Pepys Library, Pepys MS 1916
(Pepysian Sketchbook)
Codicology
Produced: | England?, Late 14th century |
Current Location: | Pepys Library, Cambridge, England, UK |
Manuscript Type: | Miscellany |
Language: | Latin |
Folios: | 24 |
Illustrated: | Yes |
Media: | Parchment |
Dimensions: | Height: 29 cm Width: 18.3 cm |
Description
A sketch book, containing many images of animals.
From the M.R. James catalog:
This forms a most remarkable collection of studies by an English artist of the last years of the fourteenth century. They are, I think, intended for use both in paintings on a large scale (whether wall-paintings or easel-pictures) and also in illustrating books and in embroidery. For the latter purposes the studies of birds are specially appropriate. Bird-life seems to have been a favorite study of English artists.
Additional Descriptions
Additional description
(page 47-51)
Editions and Facsimiles
None known