(Q16973)
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28 November 2023
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Single leaf from a late 15th- or early 16th-century evangeliarium : in Latin].
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Manuscripts, Latin (Medieval and modern)--Spain
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Manuscripts, Medieval--Massachusetts--Boston
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between 1450 and 1550
15. century
16. century
1450Gregorian
1550Gregorian
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Extent: 1 leaf : parchment, ill. ; 380 x 265 (268 x 180) 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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Script: Written in a Spanish gothic rotunda in black ink with red rubrics.
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Layout: 1 column, 21 lines.
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Decoration: Elaborate, full floriate borders in gold on colors with compartments outlined with gold leaf: on the recto, flowers and foliage on solid red, blue or gold backgrounds; on the verso, scrolling acanthus emerging from vases, a woman in the center lower margin.
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Binding: Housed in an oversize manila folder.
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Origin: Written in Spain in the late 15th or early 16th century.
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Provenance: The present leaf removed from the same manuscript as two leaves held at the Detroit Institute of Art (59.62A and 59.62B) and a single leaf at the University of Massachusetts, Amherst (MS 719).
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Immediate source of acquisition: Acquired in 1957 from Maggs.
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Call number: MS pb Med.183.
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Former call number: BPL MS 1608.
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4 December 2023
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