(Q17474)
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28 November 2023
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Six fragments of Beneventan minuscule from three separate manuscripts].
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Schøyen, Martin
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Bernard Quaritch, Ltd
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Manuscripts, Latin (Medieval and modern)--Italy
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Manuscripts, Latin (Medieval and modern)--Massachusetts--Boston
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Manuscripts,Medieval--Massachusetts--Boston
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approximately 1150-1199
12. century
1150Gregorian
1199Gregorian
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Extent: 6 items : parchment, 29-66 x 36-109 mm in album 10 x 14 cm
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Ms. fragments.
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Title devised by cataloger; catalog record based in part on dealer's description.
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Script: Written in Beneventan minuscule, Monte Cassino type.
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Decoration: Fragment 5 with portions of a floriated initial in red, yellow, blue, and green.
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Binding: Each fragment affixed to a stub; bound in modern tan buckram.
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Origin: Copied in Southern Italy, second half of the 12th century.
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Provenance: All fragments removed from bindings. Offered as a group at Sotheby's, London, (21 June, 1994, lot 5) to Bernard Quaritch. Later in the collection of Martin Schøyen, his MS 1855/3, 1855/4, and 1855/5.
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Immediate source of acquisition: Purchased from Bernard Quaritch, Ltd., in May, 2023.
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Former and related shelfmarks: Fragment 1 formerly Schøyen MS 1855/4. Apparently from the same parent manuscript as Basel, Universitätsbibliothek, MS CL 216 (ii), a single leaf from a pocket-sized Bible written in single columns. Fragment 2 formerly Schøyen MS 1855/3. Fragments 3-6 formerly Schøyen MS 1855/5. Apparently from the same parent manuscript as Toronto, Virginia Brown Collection, MS. 2.
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Call number: MS q Med.294.
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4 December 2023
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