(Q16919)
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28 November 2023
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Single leaf from a 15th-century book of hours : in Latin].
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Leo S. Olschki (Firm)
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Manuscripts, Latin (Medieval and modern)--France
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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. ; 257 x 175 (153 x 105) 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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Layout: Single column, 18 lines. Bounding and writing lines in red ink, bounding lines full-length.
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Script: Written in a Gothic bookhand in black ink with red rubrics.
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Decoration: Verse initials in gold on red or blue with gilt filigree infill; line fillers geometric in similar scheme; on verso, outer border of scrolling acanthus with small gold dots and a gold band with floriated decoration, a snail-like grotesque in the center; on the recto, three-quarter-page illustration of Job at prayer on the dungheap (at left), a crowd of nobly-dressed friends at the...
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Binding: Housed in an oversize manilla folder.
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Origin: Written in France at the end of the fifteenth century, from the same manuscript as MS pb. Med. 145.
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Immediate source of acquisition: Purchased in 1954 from Olschki.
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Call number: MS pb Med.157.
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Former call number: MS 1582.
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4 December 2023
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