Collection ID: 0002 | Metadata type: TEI | TEI XML | Data

Title

Illumineirr buch künstlich alle Farben zu machen und bereidenn allen Briefmalern sampt andern solcher kunsten liebhabern nutzlich unnd gutt zu wissen

Authors

• Boltz, Valentin, d. 1560

Other related names

• Maximilian Heinrich, Archbishop and Elector of Cologne, 1621-1688, former owner

Call number

Ms. Codex 1073
(3420 Walnut Street, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19104-6206., University of Pennsylvania, Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts)

Alternate identifiers

• bibid: 9942270683503681
• http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/181156347
• http://hdl.library.upenn.edu/1017/d/medren/4227068

Publisher

University of Pennsylvania

Language

Mostly in German, with significant sections of the text in Latin. Some notations on the front and back end-leaves (dating from later than the text itself) are in Latin

Origin

Date

1570-1574

Place

Luxembourg

Summary

The majority of the manuscript comprises an approximately complete copy of Valentin Boltz's Illuminierbuch (Basel, 1549), on the practice of illumination of manuscripts, and the artistic use of pigments. The version of the title of Boltz's work given on the title page seems to correspond to that of editions published from 1552 on. With respect to the content of Boltz's work, the manuscript begins with the preface (f. 3r-4r), followed by a section on the preparation of inks (Von Dinten; f. 5r-6v) that occurs near the end of the published work. Roughly the second half of the manuscript corresponds to what seems to be the entire rest of the text (f. 51r-108v). In the first half, the manuscript contains additional material (f. 7r-48v), written partly in Latin, that appears to concern the same subject matter. The last part of the subtitle given on the title page refers to a division into seven books; however, the only noticeable division into books is a reference to the beginning of the third book (Incipit liber tertius; f. 88r), which occurs at the point corresponding to the beginning of the second of two books in Boltz's published work.

Notes

• Ms. codex.
   
• Title from title page (f. 1r).
   

Extent

102 leaves : 155 x 198 (100 x 160) mm. bound to 156 x 200 mm

Foliation

Paper, 102; 1, 3-39, 42-48, 51-72, 74-108; contemporary foliation in ink, modern foliation in pencil, upper right recto. Contemporary foliation sometimes partially or fully lost due to the trimming of pages. The following leaves appear to be missing: 40, 41, 49, 50, and 73. Folio 2 skipped in contemporary foliation but no leaf appears to be lacking. Additional leaves appear to be missing at the end of the manuscript.

Support

Paper

Binding

Contemporary vellum (Zacour-Hirsch).

Script

Written in a German cursive script with humanistic cursive book script for Latin passages.

Provenance

• Formerly owned by Maximilian Heinrich, Archbishop of Cologne: "Wir Maximilian Heinrich Ertzbischoff zu Kollen" (f. 4v) in brown ink (likely contemporary with the notes written in Latin on the endleaves).
   
• Sold by Emil Offenbacher (New York), 1955.
   

Subjects topical

• Illumination of books and manuscripts--Early works to 1800
• Illumination of books and manuscripts--Technique

Genres

• Codices
• Treatises
• Manuscripts, German--16th century
• Manuscripts, Renaissance

Keywords

• 16th century
• German
• Treatise
• Illumination
• Paper
• Luxembourg

Licenses

• Text

  These images and the content of Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts Ms. Codex 1073: Illumineirr buch künstlich alle Farben zu machen und bereidenn allen Briefmalern sampt andern solcher kunsten liebhabern nutzlich unnd gutt zu wissen are free of known copyright restrictions and in the public domain. See the Creative Commons Public Domain Mark page for usage details, http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/.

  URL

  http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

• Text

  Metadata is © and licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution License version 4.0 (CC-BY-4.0 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/legalcode. For a description of the terms of use see the Creative Commons Deed https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/.

  URL

  https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/legalcode