(Q46610)
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23 July 2024
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Breviary
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Augustus Frederick, Prince, Duke of Sussex, 1773-1843
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Maskell, William, 1814?-1890
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Norton, Charles Eliot, 1827-1908
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Ruskin, John, 1819-1900
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Breviaries--Belgium--14th century
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Manuscripts, Medieval--Belgium--1350-1400
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Sint-Pietersabdij (Ghent, Belgium)
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ca. 1381
14. century
1381Gregorian
1381Gregorian
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Extent: 423 leaves, bound : vellum, ill. ; 20 cm.
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Written in a formal gothic script in Ghent, Belgium, and decorated with 15 historiated initials, probably at the Benedictine abbey of St. Peter of Mont-Blandin, near Ghent.
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Bound in 18th-cent. Belgian (?) blind-tooled mottled brown calf.
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In a protective tray case, 22 cm.
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Belonged to the Benedictine abbey of St. Peter of Mont-Blandin, near Ghent (partially erased ex libris, f. 1r: "Sancti Petri in Blandino iuxta Gandavum"; in an unidentified English sale, ca. 1830, no. 13; bookplate with arms and motto of Augustus Frederick, Duke of Sussex (MS VI.H.h.15); bookplate of William Maskell; John Ruskin (inscribed, front flyleaf); gift from Ruskin to Charles Eliot Norton.
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Purchased with funds from the Friends of the Library, 1905.
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25 July 2024
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