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Property / note: Collation: Parchment, fol. ii (modern paper) + 14 + ii (modern paper) ; possibly 114 (oversewing prevents detailed inspection of structure) ; modern arabic foliation (498-511) in upper right margins; later refoliated 136-149. / rank | |||||||||||||||
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Property / note: Bibliography: A Loan Collection of Western Illuminated Manuscripts from the Library of Sir Chester Beatty, Exhibited in the Library of Trinity College Dublin, 1955. Dublin: Friends of the Library, 1955. 10; Branner, Robert. Manuscript Painting in Paris during the time of Saint Louis: a Study of Styles. Berkeley: UCLA Press, 1977. 118-122; H.P. Kraus. Catalogue 188: One Hundred Distinguished... / rank | |||||||||||||||
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Scholz, Wolfgang G., 1927-2015 | |||||||||||||||
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Manuscripts, Latin (Medieval and modern)--Massachusetts--Boston | |||||||||||||||
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century: 13. century
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earliest date: 1250Gregorian
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Extent: 14 leaves : parchment, ill. ; 232 x 158 (167 x 108) mm bound to 24 cm | |||||||||||||||
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Ms. gathering. | |||||||||||||||
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In Latin. | |||||||||||||||
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Collation: Parchment, fol. ii (modern paper) + 14 + ii (modern paper) ; possibly 114 (oversewing prevents detailed inspection of structure) ; modern arabic foliation (498-511) in upper right margins; later refoliated 136-149. | |||||||||||||||
Property / note: Collation: Parchment, fol. ii (modern paper) + 14 + ii (modern paper) ; possibly 114 (oversewing prevents detailed inspection of structure) ; modern arabic foliation (498-511) in upper right margins; later refoliated 136-149. / rank | |||||||||||||||
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Layout: 2 columns, 51 lines. Ruled in plummet. | |||||||||||||||
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Script: Written in a gothic bookhand in brown ink with red rubrics. Errors corrected by scraping away text or extending lines into the margins; where corrections extend into margins, extra ruling is added and red pen-flourishes surround the text. | |||||||||||||||
Property / note: Script: Written in a gothic bookhand in brown ink with red rubrics. Errors corrected by scraping away text or extending lines into the margins; where corrections extend into margins, extra ruling is added and red pen-flourishes surround the text. / rank | |||||||||||||||
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Decoration: 32 illuminated initials of varying sizes, in colors with burnished gold, many with vertical bar borders extending into the margins. Small initials at the beginning of each chapter, larger initials at the beginning of prologues. Illuminated initial 'P' in place of 'N' in the Acts prologue (thus "[P]on ita est ordo"). Two historiated initials: ten-line 'P' at the beginning of Acts... | |||||||||||||||
Property / note: Decoration: 32 illuminated initials of varying sizes, in colors with burnished gold, many with vertical bar borders extending into the margins. Small initials at the beginning of each chapter, larger initials at the beginning of prologues. Illuminated initial 'P' in place of 'N' in the Acts prologue (thus "[P]on ita est ordo"). Two historiated initials: ten-line 'P' at the beginning of Acts... / rank | |||||||||||||||
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Binding: Bound in modern blue goatskin and housed in a blue cloth slipcase. | |||||||||||||||
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Origin: Written in France between approximately 1250 and 1260. Illuminations sometimes attributed to the the artist who Robert Branner calls "The Dominican Painter" (see, for example, H.P. Kraus catalog 188, no. 8). | |||||||||||||||
Property / note: Origin: Written in France between approximately 1250 and 1260. Illuminations sometimes attributed to the the artist who Robert Branner calls "The Dominican Painter" (see, for example, H.P. Kraus catalog 188, no. 8). / rank | |||||||||||||||
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Provenance: The present fragment originally formed part of a 549-leaf Bible, which, according to Sotheby's (3 December, 1968, lot 14), might once have been owned by John Boykett Jarman, of London, whose collection was damaged by flood in 1846. Peter Kidd notes that Ludwig Rosenthal Catalogue 135 (1910), no. 300, describes a substantially similar bible: "Biblia Latina. Manuscrit de la fin du 13... | |||||||||||||||
Property / note: Provenance: The present fragment originally formed part of a 549-leaf Bible, which, according to Sotheby's (3 December, 1968, lot 14), might once have been owned by John Boykett Jarman, of London, whose collection was damaged by flood in 1846. Peter Kidd notes that Ludwig Rosenthal Catalogue 135 (1910), no. 300, describes a substantially similar bible: "Biblia Latina. Manuscrit de la fin du 13... / rank | |||||||||||||||
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Immediate source of acquisition: Purchased from the sale of the Scholz collection (Skinner Inc., Boston, 23 July, 2019, lot 2) | |||||||||||||||
Property / note: Immediate source of acquisition: Purchased from the sale of the Scholz collection (Skinner Inc., Boston, 23 July, 2019, lot 2) / rank | |||||||||||||||
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Call number: MS q Med.275. | |||||||||||||||
