Saint Jerome / en John Russell (c. 1430–1494) and a Fragmentary Witness to Peter Schoeffer’s 1470 edition of Jerome’s Letters /john-russell-c-1430-1494-and-fragmentary-witness-peter-schoeffers-1470-edition-jeromes-letters <div class="top-wrapper"> <div class="row"> <div class="col-sm-12"> <div class="field field--name-field-image field--type-image field--label-hidden field--item"> <img loading="lazy" src="/sites/default/files/styles/large_navigation/public/2024-07/John%20Russell%E2%80%99s%20inscription%20on%20the%20second%20of%20two%20fragmentary%20flyleaves%2C%20New%20College%20Library%2C%20Oxford%2C%20LPF3-2%2C%20f.%2047%20%5Bdetail%5D.jpg.webp?itok=erktWbBh" width="655" height="435" alt="John Russell’s inscription on the second of two fragmentary flyleaves, °ÅÀÖ¶ÌÊÓƵ Library, Oxford, LPF3/2, f. 47 [detail]" class="img-responsive"> </div> <div class="field field--name-node-title field--type-ds field--label-hidden field--item"><h2> John Russell (c. 1430–1494) and a Fragmentary Witness to Peter Schoeffer’s 1470 edition of Jerome’s Letters </h2> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-author field--type-string field--label-hidden field--item">James Willoughby</div> <div class="field field--name-field-issue field--type-string field--label-above"> <div class="field--label">Issue number</div> <div class="field--item">(2024): 21</div> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-notes-category field--type-entity-reference field--label-above"> <div class="field--label">Notes category</div> <div class="field--items"> <div class="field--item"><a href="/taxonomy/term/560" hreflang="en">Library Printed Fragments</a></div> <div class="field--item"><a href="/taxonomy/term/80" hreflang="en">Library Antiquarian</a></div> <div class="field--item"><a href="/taxonomy/term/561" hreflang="en">John Russell</a></div> <div class="field--item"><a href="/taxonomy/term/562" hreflang="en">Peter Schoeffer</a></div> <div class="field--item"><a href="/taxonomy/term/248" hreflang="en">Saint Jerome</a></div> <div class="field--item"><a href="/taxonomy/term/563" hreflang="en">LPF3/2, f. 47</a></div> <div class="field--item"><a href="/taxonomy/term/564" hreflang="en">BT1.16.1</a></div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="middle-wrapper"> <div class="inner-middle-wrapper"> <div class="row"> <div class="col-sm-8"> <div class="field field--name-field-summary field--type-text-long field--label-hidden field--item"><h3>The fragments in °ÅÀÖ¶ÌÊÓƵ Library which are the focus of this note are two large vellum leaves of Imperial size, three sides of which are printed, the fourth blank, and it was on this blank page that John Russell wrote his name in 1472. The discoloration at the edges shows that they were once pastedown; they may originally have been flyleaves; in either case, the verso was the natural place for an inscription.</h3> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p>°ÅÀÖ¶ÌÊÓƵ Library, Oxford, LPF3/2, f. 47 [detail]</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <h5><strong>°ÅÀÖ¶ÌÊÓƵ Library and Archives, Oxford</strong></h5> </div> </div> <div class="col-md-2 col-md-offset-2 col-sm-3 col-sm-offset-1"> <div class="field field--name-field-attachment field--type-file field--label-hidden field--items"> <div class="field--item"><span class="file file--mime-application-pdf file--application-pdf icon-before"><span class="file-icon"><span class="icon glyphicon glyphicon-file text-primary" aria-hidden="true"></span></span><span class="file-link"><a href="/sites/default/files/2024-07/21NCN2%20%282024%29%20Willoughby%20on%20Russell.pdf" type="application/pdf; length=1032544" title="Open file in new window" target="_blank" data-toggle="tooltip" data-placement="bottom">21NCN2 (2024) Willoughby on