(Q17225)
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28 November 2023
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Devotional prayer book : in Latin].
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Masters of the Wouter Grauwert
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Herp, Hendrik, approximately 1400-1477
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Gibson, Francis, active 17th century
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Fry, Muriel Agnes, active 20th century
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Laurentius van der Torqel, active 16th century
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Manuscripts, Latin (Medieval and modern)--Netherlands
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Manuscripts, Medieval--Netherlands
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Manuscripts, Medieval--Massachusetts--Boston
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Catholic Church--Prayers and devotions--Early works to 1800
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ca. 1450
15. century
1450Gregorian
1450Gregorian
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Extent: 240 leaves : parchment, ill. ; 120 x 87 (86 x 45) mm
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Ms. codex.
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In Latin.
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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 and by James H. Marrow's entry in the 2016 Beyond Words exhibition catalog (no. 123)
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Secundo folio: tissio[n] om[niu]m p[ecc]a[t]o[rum].
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Collation: Parchment, fol. vii (parchment) + 240 ; too tightly bound to collate, but appears to be in quires of eight.
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Layout: One column, 22 lines; bounding and writing lines in light brown ink, bounding lines doubled and full-length.
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Script: Written in a gothic cursive in black ink with red rubrics.
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Decoration: Single- and two-line initials throughout in red or blue; three-line initials throughout in gold on blue and salmon, approximately 80 in all; 27 six-line initials in gold and colors with bar border along inner margin terminating in floral sprays; fol. 85: small inter-textual illustrations of the instruments of the passion; fifteen 7- to 15-line major initials in colors on gold with...
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Binding: Brown calf; lower cover original, central floral panel with surrounding text reading "De profundis clarnavi ad te domini"; upper cover slightly later, plain brown calf; spine rebacked with modern pale brown leather; bronze clasps, catches and inner edge-pieces, probably contemporary with upper cover (i.e. not original, but not modern); vellum pastedowns at front and back.
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Origin: Written in the Netherlands ca. 1450.
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Provenance: Ca. 16th-century signature of "Dominus Laurentius Van der Torqel : relig[iosus] Wierb [...]" on fol. ii; fol. ii verso-iii verso: pen trials and Dutch notes, repeating the name of the first owner Henricus Erpensis, notes dated 1593 on fol. iii verso; fol. v: 17th-century signature of Francis Gibson. Fol. iv: signature of Muriel Agnes Fry, "from her father/ 1921"; sold with her...
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Immediate source of acquisition: Purchased by BPL in 1957 from Maggs Brothers (cat. 838 (1956), nr. 45).
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Call number: MS q Med.162.
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Former call number: MS 1587.
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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. 123; E. Wright, "A Medieval Manuscript of Philomena: Versions by John of Hoveden and John Peckham," BPL Quarterly, X (1958) 188-195; Ulysee Chevalier, Repertorium Hymnologicum: Catalogue des Chants, Hymnes, Proses...
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4 December 2023
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