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Johannes Keye calligraphic sheets : manuscript
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Title
Johannes Keye calligraphic sheets : manuscript.
Production
Brandenburg?, Germany, 1678-1679.
Physical Description
1 volume (112 pages) ; 68 cm
Language
German
Notes
Binding: possibly 18th century, full leather, with blind-tooled concentric ovals and multiple marks for missing bosses.
In German.
Provenance
Purchased by Henry Stevens (Yale 1843) in Berlin, Germany, date unknown. Gift of Henry Stevens to the Society of Brothers in Unity (Yale College), 1848. Deposited by the Brothers in Unity, 1871.
Access and use
This material is open for research.
Biographical / Historical Note
Johannes Keye (-1719), lawyer in Brandenburg, Germany, and respondent, Dissertatio de aequilibrio observando in judicandis et decidendis factis humanis (Universität Wittenberg, 1691).
Summary
Manuscript quotations copied by Johannes Keye in Gothic script, some signed and dated 1678-1679. Quotations are illuminated in red, blue, green, and black ink, and gold paint, with decorated initials and borders, some incorporating Renaissance motifs, interlacing, or other illustrative devices. Texts are Protestant prayers, Bible quotations, patristic or theological extracts, and transcriptions from sepulchral monuments, some referring to deaths in Brandenburg, Germany, 1500s-1600s. Also present are manuscript maps of ancient Rome and Jerusalem, with lists of buildings and other sites.
Format
Archives or Manuscripts
Added to Catalog
June 01, 2002
References
Johannes Keye Calligraphic Sheets. General Collection, Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Yale University.
Cite as
Johannes Keye Calligraphic Sheets. General Collection, Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Yale University.
Subjects
Subjects (Local Yale)
Genre/Form
Calligraphy (visual works) - Germany - 17th century.
Drawings (visual works) - Germany - 17th century.
Illuminations (painting) - Germany - 17th century.
Manuscript maps.
Pictorial maps.
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