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Book/Printed Material A Book of Old Testament illustrations of the middle of the thirteenth century

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Title

  • A Book of Old Testament illustrations of the middle of the thirteenth century : sent by Cardinal Bernard Maciejowski to Shah Abbas the Great, king of Persia, now in the Pierpont Morgan Library at New York

Names

  • Cockerell, Sydney Carlyle, Sir, 1867-1962
  • James, M. R. (Montague Rhodes), 1862-1936
  • Ffoulkes, Charles John, 1868-1947
  • Lewis, Walter, 1878-1960, printer
  • Lessing J. Rosenwald Collection (Library of Congress)
  • Roxburghe Club

Created / Published

  • Cambridge [Cambridgeshire] : Printed by W. Lewis at the University Press for the Roxburghe Club, 1927.

Headings

  • -  ʻAbbās--I,--Shah of Iran,--1571-1629
  • -  Maciejowski, Bernard,--1548-1608
  • -  Pierpont Morgan Library.--Manuscript.--M.638
  • -  Bible.--Old Testament--Facsimiles
  • -  Illumination of books and manuscripts--Facsimiles
  • -  Pierpont Morgan Library

Notes

  • -  Reproduction of 46 leaves of an imperfect manuscript now in the Morgan Library. Two of the missing leaves (folio 43-44) are in the Bibliothéque nationale, Paris; another, folio 45, is in Mr. Cockerell's possession.
  • -  Library of Congress. Lessing J. Rosenwald collection, 2411
  • -  National union catalog, pre-1956 imprints, NB 0639685 (vol. 66, p. 346)
  • -  LAC snh 2019-11-06 update (2 card)
  • -  LAC ddw 2022-05-23 update (1 card)
  • -  Rosenwald collection copy listed without call number in Rosenwald bibliography. LAC ddw 2022-05-23

Medium

  • 148 p., [92] p. of plates : facsims. (some col.) ; 42 cm.

Call Number/Physical Location

  • PR1105 .R7 1927
  • ND3356 .M6

Digital Id

Library of Congress Control Number

  • 41038033

Online Format

  • online text
  • pdf
  • image

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Chicago citation style:

Cockerell, Sydney Carlyle, Sir, M. R James, Charles John Ffoulkes, Walter Lewis, Lessing J. Rosenwald Collection, and Roxburghe Club. A Book of Old Testament illustrations of the middle of the thirteenth century: sent by Cardinal Bernard Maciejowski to Shah Abbas the Great, king of Persia, now in the Pierpont Morgan Library at New York. [Cambridge Cambridgeshire: Printed by W. Lewis at the University Press for the Roxburghe Club, 1927] Pdf. https://aj.sunback.homes/item/41038033/.

APA citation style:

Cockerell, S. C., James, M. R., Ffoulkes, C. J., Lewis, W., Lessing J. Rosenwald Collection & Roxburghe Club. (1927) A Book of Old Testament illustrations of the middle of the thirteenth century: sent by Cardinal Bernard Maciejowski to Shah Abbas the Great, king of Persia, now in the Pierpont Morgan Library at New York. [Cambridge Cambridgeshire: Printed by W. Lewis at the University Press for the Roxburghe Club] [Pdf] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://aj.sunback.homes/item/41038033/.

MLA citation style:

Cockerell, Sydney Carlyle, Sir, et al. A Book of Old Testament illustrations of the middle of the thirteenth century: sent by Cardinal Bernard Maciejowski to Shah Abbas the Great, king of Persia, now in the Pierpont Morgan Library at New York. [Cambridge Cambridgeshire: Printed by W. Lewis at the University Press for the Roxburghe Club, 1927] Pdf. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <aj.sunback.homes/item/41038033/>.