Two leaves from the Communiloquium : in Latin

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Title:
Two leaves from the Communiloquium : in Latin
Title (uniform):
Communiloquium
Description:
fol. xcvj, Part 4, Distinction 2, Chapters 3-6 ; [fol. cviij] Part 4, Distinction 4-5.
Creator:
John, of Wales, -approximately 1285
Former owner:
Ellis, Arthur M. (Arthur McDonald), 1875-1932
Former owner:
Phillip J. Pirages (Firm)
Auctioneer:
PBA Galleries
Date:
[ca. 1400]
Format:
Manuscripts
Genre:
Manuscripts, Latin (Medieval and modern)
Manuscripts, Medieval
Preaching--Handbooks, manuals, etc.--Early works to 1800
Early manuscript fragments
Gothic scripts
Illuminations
Location:
Boston Public Library
Rare Books Department
Collection (local):
Medieval and Early Renaissance Manuscripts (Collection of Distinction)
Places:
Spain > Catalonia (region)
Extent:
2 leaves : parchment, ill. ; 358 x 244 (249 x 159) mm.
Permalink:
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Terms of Use:
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Place of origin:
[Catalonia]
Language:
Latin
Notes:
Ms. leaves.
Title devised by cataloger.
Origin: Written in Catalonia, ca. 1400.
Notes (ownership):
Provenance: Purchased [in imperfect condition ?] from a Spanish monastery in 1930 by Arthur M. Ellis. Sold by PBA Auctions in 2003.
Notes (acquisition):
Immediate source of acquisition: Purchased by the BPL from Pirages, ca. 2004.
Notes (object):
Collation: Parchment, two leaves ; foliated in red ink in upper right (largely trimmed from leaf cviij), with modern arabic pencil foliation added below ; catchword in center of lower margin fol. xcvi verso.
Layout: Two columns, (72 mm each), 48 lines.
Script: Written in a gothic bookhand in black ink with red rubrics.
Decoration: 3-line initial in blue and gold on fol. xcvi; 2 3-line initials on fol. xcvi verso; fol. cviij verso: 7-line initial in red, green, blue and gold, all with gold and colored acanthus vine and fine tendrils with flowers in margins.
Binding: Housed in oversize folder.
Notes (language):
In Latin.
Identifier:
06_01_016691-06_01_016694
Call #:
RARE BKS MS pb Med. 274
MS 3683 (no longer used)
Barcode:
39999092202116