Medieval Mnemonic Bible, 1485-1499

Item — Container: Case 1, Volume: MS 1

Identifier: Wetmore MS 1

Staff Only

Wetmore MS 1, Tabula aurea

Dates

1485-1499

Creator

Pietro, da Bergamo, -1482 (Person)

Extent

1 Volumes (In slipcase) : Binding: 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.

Additional Description

Other Finding Aids

For a more comprehensive description, see the manuscript's entry in the Digital Scriptorium: https://search.digital-scriptorium.org/catalog/DS216

Bibliography

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.

Tabula aurea
Claves sacre scripture
Bible study guide
Bible in mnemonic form
Biblical genealogies
List of Roman Emperors
Conclusiones
Incipiunt ethimologie et concordantie conclusionum per reverendissimum dominum magistrum petrum de pergamo
List of Holy Roman Emperors
Conclusiones
Orationes itinerantium
Prayers