Cutting from a 15th-century gradual : in Latin]. (DS3643) (Q16952)
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| Language | Label | Description | Also known as |
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| English | Cutting from a 15th-century gradual : in Latin]. (DS3643) |
Manuscript metadata collected by Digital Scriptorium from Boston Public Library (8444725, MS pb Med.176) |
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28 November 2023
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Cutting from a 15th-century gradual : in Latin].
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Libreria antiquaria Hoepli
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Manuscripts, Latin (Medieval and modern)--Italy
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Manuscripts, Medieval--Massachusetts--Boston
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ca. 1450
15. century
1450Gregorian
1450Gregorian
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Extent: 1 item : parchment, ill. ; 225 x 200 mm
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Ms. fragment.
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Bibliographic record created by BPL staff based on description by Dr. Lisa Fagin Davis.
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Layout: Two staves extant on verso. Square Gregorian notation on a four-line red staff.
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Script: Written in a Gothic rotunda in black ink with red rubrics.
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Decoration: Recto: two-staff high historiated floriate initial in colors on gold, with leafy border in colors with gold balls, The Slaughter of the Innocents: Two women hold their infants, one of whom is threatened by a knife-wielding servant observed by enthroned Herod at the right; several slaughtered, swaddled infants on the ground. Verso: 1/2-staff high initial in green filled with red and...
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Binding: Housed in an oversize manilla folder.
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Origin: Written in Italy in the mid-fifteenth century.
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Immediate source of acquisition: Acquired in 1957 from Hoepli, Milan.
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Call number: MS pb Med.176.
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Former call number: MS 1601.
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4 December 2023
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