Single leaf from a mid-15th-century lectionary : in Latin

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Title:
Single leaf from a mid-15th-century lectionary : in Latin
Description:
Lections for St. Olympius (3 December) and St. Elizabeth (19 December).
Creator:
Catholic Church
Former owner:
Maggs Bros.
Date:
[1450?]
Format:
Manuscripts
Genre:
Manuscripts, Latin (Medieval and modern)
Lectionaries
Location:
Boston Public Library
Rare Books Department
Collection (local):
Medieval and Early Renaissance Manuscripts (Collection of Distinction)
Places:
Spain
Extent:
1 leaf : parchment, ill. ; 271 x 185 (185 x 63,9,62) mm.
Permalink:
https://ark.digitalcommonwealth.org/ark:/50959/3r076q82f
Terms of Use:
No known copyright restrictions.
No known restrictions on use.
Place of origin:
[Spain]
Language:
Latin
Table of Contents:
[Recto] ...xus tipus [?] et omnis episcopos italie.../ lectio vii/ Si autem in veneris contrarium in italia.../...perficere. Tu aute[ends imperfectly]/ [lectio viii] Videns [begins imperfectly].../...professus est./ lectio ix/ Videns autem olimpius exarchus.../...septima mensis septembris./ In sancte helisabeth. Oracio./ Tuorum corda fidelium deus.../ [verso:] ...consolatione gaudere/ lectio i/ Beata helisabeth filia regis.../...in omnibus obediunt./ lectio ii/ Ex tunc vero memor.../...voluerit tangere aut gustare./ lectio iii/ Videres cam tanquem alteram.../...Gloria partalium caritas at trahebat./ lectio iiii/ [begins imperfectly] iutus [ ] in magne fidei.../...Unde quandam...
Notes:
Ms. leaf.
Title devised by cataloger.
Origin: Written in Spain in the mid-15th century.
Bibliographic record created by BPL staff based on description by Dr. Lisa Fagin Davis.
Notes (acquisition):
Source of acquisition: Acquired by BPL in 2001 from Maggs, cat. 1298.
Notes (object):
Script: Written in a Spanish Gothic rotunda in black ink with red rubrics.
Layout: 2 columns, 41 lines. Bounding and writing lines in light plummet, vertical bounding lines full-length.
Decoration:Three-line initials throughout alternating gold on pale red and dark blue or blue with red filigree; the first lection of St. Elizabeth begins with a 5-line initial in blue on gold.
Binding: Tipped into a matte and housed in an oversize folder.
Identifier:
06_01_016272-06_01_016273
Call #:
RARE BKS MS pb Med. 239
Barcode:
39999087663900