(Q15867)
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Historiated initials--Italy--15th century
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Illuminated manuscripts--Italy--15th century
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Manuscripts, Latin (Medieval and modern)--New Jersey--Princeton
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between 1475 and 1499
15. century
1475Gregorian
1499Gregorian
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Extent: 477 leaves : parchment ; 340 x 240 mm.
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Ms. codex.
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Layout:
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Decoration: 31 historiated initials, border ornaments in the late 15th century Ferrarese style.
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Artist: Written and illuminated by two Ferrarese artists of the theatelier who produced the Bible of Borso d'Este, at the end of the 15th century.
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Origin: Written and illuminated in Italy in the late 15th century.
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Presumably commissioned ca. 1494 as a gift to the church of St. Francis at Ferrara for which the cornerstone was laid in that year by Ercole I d'Este; the obit of his grandson, Federigo II Gonzaga on June 28, 1540 is in the Calendar; owned in 1916 by J. Meade Falkner; his sale (London, Dec. 12, 1932, no. 14); obtained from Dawson, 1937 (his Cat., p. 28, no. 231).
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8 November 2023
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8 November 2023
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