Friday, June 28th from 2:00pm – 4:00pm
2008-2010 Delancey Street – https://rosenbach.org/visit/
The Rosenbach Museum and Library would like to welcome us to view their collection on Friday, June 28. This will be an organized tour with a member of the staff selecting relevant highlights of their collection for us.
You will need to reserve a space ahead of time – attendance is capped at 20. The cost is $15 [Paypal Link] A PayPal invoice will be generated within 24 hours of the online preregistration information being submitted. Online preregistration is not complete until the PayPal invoice has been paid.
2008-2010 Delancey Street – https://rosenbach.org/visit/
The presentation portion of the tour will start soon after 2pm, so please be sure to arrive on time. Allow at least half an hour for rideshare/taxi and up to an hour by public transit, depending on your walking speed.
If you would like to coordinate ride shares to The Rosenbach, meet at the Van Pelt 6th floor registration desk at 1:15
Getting there on your own: from Chestnut Street, catch either the 21 or 42 bus. Get off at 20th Street. Walk half a mile SOUTH to Delancey. (If you would like to get closer by bus, the 17 bus goes SOUTH on 19th and NORTH on 20th, but it is not a particularly frequent line.) Turn Right/WEST onto Delancey, and the museum will be on the SOUTH side of the street. It should also be a fairly inexpensive ride share or taxi trip, especially if you share a ride with friends.
| Shelf Mark | date/location | Title/Desc | BiblioPhilly | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| MS 240/45 | 13th c / England | Breviary | (link) | Written in a tiny Gothic textualis script, it has rubrication in faded red ink and decorated initials from three lines to seven lines throughout. The initials alternate between red with green flourishing and green with red at the beginning and end of the volume |
| MS 1083/29 | 15th c / Eng;and | Confessio Amantis | (link) | The text consists of the first version, dedicated to Richard II, with verses to Chaucer. This copy lacks the final original page of fifty-eight lines; the final folio (162) is a replica replacement by the twentieth-century scribe, Edward Johnston, dated 14-15 September, 1924. Visible ruling. Two historiated initials, illuminated initials and leaf sprays at the beginnings of each book |
| MS 1004/29 | 1364 / England | Almanack | (link) | physicians’ vade mecum and girdle book |
| MS 1174/14 | 1408 / Württemberg, Germany | Sermones quadragesimales | (link) | Gothic-cursiva with rubrication. Contains one of the earliest extant examples of a printed bookplate. |
| A 621 | expandable map page | |||
| AMS 239/9 | arms book | |||
| Incun 494x | 1494 | Catalan book | ||
| MS 232/11 | Incredible illuminations, slightly alchemical?, gilded capitals | |||
| velvet covered book | ||||
If you’d like to get lunch on your way to The Rosenbach, staff recommendations include: Parc, which is right on Rittenhouse Square, or The Love, which is just north of the square on 18th st. For smaller bites, The Bakeshop on 20th or Vibrant Coffee are also recommended.