Single leaf from a 15th-century breviary : in Latin

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Title:
Single leaf from a 15th-century breviary : in Latin
Title (uniform):
Breviary
Creator:
Catholic Church
Former owner:
Abbe, Dorothy
Date:
[1440?]
Format:
Manuscripts
Genre:
Manuscripts, Latin (Medieval and modern)
Early manuscript fragments
Breviaries
Location:
Boston Public Library
Rare Books Department
Collection (local):
Medieval and Early Renaissance Manuscripts (Collection of Distinction)
Places:
Italy
Extent:
1 leaf : parchment ; 182 x 132 (122 x 87) mm.
Permalink:
https://ark.digitalcommonwealth.org/ark:/50959/nc581c98v
Terms of Use:
No known copyright restrictions.
No known restrictions on use.
Place of origin:
[Italy?]
Language:
Latin
Table of Contents:
[Recto]... dicens. R[esponsus] Decantabat populus Israel
[Verso] [et] vii. candelabra au[r]ea, vii. a[n]geli su[n]t vii. e[cclesiarum] et ....
Notes:
Ms. leaf.
Title devised by cataloger.
Origin: Written in Italy [?] ca 1440 [?].
Notes (acquisition):
Source of acquisition: Received by BPL in 2000 from Dorothy Abbe.
Notes (date):
Date from donor information.
Notes (object):
Script: Written in Southern textualis.
Layout: 2 columns, 30 lines. Writing lines in hard point.
Decoration: Chapter initials in margins, more than two lines high, alternating red with purple pen flourishing and blue with red decoration.
Binding: Stored in a folder.
Waterstained with losses at bottom from mold, including some loss of text.
Identifier:
06_01_016606-06_01_016607
Call #:
RARE BKS MS q Med. 268
Barcode:
39999087970172