15929998450001312637261000Standard Recordobject-170695170197579889616895977700001701975718224fitz-onlineadlib-object-170695https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/170695e5fb4202-adf1-32e0-9798-ce18cf0ef4f011referenceagent-172414adlib-agent-17241473d94f64-8c0d-30c1-9764-25b005f3ce1dMcClean, Frankreferenceagent-134386adlib-agent-134386210899c8-3839-38e0-86b2-ceda37f1a2e2Thompson, Henry Yatesreferenceagent-185077adlib-agent-185077669b7c2b-8912-3aac-9e35-125475da5e0aBertram, fourth earl of Ashburnham (1797 – 1878)referenceagent-116242adlib-agent-11624276b157e2-3a01-3f1e-8981-d29b8589a280Rodd, Thomasreferenceterm-110558adlib-term-110558ee824bc5-8d70-3060-824d-9ed6f392557billuminated manuscriptreferenceterm-114522adlib-term-11452276be19ae-554e-3b73-af2d-112e09263aafmanuscriptreferenceterm-120007adlib-term-12000700af7c97-d937-3d5c-a1af-d2a83fe2785bFrank McCleanreferenceterm-118780adlib-term-118780c5f3b968-f763-357a-b740-9f216e114859parchmentSupportManuscripts and Printed BooksPHYSICAL DESCRIPTION: Parchment, ii modern paper flyleaves + 199 fols. + iii modern paper flyleaves, 203 x 142 (161 x 85) mm, 26 long lines, ruled in plummet, (except fols. 1 – 8, 27 long lines, ruled in black ink), running headers.
BINDING: eighteenth-century, gold-stamped red leather over wooden boards, traces of two fastening devices on foredge, edges gilt.
CONTENTS: fols. 1r – 8r St Jerome, Letter to Pope Damasus, Beatissimo pape Damaso Ieronimus novum opus, Prologue to the four Gospels, Plures fuisse qui euangelia scripserunt, and Letter to Pope Damasus, Sciendum etiam neque ignarum; Letters of Eusebius and Carpianus (additions); fols. 9r – 62r Gospel of St Matthew, with Prologue and capitula; fols. 62v – 97r Gospel of St Mark, with Prologue and capitula; fols. 97r – 156v Gospel of St Luke, with Prologue and capitula; fols. 157r – 199v Gospel of St John, with Prologue and capitula.
DECORATION: Four full-page framed miniatures on gold grounds showing Evangelists seated under round-headed arches, their symbols in the spandrels:
fol. 11v St Matthew writing on scroll, angel holding book above; fol. 64v St Mark sharpening his pen, lion above; fol. 101v St Luke holding scraping knife, ox above; fol. 158v St John holding scroll and looking up at eagle.
ORNAMENTATION: Framed full pages with the beginning of each Gospel written in gold on purple ground facing the Evangelists’ miniatures (fols. 12r, 65r, 102r, 159r); red and white initials [5 – 10 ll.] with foliate scrolls on green and blue grounds for prologues (fols. 9r, 62v, 97r, 157r); red initials [1 – 2 ll.]; red, blue or yellow initials [5 – 9 ll.] with foliate and geometric infill on blue, green and yellow grounds, cadels, and capitals highlighted in red in fifteenth-century addition (fols. 1v – 8r).13referenceexhibition-1715adlib-exhibition-1715ff86711c-ef86-3c2c-9460-c5bb9f4a581bIlluminated Manuscripts in the Fitzwilliam MuseumMS McClean 211accession numberMS McClean 21170695priref170695project ID12urihttps://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/170695https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/170695codices. Domini autemsecundo folioreferenceagent-149638adlib-agent-1496387376d833-d0a7-3be0-916e-9c892b7a24d8The Fitzwilliam Museumreferenceagent-172414adlib-agent-17241473d94f64-8c0d-30c1-9764-25b005f3ce1dMcClean, Frank190419041904bequeathedEntry date: 190411601160CE1160circa1160117011170CE1170circa1170referenceterm-129246adlib-term-1292469702c0bf-06cc-329d-9052-d5e734372d4812th Century, third quarter#referenceterm-106328adlib-term-106328690a261d-5ce6-3d9d-a534-61dece87a27cliteralGermanyGermanycountryColognereferenceterm-39593adlib-term-39593e3e2a3f8-2433-3f63-9bcf-e776644d312dgoldreferencemedia-156420adlib-media-15642022a0ea6f-8778-356a-82a3-867b670a6235jpegmsspb/msspb2/MS_20McClean_2021_20_28f011v_29.jpg1heightpixels760widthpixels51316162448456471imagejpegmsspb/msspb2/mid_MS_20McClean_2021_20_28f011v_29.jpg1heightpixels741widthpixels50016162448456471imagejpegmsspb/msspb2/MS_20McClean_2021_20_28f011v_29.jpg1heightpixels760widthpixels51316162448456471imagejpegmsspb/msspb2/preview_MS_20McClean_2021_20_28f011v_29.jpg1heightpixels370widthpixels25016162448456471image0media
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imagehistory noterepaired in 1603 by one Petrus Wullfen according to the chronogram written on fol. 1r in red ink: ILLe LIber petrI WVLLffeni reparatVs ab aere CUM pasChae Vago LVX Venerata soLo; Thomas Rodd (1763–1822), bookseller (ownership inscription and note dated Nov. 1857 on verso of first and recto of second paper flyleaf at front); Bertram, fourth earl of Ashburnham (1797 – 1878), Ashburnham Appendix, no. XIII; purchased from him by Henry Yates Thompson (1838 – 1928) in May 1897; his sale, Sotheby’s, London, 1 May 1899, lot 7; purchased by Frank McClean (1837 – 1904), his bequest, 1904.referenceagent-149638adlib-agent-1496387376d833-d0a7-3be0-916e-9c892b7a24d8The Fitzwilliam Museumreference numberliteralnameCambridge IlluminatedCambridge Illuminatedreferencepublication-3609adlib-publication-3609211b88dc-f7bf-3fbc-adcc-b04033465deaA descriptive catalogue of the McClean Collection of Manuscripts in the Fitzwilliam Museumreferencepublication-3456adlib-publication-34569fea3128-913d-39c3-a855-c5a6a0cb3664Illuminated Manuscripts in the Fitzwilliam Museumreferencepublication-200002506adlib-publication-200002506d3844964-a557-318d-b763-2756b1392f56Die Gumbertusbibel, Codex 1 der Universitaetsbibliothek in Erlangen: Ein Regensburger Bildprogramm des späten 12. Jahrhundertsreferencepublication-8426adlib-publication-84266b678268-aa0a-386a-b0c0-6349ae59b405A Catalogue of Western Book Illumination in the Fitzwilliam Museum and the Cambridge Colleges. Part One. Vol. 1: The Frankish Kingdoms, Northern Netherlands, Germany, Bohemia, Hungary, Austria; Vol. II: The Meuse Region, Southern NetherlandsMS%20McClean%2021%28ff158v-159r%29.jpgreferenceterm-25908adlib-term-2590873499d13-1ec4-30b6-aed9-641f768c023billuminationGospel Bookobject
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