Western and Oriental Manuscripts and Miniatures, 1966-12-12
Scope and Contents
(A commentary on the Gospel of St. Matthew in Greek, [c.1100]; the Liturgy of St. John Chrysostom in Greek, 1634, in a contemporary Rumanian binding; Statutes of the City of Cividale del Friuli [c.1376]; St. Isadore of Seville's Etymologiae [? Spain, c.1270]; a thirteenth-century sketch map of Jerusalem and the surrounding country; a manuscript from the Library of Hildebrand Brandenberg of Biberach; a fine Humanistic manuscript of Justinus; Eusebius's Historia Ecclesiastica [England, late twelfth-century]; a fine manuscript of Trevisa's translation of Higden's Polychronicon [c.1400]; one of the earliest recorded manuscripts of Mandeville's Travels, and other English manuscripts of the twelfth to fourteenth-century.)
Dates
- created: 1966-12-12
Creator
- From the Collection: Christie, Manson & Woods International Inc. (Publisher, Organization)
- From the Collection: S. Leigh Sotheby & John Wilkinson (Firm) (Publisher, Organization)
- From the Collection: Sotheby, Wilkinson & Hodge (Publisher, Organization)
- From the Collection: Sotheby's (Firm) (Publisher, Organization)
Extent
From the Collection: 621 Volumes
Language of Materials
From the Collection: English
Repository Details
Part of the Western Michigan University Special Collections Repository
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