(Q17072)
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28 November 2023
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Single leaf from a mid-15th-century lectionary : in Latin].
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Manuscripts, Latin (Medieval and modern)--Spain
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Manuscripts, Medieval--Massachusetts--Boston
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ca. 1450?
15. century
1450Gregorian
1450Gregorian
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Extent: 1 leaf : parchment, ill. ; 271 x 185 (185 x 63, 9, 62) 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: 2 columns, 41 lines. Bounding and writing lines in light plummet, vertical bounding lines full-length.
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Decoration:Three-line initials throughout alternating gold on pale red and dark blue or blue with red filigree; the first lection of St. Elizabeth begins with a 5-line initial in blue on gold.
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Binding: Tipped into a mat and housed in an oversize manila folder.
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Origin: Written in Spain in the mid-15th century.
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Immediate source of acquisition: Acquired by BPL in 2001 from Maggs, cat. 1298.
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Call number: MS pb Med.239.
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4 December 2023
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