Helmingham Herbal and Bestiary – Tudor Pattern Book

Helmingham Herbal and Bestiary – Tudor Pattern Book

Helmingham (United Kingdom)

Helmingham Herbal and Bestiary – Tudor Pattern Book

Fol. C 2014 4 / MS Ashmole 1504 Yale Center for British Art (New Haven, USA) / Bodleian Library (Oxford, United Kingdom)
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Description
Helmingham Herbal and Bestiary – Tudor Pattern Book

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Codicology

Alternative Titles
Helmingham Herbarium und Bestiarium – Tudor Musterbuch
Two East Anglian Picture Books: Helmingham Herbal and Bestiary and Bodleian Ms. Ashmole 1504
Bodleian Library MS. Ashmole 1504
Yale Center for British Art Folio C 2014 4
Size / Format
40 pages / 100 pages / 43.1 x 28.3 cm / 41.0 x 28.0 cm
Origin
Script
Textura
Illustrations
Depictions of plants and animals, alphabets and decorative letters, coats of arms, and other illuminations on almost every page
Content
Two picture books focusing on plants and animals, whose illustrations are very similar
Facsimile Editions

#1 Two East Anglian Picture Books: Helmingham Herbal and Bestiary and Bodleian Ms. Ashmole 1504

Limited Edition: 250 copies
Binding: Quarter-leather binding in green Morocco leather on buckram.
Commentary: 1 volume by Nicolas Barker
Language: English
1 volume: Exact reproduction of the original document (extent, color and size) This edition presents the two facsimiles and the commentary in a single volume. Das Faksimile ist eine vollständige Reproduktion des gesamten Originaldokuments. 136 pages are reproduced in full color, and 61 in black and white. Die Seiten werden auf einem größeren weißen Hintergrund dargestellt.
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