(Q46229)
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Breviary
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Norton, Charles Eliot, 1827-1908
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Manuscripts, Medieval--Italy--1200-1250
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Manuscripts, Medieval--Italy--1500-1550
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Manuscripts, Medieval--Italy--1550-1600
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Manuscript waste (Binding)--Italy--13th century
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Manuscripts, Medieval--Italy--1250-1300
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ca. 1460-1490
15. century
1460Gregorian
1490Gregorian
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Extent: 179 leaves, bound : vellum, ill. ; 64 cm.
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Written in gothic rotunda book hand in long lines with occasional musical notation; 60 x 42 cm., text 40.2 x 26.5 cm. Probably written and illuminated in northern Italy.
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One historiated initial of God the Father of "Beatus vir" (f. 3r, matins on Sunday) and four decorated initials (ff. 45v, matins on Monday; 104, matins on Thursday; 130, matins on Friday; 150v, matins on Saturday), all in color on burnished gold ground; smaller 1- and 3-line colored initials with intricate penwork.
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Lacks ff. [i], 67, 85.
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Front pastedown is lined with a bifolium written in a round Italian gothic book hand from a 13th-cent. office lectionary with lessons for matins on the feast of St. Vincent.
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Back pastedown contains alphabetical index of hymns, on paper, added 17th-18th century, damaged.
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Bound in its original red leather over thick wooden boards with metal corner pieces and center boss on the front cover.
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From the library of Charles Eliot Norton.
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Purchased with funds from the Friends of the library, 1905.
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23 July 2024
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23 July 2024
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