About Digital Collections
Browse
Search only public domain materials
Search Browse About
Search only public domain materials
Items Collections Divisions
Digital Collections Using Images Using Data
Items Miniature of St. Helena and the Invention of the True Cross

Miniature of St. Helena and the Invention of the True Cross, [f. 39v]

More Details Cite This Item

Library division & collection with this item:

LIBRARY DIVISION
Manuscripts and Archives Division

  • Francis Stanfell papers
  • Robert E. Lee engineering notebook
  • George Endicott diary
  • United States District Court of New York proceedings
  • George Washington notebook as a Virginia colonel
  • Compendio historico del los indios de Peru
  • James Maury letters
  • Daniel Phoenix, Jr. receipt book
  • Alexander Hamilton plan of a constitution for America
  • Testimony against Hugh Parsons charged with witchcraft
  • Adolph Philipse estate records
  • Title of executors & administrators by the Honbl. Tapping Reeve, Litchfield, Connecticut
  • New York State Comptroller memorandum book
  • Reports of the Board of Treasury
  • New York City Court of Aldermen records
Previous Next

COLLECTION
Renaissance and medieval manuscripts collection

View as book

SUB-COLLECTION
Prayer Book (Troyes Use)

View as book

This Item

View this item elsewhere:

Title
Miniature of St. Helena and the Invention of the True Cross, [f. 39v]
Additional title: Miniature of St. Helena and True Cross, initial, placemarkers
Names
Colombe, Jean, active 1463-1498 (Illuminator)
Collection

Renaissance and medieval manuscripts collection

Prayer Book (Troyes Use)

Dates / Origin
Date Created: 1480 (Approximate)
Place: probably Bourges, France
Library locations
Manuscripts and Archives Division
Shelf locator: MssCol 2557
Shelf locator: MA 51
Topics
Crosses
Helena, Saint, approximately 255-approximately 330
Genres
Religious books
Manuscripts
Notes
Ownership: Thorpe catalog. A.A. Smets of Savannah. R.L. Stuart collection, bequeathed 1892.
Content: 21 long lines, ruled in red, catchwords occasionally visible.
Content: 54 small miniatures.
Content: De Ricci, 1323. Chart by Dr. G.B. Guest.
Content: Dr. Guest places this manuscript in France or Flanders, and dates it to the late 15th century. De Ricci dates it to ca. 1500.
Content: Parchment
Content: Small gold initials on red fields. Rubrics. Yellow daubs as placemarkers.
Type of Resource
Text
Text
Still image
Identifiers
NYPL catalog ID (B-number): b12455533
MSS Unit ID: 2557
Digital Scriptorium 1.0 ID: NYPL MA 051
Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): 6fff89c0-c5cb-012f-27f2-58d385a7bc34
Rights Statement
The New York Public Library believes that this item is in the public domain under the laws of the United States, but did not make a determination as to its copyright status under the copyright laws of other countries. This item may not be in the public domain under the laws of other countries. Though not required, if you want to credit us as the source, please use the following statement, "From The New York Public Library," and provide a link back to the item on our Digital Collections site. Doing so helps us track how our collection is used and helps justify freely releasing even more content in the future.

Item timeline of events

  • 1463: Creator Born
  • 1480: Created
  • 1498: Creator Died
  • 2015: Digitized
  • 2024: Found by you!
  • 2025

MLA Format

Manuscripts and Archives Division, The New York Public Library. "Miniature of St. Helena and the Invention of the True Cross" The New York Public Library Digital Collections. 1480. https://qa-digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/510d47da-e4d9-a3d9-e040-e00a18064a99

Chicago/Turabian Format

Manuscripts and Archives Division, The New York Public Library. "Miniature of St. Helena and the Invention of the True Cross" New York Public Library Digital Collections. Accessed November 22, 2024. https://qa-digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/510d47da-e4d9-a3d9-e040-e00a18064a99

APA Format

Manuscripts and Archives Division, The New York Public Library. (1480). Miniature of St. Helena and the Invention of the True Cross Retrieved from https://qa-digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/510d47da-e4d9-a3d9-e040-e00a18064a99

Wikipedia Citation

<ref name=NYPL>{{cite web | url=https://qa-digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/510d47da-e4d9-a3d9-e040-e00a18064a99 | title= (text) Miniature of St. Helena and the Invention of the True Cross, (1480)|author=Digital Collections, The New York Public Library |accessdate=November 22, 2024 |publisher=The New York Public Library, Astor, Lenox, and Tilden Foundations}}</ref>

Miniature of St. Helena and the Invention of the True Cross