Saint Louis University, VFL MS 055

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Metadata

DS ID:

DS10050

Shelfmark:

VFL MS 055

Title:

Ferial psalter, single leaves

Place:

Italy

Italy TGN

Date:

ca. 1490].

fifteenth century (dates CE) AAT

Language:

In Latin

Latin WIKIDATA

Physical Description:

Extent: 3 leaves : parchment, ill. ; 261 x 164 mm

Former Owner(s):

Fischmann, Milton, d. 1974

Milton Fischmann WIKIDATA

Fischmann, Gail

Gail Fischmann WIKIDATA

Note:

Ms. leaves.
Layout: Written in 18 long lines; ruled in brown ink.
Script: Gothic textualis.
Decoration: On fols. a, verso, and b, recto, added illustrations, probably 19th century: portraits of a kneeling man (fol. a) and kneeling woman (fol. b), each with a coat of arms; on fol. a, verso, full-length ribbon-style bar extension in red, blue, and gold; illuminated initials in red, blue, light green, and gold; tracery line endings highlighted in blue, red, and brown.
Origin: Written in Italy in ca. 1490.
Shelfmark: St. Louis, Saint Louis University, Pius XII Memorial Library, Special Collections, VFL MS 055.
Folios a-b, Gift of Milton and Gail Fischmann, 1962. Folio c, purchased from Scott Gwara in 2013 with funds from Saint Louis University Library Associates.

Keyword:

Gothic scripts

manuscripts (documents)

detached leaves

illuminated manuscripts

Manuscripts, Latin (Medieval and modern)

Psalters

Catholic Church

Institutional Record:

https://libcat.slu.edu/record=b3420564

IIIF Manifest:

https://iiif.archive.org/iiif/3/images_VFLMS055_44/manifest.json

Holding Institution:

Saint Louis University