New York Public Library – Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs
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Finding Aids
Dictionary Catalog and Shelflist of the Spencer Collection of Illustrated Books and Manuscripts and Fine Bindings, 2 vols. (Boston: G. K. Hall, 1971).
Resources (3)
Armenian Manuscripts
Four Gospels, A.D. 1301; hymnal, 14th c.; four Gospels, A.D. 1623; four Gospels, A.D. 1661; "The Jewish Bride," 18th–19th c.; and four Gospels, 17th c.
Japanese Manuscripts
Includes: Roshia Zokkoku Jimbutsu Zu (Picture book of People in the Territories of Russia). Sketches of people in Siberia and Kamchatka, made during the later years of the Edo Period (Edo, ca. 1845), 1 vol. (Jap. MS 233)
Slavonic Manuscripts
In order, Slavonic MSS 1–10: Gospel according to Saint Luke, MS on paper in Church Slavonic, 98 11., 1 miniature, n.p., n.d., but Russia, 15th c., contemporary binding; four Gospels, MS on paper in Church Slavonic, 320 11., 4 full-page miniatures of the four Evangelists, other illustrations, n.p., n.d., Russia, 15th c., contemporary binding; The ladder by Saint John Climachus (ca. 525–600), MS on paper, 210 11., 1 full-page miniature and other illustrations, n.p., n.d., Russia, 16th c., 18th c. (?) binding; Johannes Damascenus: Philosophia (Fountain of Knowledge), MS on paper, 308 11., 1 full-page miniature, diagrams, n.p., n.d., Russia, 17th c., contemporary binding; The Life of St. Basil the Younger, written by Gregorius, the monk, 10th c., bound with selections from the Synod, MS on paper in Church Slavonic, 377 ff., 283 fullpage colored drawings, headpieces, initial letters, n.p., n.d., Russia, 18th c., contemporary binding; Canticles of the Eastern Orthodox Church, Liturgy and Ritual "for the sweet singing and the solemn hymns for the good holidays of Our Lord," MS on paper in Church Slavonic, 287 11., 1 full-page decoration and other illustrations, n.p., n.d., Russia, 18th c., contemporary binding; Canticles and Chants of the Eastern Orthodox Church, MS on paper, in Church Slavonic, 2 vols., illustrations, n.p., n.d., Russia, 18th c., contemporary binding; Kniga-Tzvetnik (Garden of Flowers; The Passion of Christ; the Last Judgement), MS on paper in Church Slavonic, 354 11., 133 full-page watercolor drawings, initial letters, n.p., n.d., Russia, 18th c., contemporary binding; Apocalypse, MS on paper in Church Slavonic, 212 11., preceded by 6 and followed by 5 11. with notes in a contemporary hand, in Russia, 63 full-page water color drawings, n.p., n.d., Russia, 19th c., contemporary binding; and Paul I's gramota (grant), signed and dated: Gatchina, 24 October 1797, MS on vellum, in Russian, 3 11., border decorations, many signatures at end, bound in silk.
