Single leaf from a 15th-century book of hours : in Latin

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Title:
Single leaf from a 15th-century book of hours : in Latin
Former owner:
Bruce P. Ferrini (Firm)
Creator:
Catholic Church
Date:
[1470?]
Format:
Manuscripts
Genre:
Manuscripts, Medieval--France
Early manuscript fragments
Books of hours
Gothic scripts
Manuscripts, French--France
Illuminations
Location:
Boston Public Library
Rare Books Department
Collection (local):
Medieval and Early Renaissance Manuscripts (Collection of Distinction)
Places:
France
Extent:
1 leaf : parchment, ill. ; 195 x 142 (85 x 62) mm
Permalink:
https://ark.digitalcommonwealth.org/ark:/50959/nc581520q
Terms of Use:
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No known restrictions on use.
Place of origin:
[France?]
Language:
Latin
Notes:
Ms. leaf.
Bibliographic record created by BPL staff based on description by Dr. Lisa Fagin Davis.
Origin: Written in northern France, ca. 1470.
Bibliographic record created by BPL staff based on description by Dr. Lisa Fagin Davis.
Notes (acquisition):
Immediate source of acquisition: Purchased in Nov., 1988 from Ferrini.
Notes (object):
Layout: Single column, 13 lines, bounding and writing lines in red ink.
Script: Written in a gothic bookhand in brown ink with gold rubrics.
Decoration: Fully illuminated panel borders of flowers, acanthus, berries, birds, etc. Two illuminated roundels (1 each on recto and verso) depicting a man on his knees in prayer at the foot of a bed with his bride waiting for him, captioned "Ecuie Alexis"; and the bride alone in bed, captioned "lespousee." Historiated initial M of "Manus tue domine" showing two heads (the squire and his bride?).
Binding: Housed in an oversize folder.
Notes (bibliography):
Bibliography: Netzer, Nancy, ed. Secular Sacred: 11th-16th-Century Works from the Boston Public Library and Museum of Fine Arts, Boston (Chicago: University Press, 2006) no. 67.
Notes (language):
In French.
Identifier:
06_01_016389-06_01_016390
Call #:
RARE BKS MS pb Med. 232
Barcode:
39999085844445