Item Summary

Descriptive Information

Title
Apocalypse with glossa ordinaria.
Call Number
Kane MS. 3
Identifier
ark:/88435/dc79408b08z
Publisher
[Italy] : [producer not identified], [between 1150 and 1199]
Language
Latin
Date Created
1150-1200
Extent
1 volume (i, 53, i leaves) : parchment ; 26 cm
Provenance
Kane MS. 3 was written in northern Italy in the first quarter of the 13th century. Grenville Kane (1854-1943), of Tuxedo Park, N.Y., purchased the manuscript from the New York antiquarian bookseller Wildrid M.. Voynich (1865-1930) in 1924 and added his bookplate to the inside front cover and his dated pencil note of acquisition on fol. i recto. Princeton University Library acquired the manuscript from Kane's heirs in 1946.
References
Medieval & Renaissance manuscripts in the Princeton University Library, volume 2, pages 5-7.
Rights Statement
Copyright Not Evaluated
Contents
1.1v: “Romani sunt qui ex iudeis, et gentibus crediderunt hii superba contentione uolebant...” Explicit: “...ad pacem et concordiam cohortat.”
2.2r-51r: “Apocalipsis ihesu christi quam dedit deus ei palam facere seruis suis, que oportet fieri cito ...” Explicit: “... cum omnibus uobis. Amen. Explicit liber apocalipsis iohannis apostoli. Finito libro referamus gratias christo. Qui scripsit scribat semper cum domino uiuat.”
3.51v-53r: “Apocalipsis haec inter reliquos noui testamenti libros prophetia uocatur ...” Explicit: “... et ibi Iohannes vii ecclesiis.”
Notes
Script: Textualis rotunda.
Decoration: Apocalypse opens with a 3-line initial A in red, filled with orange, and outlined with simple green and orange-red pen flourishes (fol. 2r).
Binding Note
Italy, 18th century. Green morocco over paste-board. The textblock is sewn on five raised bands. The spine has a hand-written round green label with the number “153.” Spine title (gilt on red leather): “apo s. ioa” (i.e., “Apocalypsis Sanctis Ioannis”).

Discovery Information

Subject
Bible Revelation—Criticism, interpretation, etc—Early works to 1800
Manuscripts, Latin (Medieval and modern)—Italy
Manuscripts, Latin (Medieval and modern)—New Jersey—Princeton

Physical Characteristics

File Count
116

Institutional Information

Collection
Medieval and Renaissance Mediterranean Manuscripts
IIIF Manifest URL

https://figgy.princeton.edu/concern/scanned_resources/7defba92-9805-4470-a411-990a84b40786/manifest