(Q42897)
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Breviaries--England--15th century
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Breviaries--England--14th century
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between 1390 and 1410
14. century
15. century
1390Gregorian
1410Gregorian
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Extent: ff. 229 + i : parchment ; 100 x 145 mm
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Title from printed catalog.
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Support: Parchment.
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Script: Formal gothic script.
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Layout: First quire of 14 leaves (minus the first), thereafter of 12 leaves. All quires except the last have catchwords; traces of red ink leaf signatures "a"-"s", in the form "a i"-"a vi", in all quires except the first (i.e. quire 2 is "a"). Two columns of 36 lines of text ruled in very pale ink, rubrics in red.
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Span folios: ff. 1-229v.
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Other Decoration: Penwork decoration occasionally includes human faces or heads (e.g. ff. 26v, 29v, 41, 102, 107, etc.), at least once within an initial (f. 114v).
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Foliated sporadically in modern pencil in lower right corners, "60" repeated and thus ending at "228."
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Assigned Date: s. XIV/XV.
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Input into Digital Scriptorium by: C. W. Dutschke, 7/2/2009.
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Written in England. Inscribed, s. XVIII(?),"12" (f. 2r, upper margin), perhaps in France by the owner responsible for the binding. An adhesive rectangular label, s. XX(?), with perforated edges, printed with a blue frame, inscribed in ink "M. 3" and in pencil "b[?]E 1189" (front pastedown, top left corner). Inscribed in pencil, s. XX, "MS [. . .]", "X3580" encircled, and with a price code...
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22 July 2024
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22 July 2024
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