Collection context
Summary
- Abstract:
- The Ricketts mss., 9th-19th cent., are illuminated medieval and renaissance manuscripts assembled by Coella Lindsay Ricketts, 1859-1941, calligrapher, of Chicago, Illinois. Most of the material relates to religious matters.
- Extent:
- 332 Items
- Language:
- Materials are in multiple languages but primarily Latin.
- Preferred citation:
[Item], Ricketts mss., Lilly Library, Indiana University, Bloomington, Indiana.
Background
- Biographical / Historical:
Coella Lindsay Ricketts, 1859-1941, was a renowned calligrapher and illuminator of Chicago, Illinois. Ricketts founded The Scriptorium, a firm specializing in calligraphy and illuminations, in 1885.
- Acquisition information:
- Purchase: 1973
- Arrangement:
Inventory has been transcribed from the Census of Medieval and Renaissance Manuscripts ... by Seymour De Ricci with the assistance of W.J. Wilson. New York, Kraus Reprint Corporation, 1961. pp. 617-633 (Lilly Z6620 .U5 R49 1961). Additional description of some manuscripts comes from A Descriptive Catalogue of Thrity-Six of the Bound Manuscripts in the C.L. Ricketts Collection, Lilly Library, Indiana University by W. Gordon Wheeler, Lilly Fellow, 1966-67 and Gilding the Lilly : A Hundred Medieval and Illuminated Manuscripts in the Lilly Library by Christopher de Hamel. Bloomington, IN, The Lilly Library, 2010.
- Physical location:
- Lilly - Vault 2; Lilly - Vault 1 (No. 63, 225, 240)
Indexed Terms
Access
- RESTRICTIONS:
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Access to this collection requires advance notice. Please contact the curator for additional information.
- PREFERRED CITATION:
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[Item], Ricketts mss., Lilly Library, Indiana University, Bloomington, Indiana.
- CAMPUS:
- Indiana University Bloomington
- LOCATION OF THIS COLLECTION:
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1200 East Seventh StreetBloomington, Indiana 47405-5500, USA
- CAMPUS:
- Indiana University Bloomington
- CONTACT:
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(812) 855-2452liblilly@indiana.edu