The Metz ponificial : a manuscript written for Reinhold von Bar, bishop of Metz, 1302-1316 and now belonging to Sir T. Brooke / Edited by E. S. Dewick.

Dewick, Edward Samuel. Bar, Reinhold Von bp. of Metz

Published by London; Roxburge Club, 1902

About this Item

Folio. Very good copy in the original gilt-blocked calf over fine-ribbed burgundy cloth boards. Slight suggestion only of dust-dulling to the spine bands and panel edges. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. With 4 plates in gold and colours by W. Griggs & 96 plates in collotype by the Autotype company. Subjects; Catholic Church. Liturgy and ritual. Ponificial Metz. Illuminated manuscripts - specimens - medieval. Series; Roxburghe Club - presented to members by Sir Thomas Brooke; his addressed complimentary slip tipped-in. The Metz Pontifical, also called The Pontifical of Renaud de Bar, an illuminated manuscript produced for Renaut de Bar, Bishop of Metz (1303-1316), and preserved at the Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge, has the added virtue, from the standpoint of historical research, of being unfinished. Work on the manuscript stopped in 1316 upon the death of Bishop Renaut de Bar, and its unfinished state shows the evolution of images; from drawings, through under-painting and gilding to finished images. 3 Kg.

Seller Inventory # 304296

Bibliographic Details

• Title: The Metz ponificial : a manuscript written for Reinhold von Bar, bishop of Metz, 1302-1316 and now belonging to Sir T. Brooke / Edited by E. S. Dewick.
• Publisher: London; Roxburge Club
• Publication Date: 1902
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: 1st edition.
• Weight: 3 kilograms