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| | | 4. | Providence, Providence Public Library, Special Collections, Wetmore MS 1 | | Description: - ff. iii+ 149 + v - Gold-stamped calf: in each corner 2 arrows in saltire, points in base, surmounted by a heart and ensigned with a royal crown, within a base of fleur-de-lys and in the flaunches a Tudor rose; center stamp of feathers, enfiled with a crown, w/olive branches - Henry, Prince of Wales (1594-1612); Thomas Watson (1720-79), S. J.;Thomas Pennant (1726-98); by inheritance to Rudolph (1823-92), Earl of Denbigh; Denbigh sale, Christie's, 4-7-1938, lot 12 to Stonehill; Edith Wetmore (1870-1966); in 1955 to Prov.Pub.Lib. - Susanne Rischpler, Biblia Sacra figuris expressa: Mnemotechnische Bilderbibln des 15. Jahrhunderts(Wiesbaden 2001), discussing the five known mss of this type; the Providence book is described on pp. 187-190; meanings of the symbols are on pp. 171-181 | | Language: LATIN Country: Germany Century: 15th | | Number of Images Available: 160
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