(Q26508)
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Egerton Master, follower of
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Jean III of Acigné and Cordemai
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Peachey, Sir John
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Selsey, Henry John Peachey 3rd Baron
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Peachey, Anna Maria Louisa
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Quaile, Edward
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Thomas, George C. (George Clifford)
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Ada E. Moorhead Thomas
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Widener, P.A.B. (Peter Arrell Brown)
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Widener, Joseph E. (Joseph Early)
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Extent: i+206+i; 205 x 140 mm bound to 210 x 150 mm; parchment
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Binding: Worn black leather with gold tooling, stamped with insignia, including the repeated letter "s" within two intertwined Greek lambdas, red painted insignia on back cover; 16th century; rebacked with red morocco, spine stamped with gold and labeled "Missale Romanum MSS," 19th century
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Layout: One column of fifteen lines, frame-ruled in red ink; written area: 104 x 65 mm
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Script: Gothic--textualis semi-quadrara
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Script: Scribe: Johannes Parvus (Jean Le Petit)
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Decoration: Twenty-four calendar vignettes (fols. 1r-12r), borders on calendar pages containing suns and golden rays; one full-page coat of arms (fol. 26v) and two smaller coats-of-arms (fols. 106v and 123r); forty-six half-page miniatures with elaborate full foliate borders; illuminated initials, line fillers, and foliate borders with grotesque beasts throughout
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Provenance: Jean III, of Acigné and of Cordemai (circa 1430-1497); Sir John Peachey, Baron Selsey of Westdean, Sussex, England, c. 1782 (bookplate pasted onto front cover); Lord Selsey (Henry John Peachey?, 1787-1838); probably Anna Maria Louisa Peachey (died 1870), 1838; sale, Sotheby's, London, June 20, 1872, lot 1302; Bernard Quaritch (bookseller), London; Edward Quaile of Lynmore, Palm...
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Contributor: Diane Biunno
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Cataloger: Amey Hutchins
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Cataloger: Judith Weston
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Cataloger: Nicholas Herman
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Funder: Council on Library and Information Resources
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5 December 2023
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5 December 2023
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