Mass and Office of Lawrence and of the Dead (DS9684) (Q43056)
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Manuscript metadata collected by Digital Scriptorium from The Huntington Library, Art Museum, and Botanical Gardens (.b18619101, https://catalog.huntington.org/record=b1861910, mssHM 1097)
| Language | Label | Description | Also known as |
|---|---|---|---|
| English | Mass and Office of Lawrence and of the Dead (DS9684) |
Manuscript metadata collected by Digital Scriptorium from The Huntington Library, Art Museum, and Botanical Gardens (.b18619101, https://catalog.huntington.org/record=b1861910, mssHM 1097) |
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Historiated initials--Italy--18th century
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Illuminations (paintings)--Italy--15th century
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15th century]; 18th century].
1400Gregorian
1799
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Extent: pages 25 + 47 + 11 : paper and parchment ; 240 x 329 mm
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Mass and Office of Lawrence and of the Dead written on parchment in Italy in the fifteenth century; pages 26-73 added on paper in the eighteenth century.
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Span folios: pp. 1-25 (parchment) + 26-73 (paper) + 74-85 (parchment). Support: Paper and Parchment. Layout: 14(-1) 24(-3, 4; no loss of text) 36(through p. 25) 4-94 106(pp. 74-85). Ruled space, 265 x 165 mm; 6 lines of text and music, ruled in lead on the parchment leaves and in dry point on the paper leaves. Watermark(s): Watermark scarcely visible in the gutter. Written by 3 scribes: i, pp...
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The portion on paper, pp. 26-73, added in the eighteenth century. Eighteenth century pagination in red ink beginning on the verso of the first leaf and ending at 60; the following 5 leaves foliated in the same hand; the remaining leaves neither paginated or foliated. Pagination extended throughout the volume for consistency in this description.
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Decoration: Full page miniature on p. 1 (the verso of the first leaf, an added singleton) of Lawrence, with face badly rubbed, holding a book and his gridiron, on a gold and red background with a mosaic border. On p. 74, historiated initial in pink and yellow, depicting an insect-covered skeleton with a snake crawling through it.
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Input into Digital Scriptorium by: C. W. Dutschke, 12/13/2009.
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A catalogue description in French is affixed to the front pastedown; De Ricci states the manuscript to have been described in a German catalogue, ca. 1900. Date and source of acquisition by Henry E. Huntington unknown.
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22 July 2024
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22 July 2024
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