Rule of St. Clare : in Latin]. (DS3714) (Q17165)
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- Rule of Saint Clare.
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| English | Rule of St. Clare : in Latin]. (DS3714) |
Manuscript metadata collected by Digital Scriptorium from Boston Public Library (8444797, MS q Med.123) |
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28 November 2023
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Rule of St. Clare : in Latin].
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Rule of Saint Clare.
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Clare, of Assisi, Saint, 1194-1253
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Manuscripts, Latin (Medieval and modern)--Italy
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Manuscripts, Medieval--Massachusetts--Boston
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ca. 1420
15. century
1420Gregorian
1420Gregorian
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Extent: 24 leaves : parchment, ill. ; 210 x 154 (143 x 105) mm
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Ms. codex.
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In Latin.
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Bibliographic record created by BPL staff based on description by Dr. Lisa Fagin Davis and on entry 36 in the Beyond Words catalog, by Massimo Medica.
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Secundo folio: [blank]; fol. 3: Incipit prologus/ Johannes miseratione ...
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Collation: Parchment, fol. ii (parchment manuscript waste) + 24 + fol. ii (parchment manuscript waste) ; 12+1 (fol. 2, the full-page miniature, is a tipped-in singleton) 26 3-48 ; decorative catchwords, lower center margin final verso of each quire. Modern arabic pencil foliation, upper outer corner of each recto, skips fol. 23, so reaches "24" at fol. 25.
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Layout: Two columns, 24 lines. Bounding and writing lines in blind.
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Script: Written in a rounded gothic bookhand in brown ink with red rubrics.
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Decoration: Three-line chapter initials in red or blue with blue and red filigree throughout. Full-page illsutration of St. Clare, fol. 2v, with heavy, ca. 19th-century overpainting: St. Clare enthroned against a blue background sprinkled with golden stars; above, St. Francis as an angel flanked by two angels, bearing a crown presumably intended for Clare; kneeling at her feet on either side...
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Binding: Original blind-fillet calf over boards with early brass bosses, some floral tooling extant, lacking clasps, spine repaired.
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Origin: Written in Bologna, likely for an order of Urbanist Poor Clares, possibly with ties to Venice. See the Beyond oOrds catalog, no. 36.
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Provenance: Effaced ca. sixteenth-century inscription, fol. 25v. Sold at Sotheby's London 7 Feb. 1951, lot 274; catalogue description pasted inside front cover.
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Immediate source of acquisition: Purchased by the BPL in 1953 from Maggs (Maggs cat. 816, no. 155, with plate)
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Call number: MS q Med.123.
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Former call number: MS 1545.
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Bibliography: Jeffrey Hamburger, et al., eds. Beyond Words: Illuminated Manuscripts in Boston Collections. (Chestnut Hill: McMullen Museum of Art, Boston College, 2016), no. 36; More Books/BPL Quarterly vol. VII (1955): 76.
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4 December 2023
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