Drew UniversitySpecial Collections

Medieval Texts & Images

Early Greek Texts

Late 11th century Lectionary of the Gospels,parchment

Early Greek Texts

Late 11th century Lectionary of the Gospels,parchment

Early Greek Texts

12th century Lectionary of the Gospels,parchment

Early Greek Texts

12th century Lectionary of the Gospels,parchment

Early Greek Texts

Parchment consumed by insects

12th century Lectionary of the Gospels,parchment

Early Greek Texts

11th century Lectionary of the Gospels,parchment

Parchment affected by fungus

Early Greek Texts

Parchment affected by fungus

11th century Lectionary of the Gospels,parchment

15th century Antiphonal (Choral Book),parchment

Materiality

HairSide

FleshSide

1240 Dominican Vulgate Bible,parchment

Note the size comparison to the pencil

1240 Dominican Vulgate Bible,parchment

1240 Dominican Vulgate Bible,parchment

15th century Book of Hours,parchment

c.1440 French Book of Hours, parchment

Illuminated Initials &Decorated Margins

c.1440 French Book of Hours (detail), parchment

Illuminated Initials &Decorated Margins

c.1440 French Book of Hours, parchment

Illuminated Initials &Decorated Margins

c.1460 French Book of Hours, parchment

Illuminated Initials &Decorated Margins

c.1460 French Book of Hours (detail),parchment

Dragon

Illuminated Initials &Decorated Margins

c.1460 French Book of Hours, parchment

Illuminated Initials &Decorated Margins

c.1470 Pope Leo I, Sermons and epistles, Rome, paper

Illuminated Initials &Decorated MarginsWith Printed Text

White vine-stemBorders

White vine-stemborders

c.1470 Pope Leo I (detail)

c.1470 Pope Leo I (detail)

c.1470 Pope Leo I (detail)

c.1470 Pope Leo I (detail)

c.1470 Pope Leo I (detail)

c.1470 Pope Leo I (detail)

c.1478 Pope Gregory IX, Nova compilation decretalium, paper

Decorated Initials & MarginsWith Printed Text

c.1478 Pope Gregory IX, Nova compilation decretalium(detail), paper

c.1481 Bartolomeo Platina, Vitae pontificum, paper

Decorated Initials

With Printed Text

c.1483 Saint Hieronymous, In antiquorum patrum vitas.., paper

Decorated InitialsWith Printed Text

Example of a “ghosted” imagec.1491 Guido de MonteRocherii, Liber qui manipuluscuratoru inscribitur, paper

c.1478 Biblia Sacra, paper

Illuminated Initials &Decorated MarginsWith Printed Text

c.1478 Biblia Sacra (detail), paper

c.1520 French book of hours, parchment

c.1520 French book of hours, parchment

c.1479 Thomas Aquinas, Secundus liber questioum, paper

Illuminated Initials &Decorated MarginsWith Printed Text

c.1479 Thomas Aquinas, Secundus liber questioum(detail), paper

Shell gold

c.1491 Peter Lombard, Perlutratio in librosIV sententiarum, paper

Gold leaf, tooled

c.1493 Nicolaus de Lyra, Postilla, 4 volumes, paper

c.1493 Nicolaus de Lyra, Postilla, 4 volumes, paper

c.1493 Nicolaus de Lyra, Postilla, 4 volumes, paper

Silver application

c.1493 Nicolaus de Lyra, Postilla, 4 volumes, paper

c.1493 Nicolaus de Lyra, Postilla, 4 volumes, paper

c.1493 Nicolaus de Lyra, Postilla, 4 volumes, paper

c.1493 Liber chronicarum (Nuremberg Chronicle), paper

c.1493 Liber chronicarum (Nuremberg Chronicle) (detail of Pope Joan and God Almighty), paper

c.1493 Liber chronicarum (Nuremberg Chronicle) (detail of werewolf and Dance of Death), paper