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Add MS 10546/1
- Record Id:
- 032-002899159
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-002899159
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100024248149.0x000001
- LARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100165140938.0x000001
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Add MS 10546/1
- Title:
- Detached binding formerly attached to Add MS 10546 (the 'Moutier-Grandval Bible')
- Scope & Content:
- Add MS 10546/1 is a portion of the former cover, now kept separately, of black velvet with six copper round plaques (repoussé) showing the Crucifixion, the Lamb of God and the symbols of the Evangelists that was made for Henry Speyr-Passavant, a former owner of the manuscript between 1822 and 1836 (see Speyr-Passavant, Description (1829), p. 4), and removed in 1954 (a photograph of the front cover before the removal of the velvet and plaques is now Neg. no. 3862). Speyr-Passavant also commisioned a box lined with crimson velvet with the lid embroidered with fleur-de-lis in gold, and a crucifix in silver sumounting an imperial crown in gold (see Die Bibel (1971), p. 43).
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Hierarchy Tree:
- [{ "id" : "032-002899159", "parent" : "#", "text" : "Add MS 10546/1: Detached binding formerly attached to Add MS 10546 (the 'Moutier-Grandval Bible')" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} }]
- Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-002899159
- Is part of:
- not applicable
- Hierarchy:
- 032-002899159
- Container:
- not applicable
- Record Type (Level):
- Fonds
- Extent:
- Detached binding of black velvet and six copper plates
- Digitised Content:
- http://access.bl.uk/item/viewer/ark:/81055/vdc_100165140938.0x000001 (digital images currently unavailable)
- Thumbnail:
-
- Languages:
- Not applicable
- Scripts:
- Not applicable
- Start Date:
- 1822
- End Date:
- 1836
- Date Range:
- 1822-1836
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
-
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- User Conditions:
- Publications:
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Henry Speyr-Passavant, Description de la Bible écrite par Alchuine, de l'an 778 à 800, et offert par lui à Charlemagne le jour de son couronnement à Rome, l'an 800 (Paris: J. Fontaine, 1829).
Die Bibel von Moutier-Grandval (Bern: Verein Schweizerischer Lithographiebesitzer, 1971), p. 43 [fascimile with commentary].
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)