(Q50729)
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John Boycott Jarman (d. 1864)
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Alfred Chester Beatty (1875-1968)
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1408
15. century
1408Gregorian
1408Gregorian
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Extent: fols. 1; membrane; 176 x 131 (95 x 61)
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Layout: 1 column, 15 lines
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Decoration: Text enclosed on three sides (left, right, and bottom) within thin gold and blue bars, from which a thick, lush spray of rinceaux terminating in red, blue, and gold leaves extend to fill all four borders
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Ruled in pink ink
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Water damage apparent in border decoration suffered during a flood in August 1846 when in the library of John Boycott Jarman
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Provenance: Private collection of John Boycott Jarman (†1864)
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Provenance: Sotheby's, 13 June 1864, lot 47
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Provenance: Private collection of Edward Arnold
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Provenance: Sotheby's, 6 May 1929, lot 240
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Provenance: Private collection of Sir Alfred Chester Beatty (1875-1968), his MS.W.MS.103 (broken and dispersed by Beatty)
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Provenance: Remnant of codex sold at Sotheby's, 24 June 1969, lots 58 and 58 A-K
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Original parent manuscript illuminated by the Mazarine Master and his workshopm.cccc.viii quo ceciderunt pontes parisius", referring to the 1408 flood that washed away the Petit Pont, Grand Pont, and the Pont Neuf, on 29-31 January 1408
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The manuscript's scribe dated his work in a colophon: "Factum est anno
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Incipit: angustijs et necessitatibus / meis
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Explicit: tribu / at et victoriam contra omnes
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Text from the "Obsecro te" Marian prayer
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26 August 2024
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26 August 2024
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