Catalogue

Publications of the Imperial Austrian Handels-Museum

Oriental Metal Work. Illustrations of Turkish,

Arabic, Persian, Central-Asiatic and Indian METAL WARE, with introductory Remarks and a Prefatory Note by A. VON SCALA, Director of the K. K. Oesterreichisches Handels-Museum, Vienna. Folio, 50 plates of Oriental Water Jugs, Bowls, Trays, Hookas, with details of the Ornament on a larger scale, etc. ( pub. at £3. 12s), in a portfolio, £1. 1s Vienna, 1895 The objects here represented have been collected from all parts of Western Asia, India, and Turkey, and are thoroughly typical specimens of the best forms of the Art they illustrate. The Austrian Government have approved of the work for use in all their Technical and Art Schools.

PLATE

LIST OF PLATES.

I. Turkish Ewers with Basins

II. Turkish Ewer

III. Arabian Bowl

IV. Details of the same

V. Arabian Bowl

VI. Persian vessel (misprinted on plate,
Arabic)

VII. Details of the same

VIII. Persian Bowl

IX. Details of the same

X. Persian Bowl with Cover

XI. Persian Bowl

XII. Persian Bowl

XIII. Persian Bowl

XIII. (a) Sketch of a Persian Huqqa (b) Details of the same

XIV. Tea Vessel from Central Asia XV. Tea Vessel from Central Asia XVI. Tea Vessel from Central Asia XVII a-e Details of Plate XVI

f-h Details of Plate XIX

i Details of Plate XX

XVIII. Tea Vessels from Central Asia
XIX. Tea Vessel from Central Asia
XX. Tea Vessel from Central Asia
XXI. Ewer from Central Asia
XXII. (a) Tea Vessel)

from

(b) Ewer J Central Asia XXIII. Two Trays from Afghanistan XXIV. Hindu Huqqus

XXV. Tea Vessel from North India XXVI. Samovar from North India

XXVII. Samovar from North India

XXXV. Details of the same
XXXVI. Hindu Huqqa
XXXVII. Hindu Huqqas
XXXVIII. Hindu Huqqas
XXXIX. Huqqa and Salver

XL. Three Salvers from Hydera-
bad, D.

XLI. Three Cups from Hyderabad, D
XLII. Three Huqqas from Benares
XLIII. Water Vessel and Tray from
South India

XLIV. Incense Burner and Religious
Vessel from Jeypore
XLV. (a) Water Vessel from South
India

(b) Huqqa from North India XLVI. Tray from South India XLVII. Bell from Nepal

XLVIII. Teapot from Nepal

XLIX. Incense Burner from Nepal
L. Sacrificial Vessel from Nepal

"It was the original intention of the Industrial Art Section of the Handels-Museum, Vienna, to hold in the Spring of the present year a large exhibition of Oriental Metal Vases and other branches of Oriental Metal work. It could not unfortunately be carried out, for owing to the great additions made during the past year to the permanent collections, the exhibition space already very limited, was still further reduced and rendered inadequate for the purpose. The provisional committee were therefore compelled to withhold from the undertaking, which under more auspicious circumstances would have worthily followed the earlier exhibitions organised by the Museum-that of Ceramics in 1884 and of Carpets in 1891.

"In connection with the intended exhibition however, several collections have been examined, and there had been brought to light a number of important types that were insutticiently represented in the Museum. These, combined with the specimens already possessed by the authorities, formed a collection of metal work of the nearer Orient and India, that was fairly typical so far as form and decoration were concerned. It was therefore resolved to publish a series of such objects as were deemed most useful to industrial workers, and the present work is the fruit of that resolve."-Preface.

Vienna, October, 1894,

Prichard's Natural History of Man; com

prising Inquiries into the Modifying Influences of Physical and Moral Agencies on the different Tribes of the Human Family. 4th Edition, revised and enlarged, by Edwin Norris, of the Royal Asiatic Society. 2 vols. roy. 8vo., with 62 coloured plates, engraved on steel, and 100 engravings on wood, cloth (pub. at £1. 18s), 18s 1855

Prisse d'Avesnes, La Decoration Decoration Arabe:

Decors Muraux, Plafonds, Mosaiques, Dallages, Boiseries, Vitraux, Etoffes. Tapis, Reliures, Faiences, Ornements Divers. Folio, with 100 superb plates of Ornament in gold and colours of an endless variety of exquisite designs of patterns for Manufacturers, Architects, Decorators and Artists, cloth (pub. at £6. 6s), £1. 10s Paris, Lemercier, 1885

These plates are taken from Prisse d'Avesnes' great work, l'Art Arabe. The designs were executed between the 9th and the 18th centuries.

