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Cambridge, Cambridge University Library, BFBS 169

Cambridge, Cambridge University Library · BFBS 169

15th & 17th centuriesIllumination & ornamentKarlsson, Gnisci & Dege-Müller handlist (Aethiopica 26)

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Miniature, headpiece and illuminated-table inventories transcribed from the peer-reviewed handlist; only the field labels in front of them are added here.

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Miniatures: (1) eagle, fol. 56vb; (2) St Peter the Apostle, fol. 285r (drawing); (3) St Peter the Apostle, fol. 285v. Illuminated tables: fol. 1v (Fig. 1).

Original catalogue wording

Miniatures: (1) eagle, fol. 56vb; (2) St Peter the Apostle, fol. 285r (drawing); (3) St Peter the Apostle, fol. 285v. Illuminated tables: fol. 1v (Fig. 1).

Miniature, headpiece and illuminated-table inventories transcribed from the peer-reviewed handlist; only the field labels in front of them are added here.

Scenes and visual evidence

  1. 01
    Miniatures: (1) eagle, fol. 56vb; (2) St Peter the Apostle, fol. 285r (drawing); (3) St Peter the Apostle, fol. 285v.

    Handlist field transcribed without geographic or stylistic inference.

  2. 02
    Illuminated tables: fol. 1v (Fig. 1).

    Handlist field transcribed without geographic or stylistic inference.

Source date
1400–1500 (palaeography, Unit 1); 1600–1700 (palaeography, Unit 2); 1474–1475 (internal evidence, Unit 3).
Date evidence
Dating and evidence qualifiers transcribed from the peer-reviewed handlist.
Holding institution
Cambridge, Cambridge University Library
Shelfmark
BFBS 169
Catalogue source
Karlsson, Gnisci & Dege-Müller handlist (Aethiopica 26)
Source record
Jonas Karlsson, Jacopo Gnisci, and Sophia Dege-Müller, Aethiopica 26 (2023), 159–225, handlist I