Single leaf from a 12th-century lectionary : in Latin]. (DS3366) (Q16880)

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Single leaf from a 12th-century lectionary : in Latin]. (DS3366)
Manuscript metadata collected by Digital Scriptorium from Boston Public Library (8444701, MS pb Med.108)

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    28 November 2023
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    Single leaf from a 12th-century lectionary : in Latin].
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    Manuscripts, Latin (Medieval and modern)--Italy
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    Manuscripts, Medieval--Italy
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    Manuscripts, Medieval--Massachusetts--Boston
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    between 1100 and 1125.
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    Extent: 1 leaf : parchment ; 335 x 240 (237 x 135) mm
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    Ms. Leaf.
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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 Romanesque bookhand in black ink with red rubrics.
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    Layout: 1 column, 22 lines. Bounding and writing lines in blind.
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    Decoration: 6-line puzzle initial on verso in red and blue, 4-line epigraphic capital on recto.
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    Binding: Housed in an oversize manilla folder.
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    Origin: Written in Italy in the early twelfth century.
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    Provenance: The entire manuscript was formerly owned by collector, bookdealer and self-proclaimed book-breaker Otto Ege, who broke it into individual leaves for resale. Numerous leaves of this manuscript survive in Ege portfolios in collections throughout North America (see http://ege.denison.edu/manuscripts_locations_list.php for an up-to-date listing of portfolio locations). Single leaves...
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    Immediate source of acquisition: Given to the Boston Public Library by Otto Ege in 1941.
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    Call number: MS pb Med.108.
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    Former call number: MS 1536.
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    Bibliography: Barbara A. Shailor, "Otto Ege: His Manuscript Fragment Collection and the Opportunities Presented by Electronic Technology," The Journal of the Rutgers University Libraries 60 (2003), p. 1-22; Egge, Otto. "Fifty Original Leaves from Medieval Manuscripts" portfolio. Egge, Otto. "I am a Biblioclast" (Avocations 1.6 (March 1938), 516-20), on p. 516.
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    4 December 2023
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