Outline drawings from a pattern book.

Egypt (?), [between 1400 and 1700]

ff. 2 : paper ; 220 x 317 mm. and 80 x 298 mm.

Arabic

Gift of Edwin J. Beinecke, 1964.

Material is open for research.

Manuscript fragment on paper (unidentified watermark) of outline drawings of saints and prophets and 2 scenes from the New Testament, from a pattern book, with script headings.

H.P. Kraus, Catalogue 105: A Collection of Papyri (New York [n.d.]) 90, no. 140; K. Snipes, "A Preliminary Study of the Yale Menologium Pattern Sheets," Yale University Library Gazette 42 (1968) 140-53, with plates; "Medieval and Renaissance Manuscripts at Yale: A Selection," Yale University Library Gazette 52 (1978) pp. 273-274, no. 87 [fragment 2 measures 80 x 298 mm., not 89 x 198 mm.].

December 03, 2010

Outline Drawings. General Collection, Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Yale University.

Outline Drawings. General Collection, Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Yale University.