Russell.pdf</a></span><span class="file-size">1008.34 KB</span></span></div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="row"> <div class="col-sm-12"> </div> </div> </div> </div> Mon, 29 Jul 2024 17:04:22 +0000 Christopher 3146 at Jerome’s Journey: William Warham and the Dedication Copy of Erasmus’s Edition of Jerome (1516) /node/1976 <div class="top-wrapper"> <div class="row"> <div class="col-sm-12"> <div class="field field--name-field-image field--type-image field--label-hidden field--item"> <img loading="lazy" src="/sites/default/files/styles/large_navigation/public/2021-05/Erasmus%27s%20inscription%20to%20the%20title-page%20of%20New%20College%20Library%2C%20Oxford%2C%20BT1.74.9.jpg.webp?itok=e8aifHWa" width="655" height="435" alt="Erasmus’s inscription to the title-page of °ÅÀÖ¶ÌÊÓƵ Library, Oxford, BT1.74.9" class="img-responsive"> </div> <div class="field field--name-node-title field--type-ds field--label-hidden field--item"><h2> Jerome’s Journey: William Warham and the Dedication Copy of Erasmus’s Edition of Jerome (1516) </h2> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-author field--type-string field--label-hidden field--item">Tim Wade</div> <div class="field field--name-field-issue field--type-string field--label-above"> <div class="field--label">Issue number</div> <div class="field--item">(2019): 12</div> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-notes-category field--type-entity-reference field--label-above"> <div class="field--label">Notes category</div> <div class="field--items"> <div class="field--item"><a href="/taxonomy/term/246" hreflang="en">William Warham, Archbishop of Canterbury</a></div> <div class="field--item"><a href="/taxonomy/term/247" hreflang="en">Erasmus</a></div> <div class="field--item"><a href="/taxonomy/term/248" hreflang="en">Saint Jerome</a></div> <div class="field--item"><a href="/taxonomy/term/80" hreflang="en">Library Antiquarian</a></div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="middle-wrapper"> <div class="inner-middle-wrapper"> <div class="row"> <div class="col-sm-8"> <div class="field field--name-field-summary field--type-text-long field--label-hidden field--item"><h3>°ÅÀÖ¶ÌÊÓƵ Library holds a nine-volume copy of the works of St Jerome, printed in Basel in 1516 by Johann Froben.&nbsp; Edited (in part) by the Dutch scholar&nbsp;Erasmus (d. 1536), it was dedicated to the then Archbishop of Canterbury, William Warham (d. 1532), who had been made a fellow of °ÅÀÖ¶ÌÊÓƵ in 1475.</h3> <h3>Erasmus arranged for Warham to receive his own personal copy of the work in the year of its printing, and it is these dedication volumes that now reside at °ÅÀÖ¶ÌÊÓƵ.</h3> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p>°ÅÀÖ¶ÌÊÓƵ Library, Oxford, BT1.74.9–13</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <h5><strong>°ÅÀÖ¶ÌÊÓƵ Library and Archives, Oxford</strong></h5> </div> </div> <div class="col-md-2 col-md-offset-2 col-sm-3 col-sm-offset-1"> <div class="field field--name-field-attachment field--type-file field--label-hidden field--items"> <div class="field--item"><span class="file file--mime-application-pdf file--application-pdf icon-before"><span class="file-icon"><span class="icon glyphicon glyphicon-file text-primary" aria-hidden="true"></span></span><span class="file-link"><a href="/sites/default/files/2020-10/12NCN4%20%282019%29%20Wade%20on%20Jerome_0.pdf" type="application/pdf; length=286986" title="Open file in new window" target="_blank" data-toggle="tooltip" data-placement="bottom">12NCN4 (2019) Wade on Jerome_0.pdf</a></span><span class="file-size">280.26 KB</span></span></div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="row"> <div class="col-sm-12"> </div> </div> </div> </div> Tue, 24 Dec 2019 11:01:44 +0000 Christopher 1976 at