Saint Louis University, VFL MS 002
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Metadata
- DS ID:
- DS10040
- Shelfmark:
- VFL MS 002
- Title:
- Llangattock Breviary, single leaves
- Catholic Church
- Artist:
- Giorgio, d'Alemagna, active 1441-1479
Benincà, Bartolomeo de
Giraldi, Guglielmo, -approximately 1480
Pasti, Matteo de', approximately 1420-approximately 1467
- Place:
- Ferrara
- Date:
- 1441-1448
- Language:
- In Latin
- Physical Description:
- Extent: 7 single leaves : parchment ; 275 x 200 mm
- Former Owner(s):
- Este, Leonello d', 1407-1450
Llangattock, John Allan Rolls, Baron , 1837-1912
Fischmann, Milton, d. 1974
Fischmann, Gail
- Note:
- Ms. leaves.
Layout: Written in two columns of 30 lines; ruled in lead.
Script: Gothic textualis rotunda.
Decoration: One four-line illuminated initial; two-line initials in burnished gold on rectangular fields decorated with tracery; one-line pen-work initials; vertical bar extensions along left margin and between text columns, terminating in floral and foliate forms embellished by delicate penwork.
Origin: Written in Ferrara, Italy, in 1441-1448 for Leonello d'Este (1407-1450), Duke of Modena and Marchese of Ferrara; decorated by several illuminators, including Giorgio d'Allemagna, Bartolomeo de Benincà, Guglielmo Giraldi, and Matteo di Pasti.
Byname: Llangattock Breviary; Breviary of Leonello d'Este.
Shelfmark: St. Louis, Saint Louis University, Pius XII Memorial Library, Special Collections, VFL MS 002.
Originally owned by Leonello d'Este (1407-1450), Marchese of Ferrara; owned by John Allan Rolls (1837-1912), Baron of Llangattock; fols. a-e, gift of Milton and Gail Fischman, 1962; fols. f-g, purchased from John Windle, 2015. - Keyword:
- Institutional Record:
- https://libcat.slu.edu/record=b3365695
- IIIF Manifest:
- https://iiif.archive.org/iiif/3/images_VFLMS002_44/manifest.json
- Holding Institution:
