(Q50492)
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ca. 1450
15. century
1425Gregorian
1475Gregorian
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Extent: fols. 1; membrane; 193 x 144 (84 x 61)
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Layout: 1 column, 13 lines
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Decoration: Surrounding each text block on all four sides is an elborately decorated border of foliage consisting of vinework leaves, and flowers in green, red, pink, blue, and burnished gold
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Decoration: Each side features an illuminated roundel (30 mm in diameter) in the central exterior margin depicting scenes from the life of St. Alexius, on the recto featuring two standing figures against a landscape, and on the verso featuring an indoor scene depicting two men kneeling before the Roman Emperor
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Ruled in faint brown ink
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Provenance: Donated by Helge Frank (Chicago, IL) in January 2017
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Text from the second of the Seven Penitential Psalms (Ps. 32:4-10)
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Incipit: conversus sum in aerumna mea
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Explicit: Multa flagella peccatoris
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26 August 2024
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26 August 2024
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