(Q50975)
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ca. 1425-1450
15. century
1425Gregorian
1450Gregorian
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Extent: fols. 2; membrane; 417 x 293 (271 x 182)
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Layout: 1 column, 20 lines
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Decoration: 9 2-line and 4-line initials in alternating red and blue infilled with and surrounded by fine and elaborate contrasting penwork in violet and red ink, respectively, with prompts and rubrics in red, and some chant lines underlined in red
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Decoration: Fol. 453.1r: 2 3-line initials, one in burgundy and the other in blue, each with fine white penwork highlights, infilled with elaborate floriated decoration in blue, purple, green, orange, and red, all set on thick burnished gold grounds
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Decoration: with elaborate foliage borders at top, bottom, and interior margins, in purple, green, blue, and orange and with sprays of thin black vines terminating in blue, green, and purple flowers and gold berries
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Ruled in plummet
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Illumination is similar in style to the work of the so-called "Master of the Cypresses," perhaps Pdro de Toledo, whose work is known in a series of choir books at Seville Cathedral
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Provenance: Donated by Susan Coulter (Newtown Square, PA) in honor of Herbert Coulter, Spring 2023
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Reading, prompts, and chants for the Sanctorale in February, with text for the Purification of the Virgin, Saints Eulalia and Valentine, and St. Peter's Chair
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Incipit: Fol. 453.1: // angelus testamenti quem vos vultis
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Fol 453.2: // …re fecisti . Ita eius supplicationibus
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Explicit: Fol. 453.1: Virgo dei Maria . p . felicii nomine digna . v . Ora //
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Fol 453.2: et quidcumque solveris super terram erit //
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26 August 2024
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26 August 2024
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