(Q43212)
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Decorated initials--Italy--15th century
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Books of hours--Italy--15th century
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between 1450 and 1499
15. century
1450Gregorian
1499Gregorian
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Extent: ff. 3 : parchment ; 70 x 98 mm
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Title supplied by cataloger.
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Three leaves from a Book of Hours written possibly in Italy in the second half of the fifteenth century.
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ff. lxxx (modern parchment, stained on the edges to give an older appearance) + 3 single leaves + lxvi (modern parchment). Support: Parchment. Layout: Modern gatherings: after a first gathering of 10 leaves, all the remaining 22 quires are of 6 leaves; the 12th contains the 3 medieval leaves tipped in. Ruled space, 54 x 35 mm; 15 long lines on ff. 1 and 3, 14 long lines on f. 2, ruled in pale...
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Decoration: Decorated in the style of northern French manuscripts: 5-line initial in white-decorated blue on a cusped gold ground, infilled with colored trilobe leaves; a U-shaped narrow band border of gold and color around the text; outer border of black ivy vine, gold motifs, 2 swirls of narrow acanthus leaf in red, orange, blue and green, and flowers. 2-line initials in burnished gold with...
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Input into Digital Scriptorium by: C. W. Dutschke, 11/25/2009.
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A label on the front pastedown, "D 113." On f. 1, modern pencil foliation, "152"; on f. 3, with the same numbering, "18." Faint pencil marks on the lower margin of f. 3 resemble the price code of Dawson's Book Shop, Los Angeles. Given to the Huntington Library in 1975 by Mrs. Edward J. Loftus.
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22 July 2024
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22 July 2024
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