(Q46226)
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Breviary (Franciscan)
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Coldiradi, Baldassarre
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Norton, Charles Eliot, 1827-1908
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Manuscripts, Medieval--Italy--1450-1500
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Manuscripts, Renaissance--Italy--1450-1500
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Anthony, of Padua, Saint, 1195-1231--Portraits
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Bernardino, da Siena, Saint, 1380-1444--Portraits
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Francis, of Assisi, Saint, 1182-1226--Portraits
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ca. 1480
15. century
1480Gregorian
1480Gregorian
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Extent: 201 p. in sewn quires : vellum, ill. ; 59 cm.
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Written in a gothic rotunda book hand in long lines with occasional music in square notation; 58.6 x 40.6 cm.; text 37.5 x 27 cm.
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Written and illuminated in Italy, possibly Cremona, in the scriptorium of the brothers Gadio and painted by Baldassare Coldiradi and assistants for a Franciscan (Observant) monastery.
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Begins and ends imperfectly; psalter with versicles, responses and hymns (not noted), containing offices for matins and lauds on Thursday, Friday and Saturday, and proper hymns.
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12 historiated initials on gold ground, 2 large and numerous decorated initials on gold ground, colored initials in blue and red with penwork flourishes, and 1 foliate border with a historiated medallion : David in prayer (p. 2); a Franciscan monk (p. 10); St. Antony of Padua with a book and a lily (p. 33); St. Francis (pp. 58, 119, medallion); a king in profile (p. 1050; possibly St...
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In a case, 59 cm.
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From the library of Charles Eliot Norton.
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Purchase, 1906.
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23 July 2024
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23 July 2024
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