(Q8664)
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Fiorecti del libro de Sancto Francesco ... etc..
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Fioretti di San Francesco.
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Manuscripts, Italian--15th century
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Clare, of Assisi, Saint, 1194-1253
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Francis, of Assisi, Saint, 1182-1226
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Clare, of Assisi, Saint, 1194-1253--Legends--Early works to 1800
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Francis, of Assisi, Saint, 1182-1226--Legends--Early works to 1800
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[between 1460 and 1480?]
15. century
1460Gregorian
1480Gregorian
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Extent: 167 leaves : paper, color illustrations ; 205 x 150 (134 x 94) mm
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Title for manuscript from title of predominant work in rubric (f. 45r).
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Origin: Written in northern Italy, possibly Venice or Ferrara, between 1460 and 1480 (Les Enluminures).
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Ms. codex.
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Watermarks: Multiple, including marks similar to Briquet Aigle 201 (Venice, 1476), Aigle 202 (Venice, 1475), and Griffon 7465 (Venice and Ferrara, 1471-1476); also the letter R in a circle; and three mounts and a cross.
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Decoration: 6-line historiated initial in pink on gold ground with Saint Francis with gold halo and stigmata, further decorated with acanthus leaves, floral motifs, and gold besants in the margin (f. 1r); circular laurel wreath with ribbons to receive arms or mongram, with 6-pointed star added later in ink (lower margin, f. 1r); numerous 3- to 5-line initials in red or blue with either purple...
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Script: Written in humanistic script, perhaps in two or three hands.
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Layout: Written in 29 long lines; frame-ruled in lead with vertical bounding lines.
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Collation: Paper, i (later paper) + 167 + i (later paper); 1⁴ 2¹⁰(-1) 3-6¹⁰ 7-9⁸ 10¹⁴(-1) 11⁸ 12¹⁰ 13¹⁰(-1) 14-17¹⁰ 18⁴ 19⁸(-2); [1-167]; modern foliation in pencil, upper left recto. Horizontal catchwords on the last verso of gatherings 4-8; vertical catchwords on the last verso of gatherings 12 and 14-17.
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Binding: Later limp vellum (Les Enluminures).
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Sold by Les Enluminures (Paris and Chicago), 2010.
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19 September 2023
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19 September 2023
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