Breviary (DS284) (Q1203)
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Manuscript metadata collected by Digital Scriptorium from Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art (KG 15)
| Language | Label | Description | Also known as |
|---|---|---|---|
| English | Breviary (DS284) |
Manuscript metadata collected by Digital Scriptorium from Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art (KG 15) |
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Unknown. From the collection of Karen Keel Gould (1946-2012) Gift of Lewis Gould to the Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art in 2012 in his wife's memory.
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s. XV; 1400-1475
15. century
1400Gregorian
1475Gregorian
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Binding: Not bound.
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Other decoration, One leaf: Five 2-line alternating red/blue initials with distinctive red and purple angular flourishing and infilling (harping and beading); eleven unflourished 1-line initials alternating red and blue. Upper right recto modern 55; lower right recto modern 55.
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Script, One leaf: Informal Textura.
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Layout, One leaf: Text block 86 x 66 mm. 31 lines. Ink ruled, 2 columns. Two script sizes. Rubric and rubricated one-word text divisions.
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One leaf: Recto opens with antiphons from the divine office of the feast of the Visitation of the Blessed Virgin Mary (2 July) as composed by Cardinal Adam Easton, O.S.B. in 1389 and closes with text from the first lesson on Matins. Note: The feast of the Visitation of the Blessed Virgin Mary was observed by the Franciscans before 1263 and instituted for the whole Church in 1389 by Pope...
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One leaf: Recto opens with antiphons from the divine office of the feast of the Visitation of the Blessed Virgin Mary (2 July) as composed by Cardinal Adam Easton, O.S.B. in 1389 and closes with text from the first lesson on Matins.
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Incipit, One leaf: gubernatrix seculi et terrene.
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Explicit, One leaf: nazareth migrando mox ad.
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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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