(Q9330)
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Feiss, Paul Louis, 1875-
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Illumination of books and manuscripts, Flemish
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Illumination of books and manuscripts, Flemish--Specimens
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[14--]
15. century
1400Gregorian
1499Gregorian
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Extent: 158 leaves : parchment, color illustrations ; 158 x 107 (95 x 61) mm bound to 164 x 106 mm
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Layout: Written in 20 long lines.
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Notes in a later hand (to 1684) on final 2 leaves comprise a family history of the Brantzum family of Friesland. A transcription of this chronicle of the Brantzum family and corrections to the description of the ms. by Philip E. Webber have been made by Lydia Wierda and shelved with the manuscript.
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Foliation: Parchment, iii (paper) + 158 + i (parchment); [1-159]; modern foliation in pencil, lower right recto.
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Ms. codex.
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Script: Written in a Gothic book hand with notes in a later hand on the last folio and the back endleaf.
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Decoration: Rubrics in red, alternating red and blue capitals, illuminated historiated initials with illuminated borders of Madonna and Child (f. 13r), Gregorian Man of Sorrows (f. 47r), Christ in the attitude of Benediction (f. 75r), Pentecost (f. 95r), The Last Judgment (f. 111r), and Hell's Mouth (f. 127r); one initial appears to be unfinished (f. 69r). Water damage to a number of...
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Binding: Contemporary blind stamped goatskin over wooden boards, lower cover detached, upper cover nearly detached.
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Origin: Written in the northeast Netherlands (dialect), 15th century (Webber).
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Incipit: Hier begint onser wrouwen ghetide (f. 13r).
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Sold at auction at Parke-Bernet Galleries, 15 Dec. 1953 (catalog 1487), lot 390.
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Formerly owned by James Laurie; Paul-Louis Feiss (bookplates, inside upper cover).
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Acquired through Lathrop C. Harper, 1956.
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19 September 2023
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19 September 2023
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