Single initial T cut from a 15th-century antiphonal

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Item Information

Title:
Single initial T cut from a 15th-century antiphonal
Title (uniform):
Antiphonal
Creator:
Catholic Church
Date:
[1400–1450]
Format:
Manuscripts
Genre:
Manuscripts, Latin (Medieval and modern)
Antiphonaries (Service books)
Location:
Boston Public Library
Rare Books Department
Collection (local):
Medieval and Early Renaissance Manuscripts (Collection of Distinction)
Places:
Germany
Extent:
1 leaf : paper, ill. ; 137 x 132 mm.
Permalink:
https://ark.digitalcommonwealth.org/ark:/50959/3r076r08c
Terms of Use:
No known copyright restrictions.
No known restrictions on use.
Place of origin:
[South Germany]
Notes:
Ms. leaf.
Title devised by cataloger.
Origin: South Germany.
Bibliographic record created by BPL staff based on description by Dr. Lisa Fagin Davis.
Notes (acquisition):
Source of acquisition: Acquired in 1957, dealer's typscript notes on matte along with other handwritten pencil annotations.
Notes (date):
This date is inferred.
Notes (object):
Decoration: Within a red and blue "puzzle" initial [T], the Crucifixion, Mary at left, John at right; surrounded and filled by a tight red and green foliate filigree.
Binding: Mounted in a heavy matte housed in an oversize folder.
Identifier:
06_01_016288-06_01_016289
Call #:
RARE BKS MS pb Med. 221
BPL MS 1733 (no longer used)
Barcode:
39999087663876