(Q43260)
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Diurnal (Dominican)
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Figurative initials--Germany--15th century
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Miniatures (Painting)--Germany--15th century
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Illuminations (paintings)--Germany--15th century
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between 1485 and 1499
15. century
1485Gregorian
1499Gregorian
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Extent: ff. 341 (+ f. 305 bis) : parchment ; 55 x 79 mm
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Title from printed catalog.
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Support: Parchment.
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Script: Hybrida.
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Layout: Collation beginning with f. 2: 1-26 3-58 64(ff. 38-41) 7-158 168(-6, excised) 17-318(through f. 240) 32-368(through f. 280) 37-438 448(7 is pastedown; -8). 2 catchwords visible: f. 21v, written horizontally in a tiny noting hand at the inner corner; f. 113v, written vertically in a noting hand along the fold in the gutter. Ruled space, 48 x 32 mm; 15-20 long lines, frame ruled in ink...
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Decoration: Two miniatures on separate sheets of parchment, glued to ff. 1v and 241v; the first of an angel with scourge, rod and pail, the second of the Sacred Heart enclosed by a frame bearing a legend in German.
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Other Decoration: Opening initial, f. 14v, 13-line, parted red and blue with a spotted leopard on the initial, infilled and decorated with red and blue scrolled flourishing. 5-line initials in similar style.
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Note that f. 305 is actually two leaves, fore edge not cut. Seventeenth century paper inserts, ff. 38-41 and 281-341, with an unidentified watermark of a coat of arms with the countermark, "C K"(?), containing text in various cursive hands.
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Assigned Date: s. XVex.
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Input into Digital Scriptorium by: C. W. Dutschke, 12/13/2009.
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Written at the end of the fifteenth century in southern Germany for use by Dominicans as shown by the entries in the calendar and in the sanctorale. Obituary notices of a Schaubb family, dated in the late sixteenth century, also in the calendar. Source and date of acquisition by Henry E. Huntington unknown.
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22 July 2024
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22 July 2024
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