Details

Subject(s)

• Bible—Criticism, interpretation, etc—Early works to 1800 [Browse]
• Manuscripts, Latin (Medieval and modern)—Italy [Browse]
• Manuscripts, Latin (Medieval and modern)—New Jersey—Princeton [Browse]
• Illumination of books and manuscripts [Browse]

Former owner

Adler, Elmer, 1884-1962 [Browse]

Related name

Princeton University. Library. Manuscript. Princeton MS. 71. [Browse]

Notes

• Comprised of 742 theological questions, each of which begins with a red paraph mark and an arabic number in red in the outer margin.
• Script: Textualis semi-quadrata.
• Decoration: None.

Binding note

Italy, late 15th or early 16th century. Blind-tooled reddish brown goatskin over oak boards (4 mm thick); concentric frames decorated with foliage, fleurs-de-lis, crosses saltire, and other designs.

Provenance

Princeton MS. 71 is of unknown early provenance. The manuscript was later in Rome, at the Carmelite Church of Santa Maria in Traspontina, on the Via della Conciliazione. The church was built between 1566 and 1668. An unidentified dealer's description in English was found in the manuscript. The manuscript was in the collection of Elmer Adler (1884-1962). Adler established and directed the Department of Graphic Arts in the Princeton University Library from 1940 to 1952. The Adler collection was acquired by Princeton University Library between 1945 and 1955.

References

Medieval & Renaissance manuscripts in the Princeton University Library, volume 2, pages 278-279.

Cite as

Princeton MS. 71, Manuscripts Division, Department of Rare Books and Special Collections, Princeton University Library.

OCLC

1108737322

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