Ms. fragment.
Title devised by cataloger.
Origin: Written in Italy in the mid-fifteenth century.
Bibliographic record created by BPL staff based on description by Dr. Lisa Fagin Davis.
Notes (acquisition):
Source of acquisition: Acquired in 1957 from Hoepli, Milan.
Notes (citation):
Bond, W.H. Supplement to the Census of medieval and Renaissance manuscripts in the United States and Canada, p. 220
Notes (object):
Layout: Two staves extant on verso. Square Gregorian notation on a four-line red staff.
Script: Written in a Gothic rotunda in black ink with red rubrics.
Decoration: Recto: two-staff high historiated floriate initial in colors on gold, with leafy border in colors with gold balls, The Slaughter of the Innocents: Two women hold their infants, one of whom is threatened by a knife-wielding servant observed by enthroned Herod at the right; several slaughtered, swaddled infants on the ground. Verso: 1/2-staff high initial in green filled with red and blue with white filigree highlighting on gold.
Binding: Housed in an oversize folder.
