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Book/Printed Material The Holy Gospel of the Lord Jesus Christ.

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Title

  • The Holy Gospel of the Lord Jesus Christ.

Summary

  • The Typographia Medicea (Medici Oriental Press) was founded in 1584 by Cardinal Ferdinando de' Medici for the purpose of printing Christian texts in Middle Eastern languages, including Arabic, Turkish, and Syriac. This Arabic gospel was produced by the press in 1590--91. The beautiful cursive Arabic type, designed by Robert Granjon (1513--90), represented an advance on all previous European attempts at creating an Arabic typeface. The fine engravings by Leonardo (Norsino) Parasole (circa 1570--1630) are after designs by Antonio Tempesta (1555--1630), who was in turn inspired by Albrecht Dürer (1471--1528). The work was issued in two versions, this one in Arabic only, and another with an interlinear Latin translation. This copy came to Saint John's Abbey, Minnesota, in the late 19th or early 20th century, probably through Father Placidus Wingerter OSB, who was a professor at the Greek College in Rome.

Names

  • Granjon, Robert, 1513?-1590 Type Designer.
  • Parasole, Leonardo, circa 1570-circa 1630 Engraver.
  • Tempesta, Antonio, 1555-1630 Artist.

Created / Published

  • [place of publication not identified] : Typographia Medicea, [1590 to 1591]

Headings

  • -  Italy--Lazio--Rome
  • -  1590 to 1591
  • -  Bible
  • -  Bible. New Testament

Notes

  • -  Title devised, in English, by Library staff.
  • -  Original resource extent: 368 pages : illustrations ; 33.4 x 23.4 centimeters.
  • -  Original resource at: Hill Museum & Manuscript Library.
  • -  Content in Arabic.
  • -  Description based on data extracted from World Digital Library, which may be extracted from partner institutions.

Medium

  • 1 online resource.

Source Collection

  • Saint John's Rare Books

Digital Id

Library of Congress Control Number

  • 2021666214

Online Format

  • compressed data
  • pdf
  • image

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Chicago citation style:

Granjon, Robert, 1513?-1590 Type Designer, Leonardo Parasole, and Antonio Tempesta. The Holy Gospel of the Lord Jesus Christ. [place of publication not identified: Typographia Medicea, to 1591, 1590] Pdf. https://www.loc.gov/item/2021666214/.

APA citation style:

Granjon, R., Parasole, L. & Tempesta, A. (1590) The Holy Gospel of the Lord Jesus Christ. [place of publication not identified: Typographia Medicea, to 1591] [Pdf] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://www.loc.gov/item/2021666214/.

MLA citation style:

Granjon, Robert, 1513?-1590 Type Designer, Leonardo Parasole, and Antonio Tempesta. The Holy Gospel of the Lord Jesus Christ. [place of publication not identified: Typographia Medicea, to 1591, 1590] Pdf. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <www.loc.gov/item/2021666214/>.