Maccabean Histories in the Sistine Ceiling
MS. Wind 199
Bodleian Libraries, University of Oxford
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Title
Maccabean Histories in the Sistine Ceiling
Shelfmark
MS. Wind 199
Summary
Folder 1: Maccabean Histories in the Sistine Ceiling, 1960. Offprints and photocopies from E.F. Jacob, 'Italian Renaissance Studies', 1960, with annotations by RH and JR [Joyce Reid]; miscellaneous notes; negatives; mock-up of illustrations. [V, M 32, i+ii; WIND 218]
Folder 2: Photographs of Sistine Ceiling medallions, Ignudi, comparative pieces (Ignudi holding medallions). [V, M 32, iii+iv; WIND 218]
Folder 3: Notes, photographs and photostats of, and relating to, Malermi, 'Biblia vulgare Istoriata', The Six Days of Creatio, and Eton College MS 117 (The Ten Commandments). [V, M 32, v; WIND 218]
Folder 4: Lecture list 'Maccabean Histories in the Sistine Ceiling', Oxford, n.d.; notes (The Ten Commandments, Ignudi as Spirits, Angels holding the Tablets of the Law, miscellaneous; early typescript versions of The Ten Commandments, 1940s, and The Angels Holding the Tablet of the Law, c. 1950, see also IV, 33, iii. [V, M 32, vi-viii; WIND 218]
Date
c. 1940-1960
Language
English
Physical extent
1 box (4 folders)
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Collection contents
Scholarly Papers
Michelangelo
Maccabean Histories in the Sistine Ceiling
