Kalendar from Book of Hours (DS269) (Q1158)
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Manuscript metadata collected by Digital Scriptorium from Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art (KG 27 (LEV b))
| Language | Label | Description | Also known as |
|---|---|---|---|
| English | Kalendar from Book of Hours (DS269) |
Manuscript metadata collected by Digital Scriptorium from Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art (KG 27 (LEV b)) |
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Purchased by Linda Ehrsam Voigts from Philip Pirages, and given by her in 2012 to the Karen Gould Collection of the Nelson Atkins Museum of Art.
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s. XV(2); 1450-1499
15. century
1450Gregorian
1499Gregorian
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Binding: Not bound.
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Other decoration, One leaf: Text is copied in alternating lines of red and blue with major feasts in gold. Recto has two-line calends, gold KL on red, blue grounds with white infilling.
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Script, One leaf: Textura.
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Layout, One leaf: Text block 91 x 57 mm. 17 lines, ruled in red.
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One leaf: Latin.
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One leaf: This calendar for the month of May has a feast or feasts listed for each day of the month. In calendars where this is the case, the scribe may have been looking for a uniform page with full text block rather than indicating saints venerated in a particular location.
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One leaf: This is the calendar leaf for the month of May, which includes the feast of Priscus (26 May).
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Explicit, f. 1r: May a xxxi jour /Et a lune xxx /St Jacques St Philippe.
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Incipit, f. 1v: Sainte Petronnelle.
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We are grateful to Brother Thomas Sullivan, O.S.B., for providing the identification of the text, and to Patricia Deery Kurtz and Linda Ehrsam Voigts for the physical description.
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22 June 2023
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22 June 2023
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