(Q16976)
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28 November 2023
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Single leaf from a 14th-century antiphonal : in Latin].
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Libreria antiquaria Hoepli
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Manuscripts, Latin (Medieval and modern)--Italy
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Manuscripts, Medieval--Massachusetts--Boston
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between 1375 and 1399
14. century
1375Gregorian
1399Gregorian
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Extent: 1 leaf : parchment, ill. ; 590 x 420 (415 x 270) 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 gothic rotunda in black ink with red rubrics.
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Layout: 1 column, 5 staves. No visible ruling. Square Gregorian notation on a four-line red staff.
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Decoration: On the recto, an historiated floriated initial [A] in gold and colors with full border of scrolling acanthus and a jester; in the initial, the Adoration of the Magi: the Virgin and Child sit at the right, a king kneeling before them who has removed his crown; the other two kings wait in the margin at left.
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Binding: Housed in an oversize manila folder.
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Origin: Written in Italy, possibly Siena, in the late 14th century.
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Immediate source of acquisition: Acquired in 1957 from Hoepli, Milan.
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Call number: MS pb Med.184.
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Former call number: MS 1609.
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4 December 2023
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