(Q17060)
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28 November 2023
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Single leaf from a 15th-century book of hours : in Latin].
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Phillip J. Pirages (Firm)
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Manuscripts, Latin (Medieval and modern)--France
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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. ; 157 x 110 (85 x 60) mm
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Ms. leaf.
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Title devised by cataloger.
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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 bâtarde script in brown ink (no extant rubrics).
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Layout: 1 column, 17 lines. Bounding and writing lines in red plummet, bounding lines full-length.
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Decoration: Versal initials one-line high, alternating gold on red or gold on blue; on the verso, outer border of spindly vines with minimal acanthus and terminal foliage; bas-de-page illustration of a shrouded corpse in an open field with a fortified city in the background.
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Binding: Housed in an oversize folder.
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Origin: Written in France in the mid-fifteenth century.
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Immediate source of acquisition: Acquired in 1999 from Pirages.
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Call number: MS pb Med.236.
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4 December 2023
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