(Q16970)
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28 November 2023
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Single leaf from a 14th-century antiphonal : in Latin].
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Libreria antiquaria Hoepli
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Manuscripts, Latin (Medieval and modern)--Italy
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Manuscripts, Medieval--Massachusetts--Boston
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ca. 1350
14. century
1350Gregorian
1350Gregorian
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Extent: 1 leaf : parchment, ill. ; 517 x 387 (367 x 255) mm
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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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Script: Written in a Gothic rotunda in black ink with red rubrics.
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Layout: 1 column, 6 staves. Bounding and writing lines in blind, outer bounding line doubled. Square Gregorian notation on a four-line red staff.
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Decoration: Verso: two-staff high initial in colors (the palette includes a distinctive bright orange and deep blue) with minimal acanthus into margins, The Conversion of St. Paul: Saul/Paul fallen from his horse, a vision of Christ in the heavens above pointing down at him.
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Binding: Housed in an oversize manila folder.
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Origin: Written in Italy, possibly Florence, in the mid-14th-century.
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Immediate source of acquisition: Acquired in 1957 from Hoepli, Milan.
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Call number: MS pb Med.182.
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Former call number: BPL MS 1607.
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4 December 2023
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