Pugin's Apology for the Revival of Christian

Architecture (forming a Supplement to the "True Principles "). Small 4to., with 10 large etchings

1843

Pugin's True Principles of Pointed or Christian

Architecture. Small 4to., with 87 illustrations of which 9 are large etchings, and 78 are woodcuts and vignettes (pub. at £1. 4s)

1853

the above two works, bound together in 1 volume, cloth (pub. at £1. 14s 6d), 158 1843-53

Pugin's Gothic Ornaments, 90 fine plates

drawn on stone by J. D. HARDING and others. Roy. 4to., half morocco, gilt top (pub. at £4.48), £1. 168

1854

Pugin's Glossary of Ecclesiastical Ornament

and Costume, setting forth the Origin, History, and Mystical Signification of the various Emblems, Devices, and Symbolical Colours, peculiar to CHRISTIAN DESIGN of the MIDDLE AGES, with especial reference to the DECORATION of the SACRED VESTMENTS and ALTAR FURNITURE formerly used in the English Church. Compiled from Ancient Authorities and Examples, by A. WELBY PUGIN, Architect, Professor of Ecclesiastical Antiquities at St. Marie's College, Oscott. Illustrated by Extracts from the Works of Durandus, Georgius, Bona, Catalani, Gerbert, Martene, Molanus, Thiers, Mabillon, Ducange, etc. Enlarged and Revised by Rev. B. SMITH, M.A., of St. Marie's College, Oscott. Third Edition. Impl. 4to., half bound in red morocco, gilt top, uncut (pub. at £8. 8s), £4. 4s 1868 Illustrated by seventy-three Plates, all splendidly printed in Gold and Colours, by the litho-chromatographic process, and about 50 woodcuts in the letter-press, containing Examples of the Ecclesiastical Costume of the Roman, English, French, and German Bishops, Priests, and Deacons; Frontals, Curtains, and Dossells of Altars; the embroidering of the Orphreys and Hoods of Copes, Stoles, Maniples, and Chasubles; Apparels of Albs; Patterns of Diapering for Ceilings, Walls, and Precious Stuffs; Bordures and Powderings; Floriated Crosses; Emblems of the Holy Trinity; the Five Wounds and Passion of our Blessed Lord, the Four Evangelists, of our Blessed Lady, the Mysteries of the Rosary; Monograms of the Holy Name; Examples of the Nimbus; Conventional Forms of Animals and Flowers for Heraldic Decoration. Altar and Church Linen, Funeral Palls, &c. The whole drawn, coloured, adapted, and described from ancient Authorities, by A. Welby Pugin, Architect.

Pugin's Floriated Ornaments, 31 plates in

GOLD AND COLOURS. Roy. 4to., half morocco (pub. at £3. 3s), £1. 4s 1879

A NEW PALAEOGRAPHICAL SOCIETY

WHILE the interest taken in Palaeography has in recent years largely increased, no organization for illustrating the subject systematically or upon an adequate scale by means of facsimiles has existed in England since the dissolution of the Palaeographical Society in 1895. This Society was founded by the late Sir Edward Bond and others in 1873, with a limit of 300 members, paying a yearly subscription of one guinea. It was a publishing Society exclusively; and between 1874 and 1894 it issued to its subscribers, in two Series, upwards of 450 collotype plates from Greek, Latin, and other Manuscripts and Inscriptions, together with another 100 plates comprised in a separate Oriental Series of shorter duration. The value of its publications was from the first generally recognized; and, although private enterprise, chiefly abroad, has since produced several works of a similar nature and to some extent modelled upon them, they may claim to be still unrivalled both for the excellence of their productions and for the extent of the ground which they cover.

When the Society brought its career to a close in 1895, there was no lack of materials for its continuance, nor was any idea entertained that its collection of facsimiles was for all practical purposes complete. Its ultimate revival was in fact, foreseen, and at the final general meeting of the subscribers it was, resolved that the balance of the funds in hand should be kept for a while unappropriated, so as to be available for such a contingency. The surviving editors and others who were connected with the Society consider that its work might now with advantage be resumed. At the same time, for obvious reasons, it is unadvisable that any fresh issue of plates should begin with a third Series or the break of continuity be unmarked by some variation of title; and it is therefore proposed that a new Society be formed, on the same basis and with approximately the same limit of members but under a title sufficiently distinctive to avoid confusion, and that its publications, issued in yearly parts as before, should be entirely independent. It is further proposed that as before, ten yearly parts should constitute a complete Series.

