Cutting from a ca. 15th-century ferial psalter : in Latin]. (DS3635) (Q16928)
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| English | Cutting from a ca. 15th-century ferial psalter : in Latin]. (DS3635) |
Manuscript metadata collected by Digital Scriptorium from Boston Public Library (8444717, MS pb Med.167) |
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28 November 2023
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Cutting from a ca. 15th-century ferial psalter : in Latin].
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Libreria antiquaria Hoepli
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Manuscripts, Latin (Medieval and modern)--Italy
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Manuscripts, Medieval--Massachusetts--Boston
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between 1400 and 1499
15. century
1400Gregorian
1499Gregorian
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Extent: 1 item : parchment, ill. ; 115 x 105 mm
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Ms. fragment.
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Bibliographic record created by BPL staff based on description by Dr. Lisa Fagin Davis.
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Script: Written in a Gothic rotunda in black ink.
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Decoration: On the recto, a three-line high [D] in dark salmon on blue with white filigree highlights, historiated with St. Francis standing with book, cruciform staff, and stigmata.
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Binding: Housed in an oversize manilla folder.
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Origin: Written in Italy in the fifteenth century, probably a Ferial Psalter for Franciscan use. "Inclinavit dominus" is the opening antiphon for Feria 2 (Monday); its incipit here is followed, as is typical, by Psalm 114. It seems likely, therefore, that this miniature of St. Francis in the letter [D] stood at the beginning of the Psalm and that the manuscript from which it was cut was a...
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Immediate source of acquisition: Purchased in 1953 from Hoepli.
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Call number: MS pb Med.167.
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Former call number: MS 1592.
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Bibliography: Boston Public Library Quarterly VII (1955), p.75.
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4 December 2023
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