(Q16982)
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28 November 2023
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Single leaf from a 15th-century gradual : in Latin].
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Sandbergs Bokhandel, Stockholm
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Manuscripts, Latin (Medieval and modern)--Belgium
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Manuscripts, Medieval--Massachusetts--Boston
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between 1450 and 1499
15. century
1450Gregorian
1499Gregorian
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Extent: 1 leaf : parchment, ill. ; 446 x 304 (315 x 203) 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, 7 staves. No visible ruling. Square Gregorian notation on a five-line red staff.
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Decoration: On the verso, a four-staff high golden floriate initial on blue with gold foliate highlights, historiated with the Betrayal: Christ in a crowd of Roman soldiers, Judas embracing him; at the left, Peter holds a sword above the prone Malchus. Full border in similar color scheme with trompe-l'oeuil effects, a suderium on a golden shield in the center of the upper, right and left...
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Binding: Housed in an oversize manila folder.
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Origin: Written in Flanders in the late 15th century.
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Immediate source of acquisition: Acquired in 1957 from Sandbergs Bokhandel, Stockholm, their label in the upper margin of the recto.
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Call number: MS pb Med.186.
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Former call number: BPL MS 1612.
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4 December 2023
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