(Q2609)
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Count Grigori Stroganoff (1829-1910, died in Rome), with his stamp on verso; doubtless from his sale, Jandolo and Travazzi, Rome, 18-24 April 1910; C. L. Ricketts, bought in 1911 from C. E. Rappaport, Rome; acquired by the Lilly Library with the Ricketts Collection in 1961.
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s. XIV(3/4); 1350-1375
14. century
1350Gregorian
1375Gregorian
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Binding: Not bound.
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Figurative details, One cutting: Large illuminated initial 'A' enclosing a kneeling figure of a bearded man looking up in prayer at a half-length fullface figure of Christ blessing and holding an open book, cut to shape; the gold and the halo flaked.
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Other decoration, One cutting: Rubric on verso, unusually, in blue.
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Script, One cutting: Gothic.
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Music, One cutting: 4-line red stave, 30 mm. high and 30 mm. between staves.
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Manuscript note: The Ricketts initial is apparently from the same manuscript as Free Library of Philadelphia, Lewis E M 25: 4, bought at Sotheby's, 27 April 1927, lot 730, showing a similar but smaller individual, this time a younger man with a brown cloak, lifting his hands in prayer to Christ. The colouring, the surrounding leafy ornament and especially the complicated white penwork around...
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Bibliography: Baroffio 1999, p. 25.
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One cutting: Probably the opening initial of a Gradual, beginning with the introit Mass on the first Sunday in Advent, "Ad te levavi animam meam . . .", (‘To you I have lifted up my soul’, psalm 24). The other possibility, for which the subject would be consistent, is "Aspiciens a longe . . .", the antiphon for Matins on the first Sunday in Advent, often illustrated with a person gazing up at...
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One cutting: Latin.
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f. 1v: Part of the versicle which follows at Mass, "v. Vias [tuas domine demo]nstra michi [ut semitas tuas e]doche me. Glo[ria patri . . .]."
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28 June 2023
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28 June 2023
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