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Ancient Rome Ms. from Collegio Romano - -JKP- - 21-02-2020
Princeton MS Garrett 158. Check out the very detailed illustrations and the early modern rendition of a classical style of script and page layout in this c. 1471 manuscript.
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It was one of the manuscripts acquired by Wilfrid Voynich, so I thought it appropriate to have a link in this section:
"The early provenance of the manuscript is unknown. It was owned by Marc Antoine Muret, the French humanist (1526-1585), who died in Rome, where it was inherited by Marc Antoine Muret, his nephew (d. 1586), a student in Rome, who donated it to the Collegio Romano, a Jesuit school in Rome, founded 1551 and later renamed Gregorian University. The school was closed 1870-1874, and many books and manuscripts (including Garrett MS. 158) were lost or sold in 1873. It is unknown who owned or had possession of the manuscript immediately after it left the Collegio Romano. The Marcanova manuscript was part of the Voynich Collection, the personal collection of the New York antiquarian dealer Wilfred Voynich; in 1915 and 1920 the manuscript was exhibited with a group of Western illuminated manuscripts the General Library of the University of Michigan. It was described at the time as having been illustrated by Maso da Finiguerra (1426-1464), according to an article in University of Michigan, General Library Building (Ann Arbor: University of Michigan, 1920), p. 35; copy on file in the Department of Rare Books and Special Collections. Wilfrid Voynich sold the manuscript to Robert Garrett of Baltimore, Maryland, Class of 1897, in August 1924. Garrett deposited the manuscript in the Princeton University Library (deposit no. 7542) and donated it in 1942."
RE: Ancient Rome Ms. from Collegio Romano - Koen G - 21-02-2020
Very impressive, both the illustrations and text. And so many pages, must have been quite a job.
RE: Ancient Rome Ms. from Collegio Romano - ReneZ - 21-02-2020
Other copies of the same MS are in the Paris BN and in the Estense library in Modena. The latter has also been digitised:
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The Garrett MS was copied from the Paris MS, but the Paris MS now lacks the full-page illustrations, which the Modena MS still has.
People with access to Academia.edu can read more here:
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RE: Ancient Rome Ms. from Collegio Romano - -JKP- - 21-02-2020
(21-02-2020, 05:21 AM)Koen G Wrote: You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login to view.Very impressive, both the illustrations and text. And so many pages, must have been quite a job.
I was thinking the same thing. Scribes not only needed skill and patience... they needed stamina.
RE: Ancient Rome Ms. from Collegio Romano - davidjackson - 21-02-2020
Amazing line drawings, but you still get that medieval 2d effect from the lack of perspective in the horizon. And of course the allegorical nature of castles on hilltops in the distance.
And most of the faces are a strange mix of detailed drawing and lack of understanding of how to draw a face. The faces of the guards in the execution scene on f3 are a weird mix of feminine features and testosterone body - which given that they are executing somebody, is very disturbing.
The people in the Roman section are all medieval contemporaries, carrying out medieval day to day tasks, but set within the ancient buildings of Rome. Were they drawn to life? A fascinating thought to think that we are looking at real life sketches of daily life in medieval Rome! I mean, look at those medieval knights jousting in the amphiteathre!
@Koen - f4, the apple sellers appear to all have distaffs, spindles and threads in their hands (no idea why, maybe keeps them busy when not selling the apples!).