(Q17051)
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28 November 2023
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Single leaf from a 15th-century book of hours, use of Amiens (?) : in French].
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Bruce P. Ferrini (Firm)
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Manuscripts, Medieval--Massachusetts--Boston
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between 1450 and 1475
15. century
1450Gregorian
1475Gregorian
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Extent: 1 leaf : parchment, ill. ; 173 x 125 (105 x 60) mm
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Ms. leaf.
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Title devised by cataloger.
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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 bâtarde script.
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Layout: 1 column, 17 lines. Bounding and writing lines in light plummet.
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Decoration: Saints' names alternating red and blue, and gold letters for the golden-number (i.e. the first) column and the "red-letter" days. Outer border on both sides of scrolling acanthus, grotesques and spindly vines in gold and colors; two-line KL on recto in gold on red.
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Binding: Housed in an oversize folder.
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Origin: Written in northern France in the third quarter of the 15th century, possibly for the use of Amiens; although the calendar is primarily Parisian (with St. Charitine on 5 October and Dionysius in gold on 4 October, for example), it gives the Amiens date of 15 October for St. Wulfram, here called "Elfroy.
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With 17th-century Arabic foliation in upper outer corner of the recto, numbering this leaf "17"; since this is the tenth leaf of the calendar, there must have been seven leaves preceding the calendar, perhaps blank flyleaves or added preliminary material.
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Immediate source of acquisition: Acquired in 1988 from Bruce Ferrini.
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Call number: MS pb Med.231.
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4 December 2023
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