(Q16856)
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28 November 2023
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Psalter : in Latin].
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Draper, William, Sir, 1721-1787
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Manuscripts, Latin (Medieval and modern)--Belgium
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Manuscripts, Latin (Medieval and modern)--Massachusetts--Boston
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Manuscripts, Medieval--Massachusetts--Boston
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ca. 1250
13. century
1250Gregorian
1250Gregorian
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Extent: 170 leaves : parchment, ill. ; 274 x 183 (170 x 105) mm bound to 28 cm in box 30 cm
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Ms. codex.
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In Latin.
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Bibliographic record created by BPL staff based on description by Dr. Lisa Fagin Davis by Judith Oliver's entry in the 2016 Beyond Words exhibition catalog.
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Secundo folio: KL [M]artius habet dies xxxi ...
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Collation: Parchment, fol. 170 ; 16 22 36 4-148 158−1 (lacking one leaf after fol. 118) 16-218 224 (final leaf is a pastedown).
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Layout: One column, 20 lines; bounding and writing lines in brown ink; pricking in margins.
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Script: Written in a gothic bookhand with no rubrics. Psalm numbers were added in the 15th century as Roman numerals in the outer margin.
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Decoration (primary): 12 miniatures depicting the labors of the month, one on each calendar page: fol. 1 (January) Janus feasting -- fol. 1v (February) the Virgin Mary carrying two candles -- fol. 2 (March) peasant pruning a tree -- fol. 2v (April) nobleman with flowering branches -- fol. 3 (May) hawking -- fol. 3v (June) woodsman carrying cut wood -- fol. 4 (July) peasant mowing with a scythe...
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Decoration (secondary): Verse initials one-line alternating gold and blue (some red); line fillers in gold and colors, each a different geometric pattern; each Psalm (except for those at major divisions) begins with a four-line initial in gold on blue and salmon with white tracery and blue and red filigree extending below the initial; eight 12-line initials in gold and colors on gold and...
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Binding: Heavily repaired with modern burgundy morocco over original wooden boards. Some of the early (ca. 14th-century) blind-tooled morocco has been retained, primarily on the lower cover and at the head of the upper cover. Text block edges painted in a green and gold diaper pattern (discernable primarily on the upper edge).
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Origin: Written in Flanders or northern France. In addition to the localizable style of the miniatures, the attribution to Flanders is supported by the contents of the manuscript. The calendar includes several Flemish and northern French saints: Bertinus (5 September), Firminus of Amiens (25 September), Amandus (26 October), Winocus (6 November), Martin (11 November, in red), Bricius (13...
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Provenance: Apparently owned by an early Protestant, as the word "Pope" has been scraped away wherever it appears in the calendar (for example, Pope Leo on 28 June). Also present in the manuscript is a ca. 18th-century signature of William Draper (possibly the William Draper who died in 1787), fol. 124v. Sold Sotheby's London, 19 May 1936, lot 2, to Quaritch (SDBM 5116).
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Immediate source of acquisition: Sold by Quaritch to the Boston Public Library in 1940, his cat. 532, nr. 433 (SDBM 51480).
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Call number: MS f Med.84.
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Former call number: MS 1510.
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Bibliography: Jeffrey Hamburger, et al., eds. Beyond Words: Illuminated Manuscripts in Boston Collections. (Chestnut Hill: McMullen Museum of Art, Boston College, 2016): no. 96; More Books XXIII (1948): 251-253.
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4 December 2023
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