Chronicles (DS9916) (Q43752)
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Manuscript metadata collected by Digital Scriptorium from The Huntington Library, Art Museum, and Botanical Gardens (.b1862148x, https://catalog.huntington.org/record=b1862148, mssHM 1034)
| Language | Label | Description | Also known as |
|---|---|---|---|
| English | Chronicles (DS9916) |
Manuscript metadata collected by Digital Scriptorium from The Huntington Library, Art Museum, and Botanical Gardens (.b1862148x, https://catalog.huntington.org/record=b1862148, mssHM 1034) |
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Jones, Herschel V. 1861-1928
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Historiated initials--Spain--14th century
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Catholic Church--History--Early works to 1800
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between 1340 and 1360
14. century
1340Gregorian
1360Gregorian
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Extent: ff. 178 : parchment ; 295 x 405 mm
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Title from printed catalog.
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Support: Parchment.
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Script: Gothic.
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Layout: 1-410 512 6-1410 158 16-1810 final quire(s) missing. Catchwords in the center lower margin, enclosed in brown ink frames. Quire and leaf signatures in letters and roman numerals: each letter is used in 4 successive quires, with the numbers appearing in sequence horizontally above and below, and vertically to the right and to the left of the letter, with the complete set of 4 quires per...
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Span folios: ff. 1-178v (+45 bis and 75 bis)
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Decoration: Twenty-one historiated initials, 14- to 6-line, in a rather rough style with no modelling, in white-patterned blue or pink against grounds of the other color with gold grounds as backdrops to the historiation; extensions the length of the text or as C-shaped brackets in colors, sprouting sporadic, but long and vigorous stems with scattered trilobe leaves.
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Other Decoration: 5- to 3-line initials in white-patterned pink or blue on grounds of the other color, infilled with trilobe leaves or colored disks against a gold ground, with extensions of a single black line parallel to the text and terminating in gold disks, or with extensions as simpler versions of the vinestem ending in a single trilobe leaf; some 5- to 3-line initials without extensions...
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Assigned Date: s. XIVmed.
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Input into Digital Scriptorium by: C. W. Dutschke, 7/31/2012.
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Written in Spain, possibly in Toledo or Seville since past bishops are listed only for these 2 cities. Letter dated Rouen 1562 (?), in poor French in the lower margin of f. 116, "A mon seieur Le Legat cardinal de ferralle Le Legat de franse. Je vous me recommende. . . . " De Ricci states, presumably on the binding, that the book is from a nineteenth century French collection. Acquired by Henry...
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22 July 2024
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22 July 2024
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