(Q43068)
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Odescalchi, Pietro, 1789-1856
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Dickinson, Mary W. T
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Lectionaries--Italy--15th century
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between 1485 and 1499
15. century
1485Gregorian
1499Gregorian
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Extent: ff. i + 30 + ii : parchment ; 213 x 282 mm
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Lectionary written in Italy at the end of the fifteenth century.
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Span folios: ff. 1-30v. Support: Parchment. Layout: 1-210 310(1, 2 replacements, attached to stubs). Catchwords in the center of the lower margin enclosed by designs of black ink dots. Ruled space, 192 x 132 mm; 2 columns of 23 lines, ruled in ink.Written in a round gothic script by two scribes: i, ff. 1-24v; ii, ff. 24v-26v.
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Decoration: Opening initial, 7-line, in dusky rose decorated with green and blue acanthus leaves, and infilling with rose-colored flowers against a blue ground, the whole set on a square gold ground; C-shaped border in Ferrara-style flowers and regular, compact penwork with a medallion of the archangel Michael in the lower border and the Holy Monogram, YHS, in the upper. Also on f. 1, a 2-line...
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Input into Digital Scriptorium by: C. W. Dutschke, 12/13/2009.
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Armorial bookplate on the front pastedown stated on bookdealer's slip to be that of Prince Odescalchi, presumably referring to Prince Pietro Odescalchi, whose books were sold at auction by the Libreria Bonifazi, Rome in 1856. The bookplate bears the same charges in chief as Rietstap, vol. 4, pl. 304, but with 5 chalices (?) instead of the vair field; motto: "Per servire s'acquista, Servi...
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22 July 2024
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22 July 2024
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