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Johnson Manuscript page - continuation of 'De numeris' text (recto)

Title

Johnson Manuscript page - continuation of 'De numeris' text (recto)

Date of Production

(mid 18th century) 1725 - 1775

Medium

pen and grey ink, brown ink used for added diacritics (recto and verso), on laid paper

Dimensions

Height: 21.3 cm
Width: 16 cm

Accession Number

MS.1978.PG.1.26 (fol. 24)

Mode of Acquisition

Count Antoine Seilern, bequest, 1978

Credit

The Courtauld, London (Samuel Courtauld Trust)

Copyright

Work in the public domain

Location

Not currently on display

Keywords









Related Works

The Johnson Manuscript (manuscript transcript of the Rubens Pocketbook)

Provenance

possibly Albert Rubens (1614-1657); bought by Captain Maurice Johnson, 1742/44 for his father, Maurice Johnson Sr., Spalding (1688-1755); by descent in Johnson and Marsden families; W.A. Marsden (book-plate, 1897); Christopher Marsden (bookplate, 1930); his sale, Sotheby's (London), 23-24 March, 1970, lot 179; purchased there via Maggs Bros. (London) by Count Antoine Seilern, London (1901-1978) (£2,600); Princes Gate Bequest 1978

Exhibition History

Rubens. The Power of Transformation, Kunsthistoriches Museum, Vienna, 17/10/2017-21/01/2018; Stadel Museum, Frankfurt, 08/02/2018-03/06/2018

Literature

Rubens. The Power of Transformation, Kunsthistoriches Museum, Vienna, 2017-18
cat. no. 28

Inscriptions

Watermark: Watermark: none.

Inscription: Recto: upper right corner, grey ink, Rubens’s original foliation: “87 a”; whole page, grey ink, with diacritics added in brown ink: “De númeris / 87.a. Unúm semper manet únúm in númeris / út semel únúm / In súp[er]ficiebus O circúlús semp[er] et / manet simplex. / In corporibus út globus. / Púo lire binariús prima múltitúdo in númeris / In nihil linea / In corporibus nihil / Qúaternariús qúi generat corpús primúm / angúlare substera sive maa de Ternarius prima e[st] sup[er]ficies út / foa sive maa”; lower right corner, graphite, folio number: “24”. Verso: upper left corner, grey ink, Rubens’s original foliation: “87.b.”; upper left, grey ink: “mors / aqua mortúa / aqua animata”; whole page, grey ink: “hinc / figura pisciúm et cete grandum / serptentum et similiúm […]” [not fully transcribed].

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