Medieval and modern) |zNew Jersey |zPrinceton. 650 0 Illumination of books and manuscripts. |0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85064332 655 7 Poetry. |2lcgft |0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/genreForms/gf2014026481 700 1 Garrett, Robert, |d1875-1961, |edonor. |0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/nr93014294 700 1 Voynich, Wilfred Michael, |d1865-1930, |ebookseller. |0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n88244649 710 2 Princeton University. |bLibrary. |kManuscript. |nGarrett MS. 119. 902 yw |bo |6t |7m |dv |f1 |e20190422 950 |c2023-09-10 04:51:35 US/Eastern |b2021-07-12 15:06:05 US/Easternfalse