(Q43758)
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Morris, William, 1834-1896
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Cockerell, Sydney Carlyle, Sir, 1867-1962
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Bennett, Richard, 1849-1930
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Winans, Ross, 1850-1912
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Illuminations (paintings)--Italy--15th century
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Decorated initials--Italy--15th century
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between 1400 and 1450
15. century
1400Gregorian
1450Gregorian
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Extent: ff. 207 : parchment ; 232 x 342 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: Collation beginning with f. 2: 1-28 3-410(through f. 37) 5-128 138(-4, 5 after f. 104) 14-178 186 19-258 266. Catchwords, some cropped, in the center of the lower margin in the script of the text. 31 long lines, ruled in lead, triple bounding lines on the left, single bounding lines on the right.
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Decoration: Two miniatures by different artists: that on f. 2 (Georgics), 90 x 85 mm., in a simple blue frame done by the more competent artist, of a peasant ploughing his field with 2 oxen; in the hills behind, a deer and a castle; the 3-line initial beginning the Georgics set in the upper right corner of the miniature; L-shaped border of lush blue, green, dusky pink, lavender and orange...
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Other Decoration: Initials for the book divisions of the Georgics and the Aeneid and the initials for the first arguments of the 2 works, usually 14-line (but possibly 18-to 2-line), in white-patterned and self-shaded blue, dusky pink or orange infilled with colored acanthus leaves on painted gold or black grounds, the whole placed on burnished gold grounds and decorated with gold balls...
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Early foliation, s. XVI?, begins at 17 on current f. 2, suggesting the loss of 2 quires, perhaps containing the Bucolics.
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Assigned Date: s. XV1.
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Input into Digital Scriptorium by: C. W. Dutschke, 7/31/2012.
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Written in Italy, perhaps in Florence as suggested by the style of the initials, in the first half of the fifteenth century. Belonged to William Morris (1834-96); his bookplate on the front pastedown and cataloguing notes in the hand of Sir Sydney Cockerell tipped in the front of the volume. Morris' manuscripts sold at his death to Richard Bennett; this manuscript among those re-sold by...
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22 July 2024
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22 July 2024
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