(Q16880)
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28 November 2023
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Single leaf from a 12th-century lectionary : in Latin].
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Manuscripts, Latin (Medieval and modern)--Italy
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Manuscripts, Medieval--Massachusetts--Boston
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between 1100 and 1125.
12. century
1100Gregorian
1125Gregorian
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Extent: 1 leaf : parchment ; 335 x 240 (237 x 135) 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 Romanesque bookhand in black ink with red rubrics.
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Layout: 1 column, 22 lines. Bounding and writing lines in blind.
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Decoration: 6-line puzzle initial on verso in red and blue, 4-line epigraphic capital on recto.
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Binding: Housed in an oversize manilla folder.
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Origin: Written in Italy in the early twelfth century.
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Provenance: The entire manuscript was formerly owned by collector, bookdealer and self-proclaimed book-breaker Otto Ege, who broke it into individual leaves for resale. Numerous leaves of this manuscript survive in Ege portfolios in collections throughout North America (see http://ege.denison.edu/manuscripts_locations_list.php for an up-to-date listing of portfolio locations). Single leaves...
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Immediate source of acquisition: Given to the Boston Public Library by Otto Ege in 1941.
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Call number: MS pb Med.108.
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Former call number: MS 1536.
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Bibliography: Barbara A. Shailor, "Otto Ege: His Manuscript Fragment Collection and the Opportunities Presented by Electronic Technology," The Journal of the Rutgers University Libraries 60 (2003), p. 1-22; Egge, Otto. "Fifty Original Leaves from Medieval Manuscripts" portfolio. Egge, Otto. "I am a Biblioclast" (Avocations 1.6 (March 1938), 516-20), on p. 516.
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4 December 2023
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