(Q16889)
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28 November 2023
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Single leaf from a 15th-century book of hours : in Latin].
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Leo S. Olschki (Firm)
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Manuscripts, Latin (Medieval and modern)--France
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Manuscripts, Medieval--Massachusetts--Boston
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between 1475 and 1499
15. century
1475Gregorian
1499Gregorian
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Extent: 1 leaf : parchment, ill. ; 252 x 178 (155 x 105) mm
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Contains Psalm 4:1-8 (beginning of the Penitential Psalms)
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Ms. Leaf.
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Bibliographic record created by BPL staff based on description by Dr. Lisa Fagin Davis.
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Date conjectured from contents.
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Script: Written in a gothic bookhand in black ink with red rubrics.
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Layout: Single column, 18 lines. Bounding and writing lines in red, bounding lines full-length.
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Decoration: Three-line initial on recto in blue on gold with florate infill; single-line versal initials in gold on blue or red with white filigree infill; three-quarter border of scrolling acanthus, berries and flowers with gold dotted background on verso; on the recto, half-page miniature of King David at prayer, with a background scene of David at the head of an army, within a full...
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Binding: Housed in an oversize folder.
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Origin: Written in France at the end of the fifteenth century, from the same manuscript as MS pb Med.157.
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Immediate source of acquisition: Purchased from Olschki in 1954.
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Call number: MS pb Med.145.
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Former call number: MS 1570.
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4 December 2023
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