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The Restitution of St Jerome: New College Library’s MS 384
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(2025): 23
Thanks to the great generosity of book history scholar Nicolas Barker, in January 2025, a sumptuous, 15th-century illuminated manuscript copy of the Letters of St Jerome finally came back home to New College Library. What are the most significant visual features of this gorgeous book that make it so special, and where had it been during its centuries away from college?
Opening large, illuminated initial with putto, butterfly, and vase
New College Library, Oxford, MS 384, f. 1r [detail]