Property / note: Call number: MS q Med.275. / rank | |||||||||||||||
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Bibliography: A Loan Collection of Western Illuminated Manuscripts from the Library of Sir Chester Beatty, Exhibited in the Library of Trinity College Dublin, 1955. Dublin: Friends of the Library, 1955. 10; Branner, Robert. Manuscript Painting in Paris during the time of Saint Louis: a Study of Styles. Berkeley: UCLA Press, 1977. 118-122; H.P. Kraus. Catalogue 188: One Hundred Distinguished... | |||||||||||||||
Property / note: Bibliography: A Loan Collection of Western Illuminated Manuscripts from the Library of Sir Chester Beatty, Exhibited in the Library of Trinity College Dublin, 1955. Dublin: Friends of the Library, 1955. 10; Branner, Robert. Manuscript Painting in Paris during the time of Saint Louis: a Study of Styles. Berkeley: UCLA Press, 1977. 118-122; H.P. Kraus. Catalogue 188: One Hundred Distinguished... / rank | |||||||||||||||
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Latest revision as of 20:06, 18 March 2024
Manuscript metadata collected by Digital Scriptorium from Boston Public Library (8444890, MS q Med.275)
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English | 14 leaves from a mid-13th-century Bible : in Latin]. (DS3523) |
Manuscript metadata collected by Digital Scriptorium from Boston Public Library (8444890, MS q Med.275) |
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14 leaves from a mid-13th-century Bible : in Latin].
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Bible.
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Dominican Painter, active 13th century
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Gruel, Léon, 1841-1923
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Gruel, Paul, 1864-1954
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Beatty, Alfred Chester, Sir, 1875-1968
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Thomas, Alan G
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Stilwell, Brian Douglas
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Scholz, Wolfgang G., 1927-2015
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William H. Allen, Bookseller
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Manuscripts, Latin (Medieval and modern)--France
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Manuscripts, Latin (Medieval and modern)--Massachusetts--Boston
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Manuscripts, Medieval--Massachusetts--Boston
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between 1250 and 1260?
13. century
1250Gregorian
1260Gregorian
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Extent: 14 leaves : parchment, ill. ; 232 x 158 (167 x 108) mm bound to 24 cm
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Ms. gathering.
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In Latin.
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Title devised by cataloger; date of production based on Branner.
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Collation: Parchment, fol. ii (modern paper) + 14 + ii (modern paper) ; possibly 114 (oversewing prevents detailed inspection of structure) ; modern arabic foliation (498-511) in upper right margins; later refoliated 136-149.
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Layout: 2 columns, 51 lines. Ruled in plummet.
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Script: Written in a gothic bookhand in brown ink with red rubrics. Errors corrected by scraping away text or extending lines into the margins; where corrections extend into margins, extra ruling is added and red pen-flourishes surround the text.
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Decoration: 32 illuminated initials of varying sizes, in colors with burnished gold, many with vertical bar borders extending into the margins. Small initials at the beginning of each chapter, larger initials at the beginning of prologues. Illuminated initial 'P' in place of 'N' in the Acts prologue (thus "[P]on ita est ordo"). Two historiated initials: ten-line 'P' at the beginning of Acts...
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Binding: Bound in modern blue goatskin and housed in a blue cloth slipcase.
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Origin: Written in France between approximately 1250 and 1260. Illuminations sometimes attributed to the the artist who Robert Branner calls "The Dominican Painter" (see, for example, H.P. Kraus catalog 188, no. 8).
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Provenance: The present fragment originally formed part of a 549-leaf Bible, which, according to Sotheby's (3 December, 1968, lot 14), might once have been owned by John Boykett Jarman, of London, whose collection was damaged by flood in 1846. Peter Kidd notes that Ludwig Rosenthal Catalogue 135 (1910), no. 300, describes a substantially similar bible: "Biblia Latina. Manuscrit de la fin du 13...
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Immediate source of acquisition: Purchased from the sale of the Scholz collection (Skinner Inc., Boston, 23 July, 2019, lot 2)
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Call number: MS q Med.275.
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Bibliography: A Loan Collection of Western Illuminated Manuscripts from the Library of Sir Chester Beatty, Exhibited in the Library of Trinity College Dublin, 1955. Dublin: Friends of the Library, 1955. 10; Branner, Robert. Manuscript Painting in Paris during the time of Saint Louis: a Study of Styles. Berkeley: UCLA Press, 1977. 118-122; H.P. Kraus. Catalogue 188: One Hundred Distinguished...
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4 December 2023
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