(Q43269)
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Pontificals--France--14th century
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Musical notation--France--14th century
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Historiated initials--France--14th century
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between 1385 and 1399
14. century
1385Gregorian
1399Gregorian
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Extent: ff. iii + 214 + ii : parchment ; 245 x 330 mm
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Title from printed catalog.
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Support: Parchment.
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Script: Gothic.
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Layout: 1- 268 276. Catchwords in the lower right corner; quire and leaf signatures apparently in roman numerals with a suprascript letter (cf. ff. 108, 124, 131). Ruled space, 214 x 154 mm; 2 columns of 27 lines, ruled in lead.
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Music: Music on 4-line staves.
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Decoration: Eighty-eight historiated initials by two artists, 6- to 4-line. For the work of the second artist, the last 18 initials, lightly written instructions remain visible in the margins.
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Offset outlines of the miniature frames and marginal extensions often impressed upon conjunct leaves showing that the painting was done on loose bifolia.
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Assigned Date: s. XIVex.
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Input into Digital Scriptorium by: C. W. Dutschke, 12/13/2009.
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Written in the late fourteenth century, perhaps in southern France. The coat of arms in the lower margin of f. 1 is of the bishopric of Tarazona: 1 and 4, vert a cross moline or voided gules; 2 and 3, or three bars gules, supported by 2 angels. The bishop who first owned the book may have been Pedro Perez Calvillo, Bishop of Tarazona, 1352-91, or his brother, Fernando, Bishop of Tarazona...
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22 July 2024
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22 July 2024
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