In some respects circumstances are more favourable for such an undertaking than was the case thirty years ago; for not only have photographic processes been improved and cheapened, but many important collections of manuscripts are better known and more easy of access, and valuable experience has been gained in various ways. The aims and methods of the new Society will no doubt be mainly the same as those of its predecessor, and, in particular, dated examples of the hands of different periods, styles, and countries will preferably be selected for reproduction as affording the surest criteria for comparative study. As regards other directions in which the Palaeographical Society's plates may be most usefully supplemented, much may be learnt from the Classified Indices to them which have lately appeared. Although many of the oldest and most important manuscripts already represented are to be found in foreign libraries, the great majority of plates, as was natural, were

taken from manuscripts nearer to hand in the British Museum. In future however, the proportions will probably be reversed, and examples will mainly be sought from abroad or, to a greater extent than before, from the libraries of Universities, Colleges, Cathedrals, and private collectors in this country. It will generally be agreed also that certain branches of Palaeography might well be more liberally illustrated. Thus, the earlier stages of Greek writing claim special attention, and further examples should from time to time be obtained from inscriptions, and from the papyri which have recently been discovered or may in the future be brought to light. Room, moreover, ought to be found for as many as possible of the more important manuscripts of the Classics and of the Greek and Latin Bible; and, in another direction, an attempt should be made to exhibit whatever local variations there may be in English hands, by utilizing more freely such materials as episcopal and monastic registers, chronicles, service-books of particular uses, and manuscripts bearing old library-marks or other indications of provenance. It is equally incumbent upon an English Society to show a natural regard for manuscripts written in the English language. Apart from any palaeographical value, they have a literary and historical interest of their own, and it is therefore to be hoped that, from the works of King Alfred and the Anglo-Saxon Chronicle downwards, they may be fully represented. Lastly, the character of the ornamentation of manuscripts is so important a factor in determining questions of age and locality, that no excuse will be needed for devoting a number of plates to what may be called the artistic side of Palaeography. It is in this direction perhaps that the improvement in permanent photography has been most marked, and, in order to trace the development of the various schools of illuminating and miniature-painting, no pains should be spared to procure the finest and most characteristic specimens for reproduction.

With these objects in view, there is every reason to anticipate that the new Society will attain the same measure of success as its prototype, and any gentlemen who are willing to co-operate in its formation are requested to communicate with one or other of the undersigned, at the British Museum. As soon as a sufficient number of names has been obtained a preliminary meeting will be announced.

E. MAUNDE THOMPSON.
GEORGE F. WARNER.
FREDERIC G. KENYON.

March 31st, 1902.

Promises of adhesion and co-operation have already been received from the following custodians of important collections of manuscripts the Rev. T. K. Abbott, B.D., D.Litt., Librarian of Trinity College, Dublin; Prof. Dr. G. Biagi, Chief Librarian of the Biblioteca Mediceo-Laurenziana, Florence; Padre A. Ceriani, Prefetto of the Biblioteca Ambrosiana, Milan; Mons. L. Delisle, Membre de l'Institut, Administrateur-Général of the Bibliothèque Nationale, Paris; Padre F. Ehrle, S.J., D.C.L., Prefetto of the Vatican Library, Rome; M. R. James, Esq., Litt.D., Director of the Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge; F. J. H. Jenkinson, Esq., M.A., Librarian of the University Library, Cambridge; F. Madan, Esq., M.A., Sub-Librarian, Bodleian Library, Oxford; Sir H. C. Maxwell-Lyte, K.C.B., Deputy Keeper of the Public Records; Mons. Paul Meyer, Membre de l'Institut, Directeur de l'Ecole des Chartes, Paris; E. W. B. Nicholson, Esq., M.A., Bodley's Librariau, Oxford; Mons. H. Omont, Membre de l'Institut, Conservateur du Département des Manuscrits, Bibliothèque Nationale, Paris; Prof. D. A. Wilmanns, Generaldirektor of the Royal Library, Berlin; and Prof. Dr. K. Zangemeister, Oberbibliothekar of the University Library, Heidelberg.

G. NORMAN AND SON, PRINTERS, FLORAL STREET, COVENT GARDEN, LONDON.