Franciscan missal : in Latin]. (DS3352) (Q16838)
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| Language | Label | Description | Also known as |
|---|---|---|---|
| English | Franciscan missal : in Latin]. (DS3352) |
Manuscript metadata collected by Digital Scriptorium from Boston Public Library (8444685, MS f Med.5) |
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28 November 2023
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Franciscan missal : in Latin].
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Studio of Niccolò da Bologna
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Bullard, William N. 1853-1931
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Manuscripts, Latin (Medieval and modern)--Italy
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Manuscripts, Latin (Medieval and modern)--Massachusetts--Boston
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Manuscripts, Medieval--Massachusetts--Boston
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ca. 1350
14. century
1350Gregorian
1350Gregorian
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Extent: 212 leaves : parchment, ill. ; 345 x 250 (235 x 180) mm bound to 37 cm
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Ms. codex.
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In Latin.
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Bibliographic record created by BPL staff based on description by Dr. Lisa Fagin Davis.
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Secundo folio: Annus habet menses XII
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Collation: Parchment, fol. i + 212 + i ; 12 24 (originally 16; what was originally the outermost bifolium has been misbound as the initial gathering of two), 310+2 (lacking unknown number of leaves before fol. 7, which appears to be conjugate with fol. 8), 4-1110 (lacking unknown number of leaves after fol. 79: catchword doesn't match, and the offset on fol. 79v indicates that it originally...
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Layout: Two columns, 28 lines. Ruled in blind. Square notation on 3-line staff on fol. 84-102.
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Script: Written in a gothic rotunda in black ink with red rubrics.
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Decoration (primary): Initials, miniatures, and borders somewhat reminiscent of the style of Niccolò da Bologna (cf. Breslauer no. 70) and BPL MS pb Med.144 and 146. Four- to six-line initials in colors on gold with acanthus extending partially into margins on: fol. 103 (Easter Sunday, two initials) -- fol. 114v (Ascension, initial cut out) -- fol. 140 (4-line, St. Andrew, the opening of the...
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Decoration (secondary): Two-line initials throughout in red with blue filigree or blue with red filigree and harping into margins; seventeen 4-to-6 line initials throughout sanctorale in similar style.
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Binding: 15th-century calf laid on modern brown leather, rebacked. 15th-century portions blind-tooled and stamped with rosettes, spine gilt, 19th-century brown endpapers and flyleaves, clasps lacking.
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Origin: Written in the mid-fourteenth century in Tuscany for Franciscan use, possibly illuminated in the workshop of Niccolò da Bologna. Calendar includes Sts. Anthilia (2/15), Rainerius (6/17, added sixteenth century), Mustiola (7/3), Louis (8/19, Franciscan), Francis (10/4), and Ansanus (12/1, in red, special veneration in Siena). Lower blank margins removed from 18 leaves (fol. 7, 8, 9, 10...
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Immediate source of acquisition: Given (18 Nov. 1896) by Dr. W. N. Bullard, see pencil notation fol. 3r.
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Call number: MS f Med.5.
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Former call number: MS G.401.3.
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Bibliography: Zoltan Haraszti, "Medieval Manuscripts in The Library," More Books III (1928): 57; W. Voelke. and R. Wieck, The Bernard Breslauer Collection of Manuscript Illuminations (New York, 1991).
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4 December 2023
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