Pilgrimage roll (DS10795) (Q46487)
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Manuscript metadata collected by Digital Scriptorium from Harvard University (990112990630203941, MS Typ 1001, https://id.lib.harvard.edu/alma/990112990630203941/catalog)
| Language | Label | Description | Also known as |
|---|---|---|---|
| English | Pilgrimage roll (DS10795) |
Manuscript metadata collected by Digital Scriptorium from Harvard University (990112990630203941, MS Typ 1001, https://id.lib.harvard.edu/alma/990112990630203941/catalog) |
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Oppenheimer, Henry
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Jacques Rosenthal (Firm)
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Scrolls--Italy--15th century
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Manuscripts, Medieval--Italy--1400-1450
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Pilgrims and pilgrimages--Early works to 1800
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Palestine--Description and travel--Early works to 1800
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1417 and [between 1417 and 1420
15. century
1417Gregorian
1420Gregorian
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Extent: 3 fragments of 1 roll : vellum ; 143 x 14 cm. or smaller.
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Title supplied by cataloger.
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The drawings in (A) and (B) are by the same artist, but in (C) by a different one. All have been attributed to the School of Lorenzo Monaco. Various earlier attributions to Fra Angelico have been given up. For the allocation of all 3 fragments to the same roll see Palladino. Others have concluded that (C) comes from a different roll.
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The Latin text is in a gothic rotunda book hand in brownish ink with red rubrics, initial letters in red and blue with pen-work decoration.
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The drawings are in pen and ink and colored washes.
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Mounted and framed in 3 separate frames: 155 cm., 43 cm., and 38 cm., all x 26 cm.
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Items A and B: Jacques Rosenthal, Munich (1928); Henry Oppenheimer (his sale, London 1936); B bought by Mr. and Mrs. Robert Woods Bliss for the Fogg Art Museum. Items A and C: gift of Arthur Sachs to the Fogg Museum, 1956. All 3 items transferred to Houghton Library, 1990.
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23 July 2024
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23 July 2024
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