Description of University of Pennsylvania Misc Mss Box 24 Folder 12 Box 24 Folder 12: Modern illuminated vignettes
University of Pennsylvania
2023-05-23
2023-05-23
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Misc Mss Box 24 Folder 12 Box 24 Folder 12
9977565947403681
http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/1112082894
https://colenda.library.upenn.edu/catalog/81431-p36q1t317
Parchment leaf with two hand-painted illuminated vignettes from the late 19th or early 20th century, possibly by the Italian copyist Ernesto Sprega (1829-1911). The vignette on the recto, in landscape format, shows the prophet Isaiah preaching, and is copied from an illumination near the beginning of the second volume of the Bible of Borso d'Este (Modena, Biblioteca Estense, Ms. lat. 423, fol. 3v). The vignette on the verso, in portrait format, is a floral design based on the illuminated margins of the same leaf of the Bible of Borso d'Este.
Modern illuminated vignettes
Miscellaneous Manuscripts Collection (University of Pennsylvania)
former owner
Nachman, Martin
former owner
Nachman, Marian
parchment
1 item (1 leaf) : 105 x 145 mm
Large miniature, Prophet Isaiah preaching
Large miniature, Floral vignette
late 1800s or early 1900s
Purchased by Martin Nachman, possibly from Eugene Thaw, probably in the early 1950s; bequeathed to his daughter-in-law Marian Nachman.
Gift of an anonymous donor, 2019.
Isaiah--(Biblical prophet)--Art
Illumination of books and manuscripts--Specimens
illuminations (paintings)
reproductions (derivative objects)
Manuscripts, Italian--19th century
Manuscripts, Italian--20th century