(Q17162)
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28 November 2023
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I fioretti di San Francesco : in Italian].
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H.P. Kraus (Firm)
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Francis, of Assisi, Saint, 1182-1226--Legends--Early works to 1800
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Manuscripts, Italian--Massachusetts--Boston
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Manuscripts, Medieval--Massachusetts--Boston
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between 1450 and 1500
15. century
1450Gregorian
1500Gregorian
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Extent: 66, 1 leaves : parchment ; 255 x 175 (175 x 122) mm bound to 26 cm
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Ms. codex.
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In Italian, with Latin incipit.
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Title from contents.
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Bibliographic record created by BPL staff based primarily on description by Lisa Fagin Davis.
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Secundo folio: ...o altutto disposto...
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Collation: Parchment, fol. ii (modern parchment) + 66 + i (medieval parchment) + iii (modern parchment) ; 1-610 74+2 (final two leaves are tipped-in singletons) ; decorative catchwords, lower center margin final verso each quire. Modern arabic pencil foliation, upper outer corner of each page.
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Layout: 1 column, 33 lines. Bounding and writings lines in light plummet or blind.
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Script: Written in a rounded gothic bookhand in brown ink with red rubrics.
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Decoration: 2-line red with blue or blue with red throughout, for chapter initials; sentence intials stroked yellow; 8-line red and blue puzzle initial on fol. 1 with red and blue filigree into inner and upper margin.
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Binding: ca. 1915 English binding of crushed red morocco over boards by Katharine Adams, her signature stamp inside rear cover (a key with initials K A), title and date gilt-stamped on spine: "I FIOR/ETTI/ DI/ SAN/ FRAN/ CESCO" and "CIRCA/ MC/ CCC/ LXXX"; gilt fillet turn-ins. Original pastedown pulled up and preserved as parchment flyleaf at back (preceded by three modern parchment...
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Origin: Written in Italy in the second half of the fifteenth century. Usualy attributed to Ugolino di Monte Santa Maria (now Montegiorgio).
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Immediate source of acquisition: Acquired by BPL from H.P. Kraus in 1948 (cat. 1948, no. 96) (Schoenberg Database of Manuscripts 19063), Kraus notes inside front cover with price of $250.
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Call number: MS q Med.121.
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Former call number: MS 1543.
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Bibliography: BPL Quarterly VII (1955): 76.
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4 December 2023
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