Harvard University, MS Typ 1000

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Metadata

DS ID:

DS10688

Shelfmark:

MS Typ 1000

Title:

Book of hours

Author:

Catholic Church

Catholic Church WIKIDATA

Date:

not after 1530

sixteenth century (dates CE) AAT

Language:

lat

Latin WIKIDATA

Physical Description:

Extent: 161 leaves, bound : vellum ; 9 cm.

Former Owner(s):

Naumburg, Nettie G

Nettie Goldsmith Naumburg WIKIDATA

Note:

Written in an italic hand in brown ink, 15 lines per page, initials and rubrics in red and blue.
The ms. is foliated 1-171, but ff. 144, 147-152, 169-170 are stubs only and f. 171 is blank. About 7 leaves, not foliated, are stubs only after f. 67.
Written for use in Venice, as shown by the kalendar (ff. 1-12) which is in the Venetian dialect of Italian and includes Venetian observances.
There are full-page miniatures on ff. 14v, 72v, 94v, 136v, and 141v. The kalendar includes 12 small zodiacal miniatures. There are 5 leaves with foliate borders and historiated initials, and 8 historiated initials.
The miniatures have been identified as the work of Benedetto Bordon.
Bound in original silver gilt over wooden boards, with a clasp. The spine has 5 parallel hinges. Front and back boards have 4 bosses and a roundel in the center with the initials DINT (front) and SMF (back).
At the bottom of f. 15r is a coat of arms, argent 4 bends gules.
In a cloth case with ribbon ties, 10 cm.
Bequest of Nettie G. Naumburg to the Fogg Art Museum, 1930. Transferred to Houghton Library, 1990.

Keyword:

rules (layout features)

Manuscripts, Renaissance

Institutional Record:

https://id.lib.harvard.edu/alma/990112600290203941/catalog

IIIF Manifest:

https://iiif.lib.harvard.edu/manifests/drs:10309732

Holding Institution:

Harvard University