Book of hours : use of Rome : in Latin]. (DS3730) (Q17213)
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Manuscript metadata collected by Digital Scriptorium from Boston Public Library (8444813, MS q Med.158)
| Language | Label | Description | Also known as |
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| English | Book of hours : use of Rome : in Latin]. (DS3730) |
Manuscript metadata collected by Digital Scriptorium from Boston Public Library (8444813, MS q Med.158) |
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28 November 2023
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Book of hours : use of Rome : in Latin].
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John F. Fleming, Incorporated
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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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ca. 1490
15. century
1490Gregorian
1490Gregorian
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Extent: 170 leaves : parchment, ill. ; 102 x 75 (55 x 38) mm bound to 120 cm
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Ms. codex.
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In Latin.
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Title devised by cataloger.
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Bibliographic record created by BPL staff based on description by Dr. Lisa Fagin Davis.
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Secundo folio: Februarius habet dies xxviii...
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Collation: Parchment, fol. i (paper) + 170 + i (paper) ; 112 2-410 510−1 (one leaf lacking before fol. 51, the beginning of sext) 6-1610 1710−1 (last leaf cancelled) ; decorative catchwords, lower center margin of the final verso of each quire. Modern arabic pencil foliation, upper outer corner of each page.
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Layout: 1 column, 14 lines. Bounding and writing lines in blind or light plummet.
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Script: Written in a gothic rotunda in black ink with red rubrics.
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Decoration: Red or blue one-line initials throughout; 2-line initials in red with pink filigree or blue with red filigree throughout; 3- to 5-line initials in gold and colors with flowers and gold balls into margin (full border on fol. 13), at the beginning of each hour, twelve in all; three of these historiated: fol. 13 (Matins, Hours of the Virgin): The Virgin and child; full floral border...
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Binding: 18th-century gilt-stamped vellum over pasteboard, title gilt-stamped on spine, "Officium B. M. V."
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Origin: Written in Italy (Padua?) in the late fifteenth century; the litany includes St. Prosdocimus, the first Bishop of Padua, not found in the typical Roman calendar or litany.
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Provenance: 19th-century label remnants inside front cover.
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Immediate source of acquisition: Purchased by BPL in 1956 from John F. Fleming (Fleming ascribed to the manuscript a Flemish origin.
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Call number: MS q Med.158.
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Former call number: MS 1583.
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4 December 2023
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