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Manuscript metadata collected by Digital Scriptorium from Boston Public Library (8444893, MS q Med.279)
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| English | Book of hours : use of Rome : in Latin]. (DS3526) |
Manuscript metadata collected by Digital Scriptorium from Boston Public Library (8444893, MS q Med.279) |
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28 November 2023
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Book of hours : use of Rome : in Latin].
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Enluminures (Firm)
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Manuscripts, Latin (Medieval and Modern)--Italy
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Manuscripts, Latin (Medieval and modern)--Massachusetts--Boston
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Manuscripts, Medieval--Massachusetts--Boston
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1468.
15. century
1468Gregorian
1468Gregorian
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Extent: 136 leaves : parchment ; 130 x 97 (approximately 80 x 65) mm
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Ms codex.
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In Latin.
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Title devised by cataloger; catalog record based in part on dealer's description.
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Collation: Parchment, fol. i (parchment from a 15th-century Italian choirbook) + 136 + i (parchment from a 15th-century Italian choirbook) ; i6 ii-xiv10 ; leaf signatures in purple ink in the lower margin (now visible only on fol. 48: "f2"), catchwords throughout, except in the first and final gatherings; 19th- or early 20th-century numbering on the first recto of each gathering, modern pencil...
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Layout: Single column, 16 or 17 lines (33 in calendar), ruled in blind.
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Script: Written in a southern gothica textualis formata (rotunda) in two sizes in black ink, rubrics in red, capital swashes in yellow.
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Decoration: One- to two-line initials alternating in red and blue throughout, with guide letters. New texts begin with three- to four-line initials in red with purple flourishes or in blue with red flourishes, both with floral penwork extending into the margins.
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Binding: Bound in brown 19th-century goatskin with cuttings taken from leaves of a noted Italian choirbook added in and used as pastedowns and free endleaves.
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Origin: Copied for a nun at the Augustinian convent of Santa Caterina del Monte (San Gaggio) in Florence. According to a dated verse colophon (fol. 136v), the manuscript was completed on January 1, 1467 (1468 new style). Evidence of Augustinian use includes the appearance of St. Augustine as "Sancte pater" in the litanies; the feast (28 August) and octave (4 September) of St. Augustine are...
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Provenance: On fol. 136v, a note dated 1655, but otherwise faded to illegibility. Offered by Avoa, Ltd, in 2014 (Books of Hours/Livres d'Heures, no.1); sold at auction by Bloomsbury, December 9, 2015 (lot 121); sold again by Bloomsbury/Dreweatts on July 2, 2019 (lot 83) to Les Enluminures, Paris.
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Immediate source of acquisition: Purchased from Les Enluminures, Paris, in June, 2020.
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Call number: MS q Med.279.
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Bibliography: Schoenberg Database of Manuscripts (SDBM) 25751.
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4 December 2023
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