(Q43773)
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Felice, Matteo, active 1467-1493
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Illuminations (paintings)--Italy--15th century
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Decorated initials--Italy--15th century
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between 1485 and 1499
15. century
1485Gregorian
1499Gregorian
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Extent: ff. 194 : parchment ; 163 x 232 mm
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Title from printed catalog
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Support: Parchment.
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Script: Humanistic.
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Layout: 1-1810 198 206. Evidence of one catchword, f. 80v, horizontally in the inner corner. 20 long lines, ruled in ink with only the vertical bounding lines full length; written above the top line.
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Decoration: Opening leaves, ff. ii verso and 1, decorated with large miniatures and historiated borders, probably by Matteo Felice, although they have been damaged and heavily repainted. Leaves of psalter divisions decorated across the top by a band of 3 small miniatures, presumably by the same artist, and generally of 2 OT types at the sides and the NT antitype in the middle, with a full...
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Other Decoration: At psalter divisions, 3-line initials in white-patterned blue or dark pink against infilling of the other color with a colored acanthus leaf in the center, on a gold ground. To begin individual psalms, 3-line gold initials entwined in white vine stem, infilled in red and green, on a blue ground; 2-line initials for the collects in gold on white-patterned blue, red and green...
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Assigned Date: s. XVex.
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Input into Digital Scriptorium by: C. W. Dutschke, 7/31/2012.
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Written in southern Italy, perhaps Naples, to judge from the style of the decoration; the presence of Onuphrius in the litany may also suggest a southern origin. The coat of arms in the lower border of f. 1 has been repainted and is now per fess, or and gules. A lengthy note in Italian accompanying the volume states that the artist "fu certamente senese o fiorentino" and that the book belonged...
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22 July 2024
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22 July 2024
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