1 v. ([20] leaves, with 1 blank leaf) : ill. ; 45 x 32 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Copyright Status:
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View a selection of digital images in the Yale Center for British Art's online catalog
http://collections.britishart.yale.edu/vufind/Record/2038220
Classification:
Archives & Manuscripts
Notes:
Barker, Nicholas, ed. Two East Anglian picture books : a facsimile of the Helmingham herbal and bestiary and Bodleian ms. Ashmole 1504. (London: Roxburghe Club, 1988).
Contents:
Alphabet: Folio 1r. A scroll alphabet in blue and red, containing two As and two forms of S. -- Folio 1v. A scroll alphabet in pink and green, containing two As and two forms of S, but no j or z. Part of the second A is formed by a snake, and the cross stroke of the R is a bearded man's face with a tail falling from the chin.
Exhibition History:
"Of Green Leaf, Bird, and Flower" : Artists' Books and the Natural World (Yale Center for British Art, May 15, 2014-August 10, 2014)Paul Mellon's Legacy : A Passion for British Art (Yale Center for British Art, 2007-04-18 - 2007-07-29)
Subject Terms:
Tollemache family. | Bodleian Library. Manuscript. Ashmole 1504. | Helmingham Hall. | Agnus castus (Middle English herbal) | Hortus sanitatis. | Animals, Mythical, in art. | Animals in art. | Animals -- Folklore. | Plants in art. | Decoration and ornament -- England. | Interior decoration -- England.
