A noble fragment , 1921
- Title(s):
- A noble fragment : being a leaf of the Gutenberg Bible, 1450-1455 / with a bibliographical essay by A. Edward Newton.
- Additional Title(s):
Leaf of the Gutenberg Bible, 1450-1455
Bible. Latin. Vulgate. 1454.- Published/Created:
- New York : Gabriel Wells, 1921
New York : William Edwin Rudge - Physical Description:
- 8 unnumbered pages ; 41 cm
- Holdings:
- Rare Books and ManuscriptsFolio A B 9Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon CollectionView by request in the Study Room [Request]
Note: The Study Room is open by appointment. Please visit the Study Room page on our website for more details. - Copyright Status:
- Copyright Not Evaluated
- Full Orbis Record:
- http://hdl.handle.net/10079/bibid/3838534
- Classification:
- Books
- Notes:
- BEIN ZZi 56 Copy 2: Restricted. Permission of curator needed for use.
BAC Folio A B 9: Comprises 8 pages from Pastoral Epistles; Thessalonians, 2nd, 8-18; Philemon 1-10.
BEIN ZZi 56 Copy 2: Leaf in ZZi 56 Copy 2 comprises Ezekiel XXX,11-XXXII,13.
DIV 939095: Leaf in Div copy comprises Nehemiah X,31-XII,28.
ELIZ +39: Leaf in Eliz copy comprises Micah VII (incomplete); Nahum I-III; Habakkuk I (incomplete). Gift of R.B. Adam, January 1922.
MEDHIST Incunabula ++B526 (Goff): Leaf in Med/Hist copy comprises 4 Kings XIII,12-XV,6.
"These preliminary pages [i.e., Newton's essay] were printed at the shop of William Edwin Rudge, New York"; designed by Bruce Rogers.
To produce the leaves bound in copies of A Noble Fragment, Gabriel Wells broke the "Mannheim" copy of the Gutenberg Bible sold to him by Frank M. Sabin. The Mannheim copy was formerly owned by Carl Theodor von Pfalz-Sulzbach.
Schwenke, P. Johannes Gutenbergs 42-zeilige Bibel, p. 17 (leaf from no. 37)
Work of Bruce Rogers, 301
Warde, F. Bruce Rogers, 156 - Subject Terms:
- Adam, R. B. (Robert Borthwick), 1863-1940 -- Ownership.Cushing, Harvey, 1869-1939. -- Bookplate.Incunabula in Yale Library. Single leaves.
- Form/Genre:
- Incunabula.
Leaf books. - Export:
- XML