Add MS 48353 A

'PICTOR IN CARMINE'; a collection of types and antitypes for use by artists, in Latin, written in England in the early 13th cent., comprising a preface (ff. 1-1b), a table of 138 New Testament antitypes to which are assigned varying numbers of Old Testament types (ff. 2-10b), and a series of hexameter couplets explaining the types and intended to be inscribed beside them (ff. 11-74b). Marginal notes of biblical quotations or explanatory observations occur throughout the MS. in a very slightly later band. A leaf is missing after f. 74 and the last four lines of the main text are lacking. The treatise has been attributed to Adam, Abbot circ. 1200 of the Cistercian Abbey of Dore, co. Heref. For details of this attribution and of the twelve other known copies of this text see M. R. James, 'Pictor in Carmine', Archaeologia, xciv, 1951, pp. 141-166, a copy of which is included in Add. MS. 48353 B. See also T. J. Brown, 'Pictor in Carmine', Brit. Mus. Quart., xix, 1954, pp. 73-75. The preface has been printed by Sir Thomas Phillipps, Catalogue, 1837, p. 182; by L. Delisle, Mélanges de Paléographie et de Bibliographie, 1880, p. 206; and by M. R. James, op. cit. At ff. 75-75b a hand of circ. 1300 has added a collection of proverbs in Latin verse (144 lines), many of which have been printed in H. Walther, Proverbia Sententiaeque Latinitatis Medii Aevi (Carmina Medii Aevi Posterioris Latina, II), 6 vols., 1963-1969, beg: 'Hic locus est flendi. locus est peccata luendi'. Vellum and (ff. i, ii) paper; f. ii+ 75. 280 mm. x 165 mm. Early xIII cent. Regular gatherings of eight except ff. 73-75 which are individually mounted on vellum guards. Occasional quire marks. Ruled and written thirty-three lines to the page in single columns, except for the verse added on ff. 75-75b which is ruled and written thirty-five and thirty-seven lines respectively and in double columns. Sec. fol.: 'Dicit deus serpenti'. In the preliminary table (ff. 2-10b) the antitypes are numbered in red. In the main text (ff. 11-74b) they are both numbered and written in red. Text initials in red, blue and green with occasional penwork decoration. Large decorative initials in red, blue, green, pink and yellow on ff. 1, 11. Binding of tan morocco, gold-tooled, by W.H. Smith and Son, Ltd., circ. 1949. On f. 1 is the signature of Charles Fairfax (b. 1598, d. 1673), antiquary and genealogist, of Menston, W. R., co. York. Subsequently MS. 11059 in the collection of Sir Thomas Phillipps, Bart. Bookplate of John Walter Hely- Hutchinson 1947, f. ii. His presentation label 1950, f. i.

William Henry Smith and Son; booksellers, London: Bound: 20th cent.

Pictor in Carmine: A treatise for artists: early 13th cent.: Lat.

Bindings ENGLISH: Tan morocco, gold-tooled, by W. H. Smith and Son, Ltd.: circ. 1949.

Art. Treatises: 'Pictor in Carmine': early 13th cent.: Lat.

Adam, Abbot of Dore: 'Pictor in Carmine', attrib. to: early 13th cent.

includes:

• f. ii John Walter Hely-Hutchinson, book collector: Bookplate: 1947.
• f. ii Bookplates and Book-stamps: Hely - Hutchinson (John Walter): 1947.
• f. 1 Charles Fairfax, d 1673 antiquary: Signature: n.d.
• ff. 11-74b Poetry LATIN: Verses explanatory of types for use by artists, in 'Pictor in Carmine': early 13th cent.
• ff. 75-75b Proverbs: Collection of verse proverbs: circ. 1300.: Lat.