Single leaf from a Beneventan missal : in Latin

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Title:
Single leaf from a Beneventan missal : in Latin
Description:
Portion of a single leaf from the Sanctoral of a Beneventan missal, recovered from a binding. Text contains the Mass for the Feast of the Apparition of St. Michael (8 May) and for the Feasts of SS. Gordian and Epimachus.
Creator:
Catholic Church
Former owner:
Schøyen, Martin
Former owner:
Bernard Quaritch (Firm)
Former owner:
Stephen Butler Rare Books & Manuscripts
Date:
[1300?–1399?]
Format:
Manuscripts
Genre:
Missals (Service books)
Manuscript waste
Manuscripts, Latin (Medieval and modern)--Italy
Manuscripts, Medieval--Italy
Location:
Boston Public Library
Rare Books Department
Collection (local):
Medieval and Early Renaissance Manuscripts (Collection of Distinction)
Subjects:
Early manuscript fragments
Places:
Italy
Extent:
1 leaf : parchment ; 320 x 293 (275 x 172) mm, bound to 34 x 32 cm
Permalink:
https://ark.digitalcommonwealth.org/ark:/50959/jm219s772
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Place of origin:
[Italy]
Language:
Latin
Notes:
Ms leaf.
Title devised by cataloger.
Origin: Written in southern Italy.
Notes (ownership):
Provenance: Used in the 16th century as a wrapper for a long-stitched volume, with the date "1563" on spine. Offered by Bernard Quaritch (catalog 1128, "Bookhands of the Middle Ages: Beneventan Script," 1990, no. 25) and purchased by Dr. Martin Schøyen (Schøyen MS 70); offered at auction by Bloomsbury ("The History of Western Script: A Selection from The Schøyen Collection, in Celebration of the Collector's Eightieth Birthday," 8 July 2020, lot 24) to Stephen Butler Rare Books (his "10 Manuscripts from the Schøyen Collection," 2023, no.7)
Notes (acquisition):
Immediate source of acquisition: Purchased from Stephen Butler Rare Books & Manuscripts in May, 2024.
Purchase; Stephen Butler Rare Books & Manuscripts ; 20240506; 2024.35.
Notes (object):
Layout: Two columns, 19 (of originally 20) lines per column.
Script: Written in a late Beneventan minuscule with some features of textualis; in brown ink with red rubrics and initials; capitals highlighted in red and yellow.
Decoration: Red lombards.
Binding: Mounted to a stub and bound in tan buckram from the Schøyen Collection.
Notes (language):
In Latin.
Identifier:
06_01_019451
Call #:
RARE BKS MS f Med.299
Barcode:
39999092194560