(Q3388)
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Schoenberg, Lawrence J
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Drawings (visual works)
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Blaise, Saint, -approximately 316
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Christian saints--Biography--Early works to 1800
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[12--]
13. century
1200Gregorian
1299Gregorian
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Extent: 8 leaves : parchment, color illustrations, music ; 334 x 210 (211-238 x 138) mm bound to 344 x 218 mm
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Ms. codex.
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Origin: Written in Italy in the 13th century.
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Title for manuscript from caption title for predominant work (f. 1r).
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Binding: Late 19th- or early 20th-century morocco by Riviere & Son (London).
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Music: Contains chants notated with neumes in brown ink positioned relative to a single red line (f. 4v-6r) and neumes without lines (f. 7v-8r).
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Decoration: Drawing in brown and red ink of Blaise as a bishop (f. 1r); 2 Guidonian hand diagrams sketched in ink (f. 8v); 4-line zoomorphic initial on a red ground (f. 1r); ornamental initials, 2 to 4 lines in height, in green-brown ink (f. 6v-7v); 2-line initials and single lines in chant in red (f. 4v-6r); rubrics in red and capitals touched in red (f. 1r-6r).
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Script: Written in rounded Gothic script, largely by one hand (f. 1-5), with additions at the end possibly by other hands.
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Layout: Written in 2 columns (f. 1-7) of 32 lines (f. 1-5); frame-ruled in lead (f. 1-5), faint ink (f. 6), and drypoint (f. 7); prickings visible.
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Collation: Parchment, ii (modern parchment) + 8 + ii (modern parchment); 1⁸.
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Gift of Lawrence J. Schoenberg and Barbara Brizdle, 2010.
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Sold at auction at Sotheby's, 19 June 2001, lot 32, to Lawrence J. Schoenberg.
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Sold by Dawson's Book Shop (Los Angeles, Calif.) to Albert Elkus of the San Francisco Conservatory of Music, Sept. 1933.
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Appears in Maggs Bros. cat. 542 (1930), no. 53.
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27 August 2023
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27 August 2023
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