Rationale divinorum officiorum (DS9958) (Q43878)
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Manuscript metadata collected by Digital Scriptorium from The Huntington Library, Art Museum, and Botanical Gardens (.b18621909, https://catalog.huntington.org/record=b1862190, mssHM 26298)
| Language | Label | Description | Also known as |
|---|---|---|---|
| English | Rationale divinorum officiorum (DS9958) |
Manuscript metadata collected by Digital Scriptorium from The Huntington Library, Art Museum, and Botanical Gardens (.b18621909, https://catalog.huntington.org/record=b1862190, mssHM 26298) |
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Durand, Guillaume, approximately 1230-1296
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Historiated initials--Italy--14th century
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Marginalia (annotations)--England--15th century
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between 1300 and 1450].
14. century
15. century
1300Gregorian
1450Gregorian
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Extent: ff. 253 : parchment ; 235 x 137 mm
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Guillelmus Durantis' Rationale divinorum officiorum written in the early fourteenth century. The pecia marks and the initials would suggest this manuscript was written in Bologna; the script, however, is not Bolognese letter and resembles more that of southern France. In the beginning of the fifteenth century, the manuscript was in England and an index on ff. 1-8 and the marginalia were added.
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Part 1. Span folios: ff. 9-253v. Support: Parchment. Layout: 2 columns of 50 lines, ruled in lead with a narrow space allotted in the inner and outer margin for notes; pricking visible in upper and lower margin. Collation beginning with the index: 1-308 3112 + one leaf added at the end. Catchwords in unadorned frames in lower right corner. Signatures occasionally present as letters and roman...
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Part 1. Decoration: Historiated initial, f. 9, 10-line, grey on blue ground with author in bishop's dress holding his book; dusky pink background patterned in white; stylized acanthus leaf and ball extensions along the length of the text, with some touches of burnished gold. The 8 nonhistoriated initials beginning each book are similar in style (ff. 10, 29v, 38v, 50v, 113, 134v, 223, 245...
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Part 2. Span folios: ff. 1-8v. Support: Parchment. Layout: 2 columns of 46 lines. Written in an English book hand. 2-line blue initials with red penwork.
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Part 2. A fifteenth century English cursive hand has added some marginal notes throughout the book, has extended the running headlines to include the treatise number and subject, and has divided the text of each treatise into the lettered sections which are used in the index. The letters progress according to the length of each treatise, e.g. Book 3, treatise 31 covers a-z, aa-zz, aaa-ddd. On...
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Input into Digital Scriptorium by: C. W. Dutschke, 8/20/2012.
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By the beginning of the fifteenth century, the manuscript was in England, as shown by the index on ff. 1-8, the marginalia and 2 erased possession marks on f. iv recto (3 or 4 lines) and verso (1 line), both in an English hand; f. iv as read with the use of a reagent by H. C. Schulz and J. F. Preston in 1962: "Iste liber [...?] xi pat' 'pno/dno Thome [inserted] Arch[...?] quinque libri...
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22 July 2024
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22 July 2024
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