Single leaf from a 15th-century gradual : in Latin]. (DS3409) (Q17009)
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| Language | Label | Description | Also known as |
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| English | Single leaf from a 15th-century gradual : in Latin]. (DS3409) |
Manuscript metadata collected by Digital Scriptorium from Boston Public Library (8444744, MS pb Med.205) |
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28 November 2023
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Single leaf from a 15th-century gradual : in Latin].
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Ball, John Henry
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Ball, John Brayfield
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Lucas, Sydney Edward
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Manuscripts, Latin (Medieval and modern)--Austria
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Manuscripts, Medieval--Massachusetts--Boston
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ca. 1458-1465
15. century
1458Gregorian
1465Gregorian
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Extent: 1 leaf : parchment, ill. ; 557 x 380 (363 x 280) mm
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Ms. leaf.
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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 no. 75 in the Beyond Words catalog.
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Collation: Parchment leaf ; original roman foliation upper margin verso in alternating red and blue epigraphic capitals, "xxxv".
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Layout: One column, five staves. 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: On the verso, a two-staff high green foliate initial [D] in colors on gold within a light pink frame, historiated with the Annunciation to the Shepherds: in a greensward before a fortified city, three shepherds with their flock gaze upwards at an angel holding a banderole reading "Annuncio vobis gaudium magnum."
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Binding: Housed in an oversized manilla folder.
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Origin: Written in South Germany or Switzerland in the late 15th century, from the same manuscript as MS pb Med.206 and MS pb Med.207.
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Provenance: Ball Collection label, upper outer corner of the verso.
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Immediate source of acquisition: Purchased by the BPL from Maggs in 1961.
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Call number: MS pb Med.205.
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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. 75.
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4 December 2023
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