(Q16979)
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28 November 2023
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Two bifolia from a ca. 15th-century ferial psalter : in Latin].
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Libreria antiquaria Hoepli
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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: 4 leaves : parchment, ill. ; 553 x 392 (390 x 290) mm
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Ms. leaves.
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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 gothic rotunda in black ink with red rubrics. Early Roman foliation alternating red and blue letters, outer center margin of each recto; a was ff. IV and V, and b was ff. CXXXV and CXLII. "Dom." tab on outer edge of f. a1, added ca. 17th century, marking the first Psalm for Sunday.
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Layout: 1 column, 15 lines. Bounding lines in blind, full-length. Comprised of two bifolia: the two leaves comprising bilfolium a are consecutive; they were the innermost bifolium of their quire. Bifolium b was the outermost bifolium of its quaternion, lacking three bifolia between its two leaves; it has been folded backwards, so the catchword appears on b1 verso instead of the verso of the...
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Decoration: Two four-line floriated historiated initials in colors on gold, a few acanthus swirls in upper and/or lower margin: f. 4 (i.e. a1 recto), King David on a green hillside playing the harp; on f. 135v (i.e. B2 verso), King David at prayer, God visible in the heavenly aperture above. Verse initials alternate red and blue epigraphic capitals. the miniatures attributed in the Supplement...
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Binding: Housed in an oversize manila folder.
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Origin: Written in northern Italy in the fourth quarter of the 15th century.
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Immediate source of acquisition: Acquired in 1957 from Hoepli, Milan.
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Call number: MS pb Med.185.
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Former call number: BPL MS 1610 and MS 1611.
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4 December 2023
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