Gospels of Matilda

Gospels of Matilda Facsimile Edition

Gospels of Matilda, Countess of Tuscany, New York, The Morgan Library & Museum, MS M.492 − Photo 2

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English 19th-century olive morocco gilt to an Eve design by Charles Lewis (1786-1836) for Theodore Williams (initials T.W. encircled by a belt inscribed "Deus alit me" and surmounted by helmet and mantling with the Williams crest, a Cornish chough on upper cover); Williams arms on lower cover (argent three crescents or on a fess gueles between three Cornish choughs, in center-chief a spear-head, together with crest and motto), olive morocco doublures, in gilt and silver marbled paper case by Marguerite Duprez Lahey.

We have 1 facsimile edition of the manuscript "Gospels of Matilda": Gospels of Matilda, Countess of Tuscany facsimile edition, published by Roxburghe Club, 1917

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Alternative Titles: Gospel book of San Benedetto in Polirone
Physical Features: Manuscript book on parchment − 33.3 × 22.6 cm − 212
Origin: 1075–1099 − Monastery of San Benedetto in Polirone (Mantua), Italy
Genre(s): Scripture
Style: Romanesque
Language(s): Latin
Patron(s): Countess Matilda of Tuscany
Provenance: Giovanni Battista Racanati; Abbot Mauro Mari; Don Giuseppe Mari; Luigi Celotti of Venice; Rev. Theodore Williams; Sir Thomas Phillipps
Content: Gospels; Liber vitae of the monastery of San Benedetto in Polirone (fol. 102-106); a document dated Apr. 8, 1109 and issued by the Abbot Albericus (abbot 1099-1123) commemorating the obligation of San Benedetto in Polirone to the countess and to Arduino della Palude; a closing testimonial by Abbot Henricus to Aurio Dandali
Illumination: 6 full-page and 6 smaller miniatures, 4 incipit pages, 7 canon tables

Manuscript book description compiled by the publisher.

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Gospels of Matilda, Countess of Tuscany

Commentary (English) by Warner, George F.; Morgan, J. Pierpont

This is a partial facsimile of the original document, Gospels of Matilda: the facsimile might represent only a part, or doesn't attempt to replicate the format, or doesn't imitate the look-and-feel of the original document.

Facsimile edition featuring 19 plates in gold and color and 12 in monochrome from the John Pierpont Morgan MS M.492.

Gospels of Matilda Facsimile Edition

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