Harvard University, MS Typ 79

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Metadata

DS ID:

DS10524

Shelfmark:

MS Typ 79

Title:

Gradual

Author:

Catholic Church

Catholic Church WIKIDATA

Artist:

Vanni, Lippo

Lippo Vanni WIKIDATA

Date:

136-

fourteenth century (dates CE) AAT

Language:

lat

Latin WIKIDATA

Physical Description:

Extent: 346 leaves, bound : vellum ; 56 cm.

Former Owner(s):

Berry, Walter Van Rensselaer, 1859-1927

Walter Van Rensselaer Berry WIKIDATA

Note:

Written in a gothic rotunda hand, with musical notation.
There are 43 historiated initials with foliate borders, by Lippo Vanni. Next to some of these are preserved the written instructions to the illuminator.
Bound in modern black morocco with brass clasps and bosses.
In a black cloth folder.
Bought by Walter V. R. Berry in New York in 1887 and bequeathed to the Fogg Art Museum, 1928.
Deposited by the Fogg Art Museum in Houghton Library, 1953; transferred, 1990.

Keyword:

Manuscripts, Medieval

Institutional Record:

https://id.lib.harvard.edu/alma/990095382320203941/catalog

IIIF Manifest:

https://iiif.lib.harvard.edu/manifests/drs:51243797

Holding Institution:

Harvard University