(Q16895)
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28 November 2023
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Single leaf from a 15th-century antiphonal : in Latin].
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Leo S. Olschki (Firm)
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Manuscripts, Latin (Medieval and modern)--Italy
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Manuscripts, Medieval--Massachusetts--Boston
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between 1475 and 1499
15. century
1475Gregorian
1499Gregorian
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Extent: 1 leaf : parchment, ill. ; 648 x 484 (500 x 325) mm
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Ms. leaf.
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Bibliographic record created by BPL staff based on description by Dr. Lisa Fagin Davis.
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Date and location derived from contents.
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Script: Written in a Gothic rotunda in black ink with red rubrics.
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Layout: Single column, five staves. Vertical bounding lines in red and doubled, writings lines in light plummet. Square Gregorian notation on a four-line red staff, no stems.
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Decoration: On the recto, a two-staff high initial [G] formed with acanthus on a gold and floriate background, historiated with three Franciscans: at the left, St. Anthony of Padua, holding a lily; in the center, St. Francis, with stigmata and holding a book and a small crucifix; and at the right, St. Bernardino da Siena (can. 1450) holding a monstrance.
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Binding: Housed in an oversize manilla folder.
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Origin: Written in northern Italy at the end of the fifteenth century.
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Immediate source of acquisition: Purchased from Olschki in 1954.
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Call number: MS pb Med.148.
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Former call number: MS 1573.
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Bibliography: Boston Public Library quarterly VII (1955), p. 75.
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4 December 2023
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