Author: William Hurd ScheidePublisher:
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Category : Manuscripts
Languages : en
Pages :
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Catalogue of the Manuscripts and Documents in the Private Library of William H. Scheide on Deposit in the Princeton University Library, Princeton, N.J.
Author: William Hurd ScheidePublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Manuscripts
Languages : en
Pages :
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The Scheide Library
Author: The Scheide Library
Author: Julian Parks BoydPublisher:
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Category : Private libraries
Languages : en
Pages : 214
Book Description
Biblio
Author: Publisher:
ISBN: 9780977354467
Category : Rare book libraries
Languages : en
Pages : 131
Book Description
The Scheide Library ...
Author: Randolph Greenfield AdamsPublisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 303
Book Description
EDITIO PRINCEPS.
Author: Eric Marshall WhitePublisher: Studies in Medieval and Early
ISBN: 9781909400849
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 456
Book Description
The Gutenberg Bible is widely recognized as Europe's first printed book, a book that forever changed the world. However, despite its initial impact, fame was fleeting: for the better part of three centuries the Bible was virtually forgotten; only after two centuries of tenacious and contentious scholarship did it attain its iconic status as a monument of human invention. Editio princeps: A History of the Gutenberg Bible is the first book to tell the whole story of Europe's first printed edition, describing its creation at Mainz circa 1455, its impact on fifteenth-century life and religion, its fall into oblivion during the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries, and its rediscovery and rise to worldwide fame during the centuries thereafter. This comprehensive study examines the forty-nine surviving Gutenberg Bibles, and fragments of at least fourteen others, in the chronological order in which they came to light. Combining close analysis of material clues within the Bibles themselves with fresh documentary discoveries, the book reconstructs the history of each copy in unprecedented depth, from its earliest known context through every change of ownership up to the present day. Along the way it introduces the colorful cast of proud possessors, crafty booksellers, observant travelers, and scholarly librarians who shaped our understanding of Europe's first printed book. Bringing the 'biographies' of all the Gutenberg Bibles together for the first time, this richly illustrated study contextualizes both the historic cultural impact of the editio princeps and its transformation into a world treasure.
The Princeton University Library Chronicle
Author: Princeton University. The Scheide LibraryPublisher:
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Category : Libraries
Languages : en
Pages : 107
Book Description
The Scheide Library
Author: Julian Parks BoydGreek Manuscripts at Princeton, Sixth to Nineteenth Century
Author: Sofia KotzabassiPublisher: Princeton University Press
ISBN:
Category : Antiques & Collectibles
Languages : en
Pages : 522
Book Description
This is the first comprehensive scholarly publication of the rich holdings of Greek manuscripts and miniatures in Princeton, New Jersey, housed in the Firestone Library and the art museum of Princeton University, in the Scheide Library, and in Princeton Theological Seminary. This important material represents both a broad range of time--from the early Byzantine period through the mid-nineteenth century--and a broad range of content, from Byzantine copies of classical texts to Gospel books, Lectionaries and patristic homilies, hymns and texts of the liturgy, medical books, and Holy Land pilgrimage guides. Among the manuscripts are some spectacularly illustrated works, key monuments in the history of Byzantine illumination: an eleventh-century codex of John Klimax's Heavenly Ladder with vivid and unusual depictions of monastic life; evangelist portraits from a number of artistic periods and centers; extraordinary pages of pure ornament; and fine examples of post-Byzantine liturgical illustration of the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries. Among the most significant texts are a sixth-century palimpsest with Greek hymns in an extremely early form of musical notation, and a thirteenth-century copy of Aristotle's Organon, heavily annotated by the renowned Byzantine scholar and teacher John Chortasmenos (ca. 1370-1430). The collection also includes a fascinating eighteenth-century genealogical chronicle--a 45-foot-long roll with 562 illustrations of biblical events and personalities from the Creation to the Ascension of Christ, a work that was probably produced in the area of present-day Romania. This collection offers insight into many aspects of the artistic and intellectual life--theological, monastic, scholarly, ecclesiastical--of the Byzantine and post-Byzantine world. It also contributes to the history of Greek philology and the development of the Greek book over more than a millennium, from the earliest centuries of manuscript production down to the period when, long after the appearance of printing, liturgical texts continued to be copied by hand and lavishly illuminated. The catalogue provides codicological and art-historical analysis of all 64 manuscripts and leaves, along with detailed information on their content, provenance, and bindings; extensive bibliographies; and ample plates, almost all of them in color.
Taste and Technique in Book-Collecting
Author: John CarterPublisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 1107438144
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
Languages : en
Pages : 215
Book Description
Originally published in 1948, this book contains the text of the Sandars Lectures in Bibliography for the previous year. Carter reflects upon the evolution and method of book collecting from the middle of the nineteenth century until the 1940s, and meditates on what it means to be a book collector, the changing definition of that term, and recent developments in collecting styles. This book will be of value to anyone with an interest in bibliophilism or the history of book collecting.