(Q2624)
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Master of the Brussels Initials, in the style of or perhaps hand of.
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George A. Poole, bought from H. P. Kraus, cat. 75 (1955), no. 19, and acquired by the Lilly Library with the Poole Collection in 1958.
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c. 1400
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Binding: Bound in eighteenth-century Italian mottled calf, block-printed floral pastedowns, paper endleaves, binding repaired; in a green cloth case.
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Figurative details, ff. 378: Illuminated initials throughout in leafy designs in colors and burnished gold with lush marginal sprays; eleven historiated initials and one miniature, showing David in prayer (fol. 7v, 12-line, Beatus vir, psalm 1), David pointing to his eyes (fol. 18r, 6-line, Dominus illuminatio, psalm 26), David pointing to his mouth (fol. 24r, 6-line, Dixi custodiam, psalm...
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Other decoration, ff. 378: Rubrics in red, 2-line initials throughout in alternating red and blue with penwork in the contrasting color.
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Script, ff. 378: Rounded Textura.
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Layout, ff. 378: Collation: i#^6#, ii–vii#^10#, viii#^11# [probably of 10, lacking vi–x after fol. 71], ix–xxxviii#^10#, xxxix#^7# [perhaps of 10, final leaves canceled by pasting together], with horizontal catchwords and mostly with contemporary leaf signatures (modern pencil foliation, on every tenth leaf, jumps back erroneously from ‘231’ to ‘132’); ruled faintly apparently in ink, 2...
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Bibliography: Faye and Bond 1962, p. 178; S. Cummins in ‘Catalogue’ 1988, pp. 44-49, no. 8.
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ff. 378: The illumination of the manuscript is in the style and perhaps hand of the Master of the Brussels Initials,who takes his name from his participation in decorating the Très Belles Heures of the duc de Berry, no less (Brussels, Bibliothèque royale, mss 11060–61). He apparently trained in Bologna and seems to have worked there and in Padua in the 1390s.
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ff. 378: Latin.
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f. 1r-378r: The very large manuscript here comprises: a Calendar (fol. 1r), of Augustinian use, including Augustine himself and his translation as double major feasts (28 August and 28 February) and the specifically Augustinian feast of the commemoration of deceased brothers of the Order on 7 July; invitatories, from Advent to Septuagesima (fol. 7r). The litany points to Padua. It includes...
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28 June 2023
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28 June 2023
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