Harvard University, MS Richardson 11

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Metadata

DS ID:

DS10779

Shelfmark:

MS Richardson 11

Title:

Nocturnum feriale

Author:

Catholic Church

Catholic Church WIKIDATA

Scribe:

Omnibenius, de Vione de Valecamonica

P. Omnibenius de Vione de Vallecamonica WIKIDATA

Date:

ca. 1480

fifteenth century (dates CE) AAT

Language:

lat

Latin WIKIDATA

Physical Description:

Extent: 186 leaves, bound : vellum, paper, ill. ; 52 cm.

Former Owner(s):

Pain, R. F

R. F. Pain WIKIDATA

Note:

Written in a rounded gothic script with 7 historiated initials on burnished gold ground, 1 large decorated initial with foliate borders of large acanthus leaves, numerous smaller colored initials in blue and red with pen flourishes.
Illuminated in Italy, probably Lombardy.
Title from cover.
Ff. 2, 176-185 supplied on paper by P. Omnibenius de Vione de Vallecamonica (Lombardy) in 1697.
Bound in old brown russia calf, with brass bosses and two clasps.
Bequest of William K. Richardson, 1951.
Belonged to R. F. Pain; sale at Anderson (New York, 22 Oct. 1907, lot 520); to Richardson.

Keyword:

Manuscripts, Medieval

rules (layout features)

Manuscripts, Renaissance

Institutional Record:

https://id.lib.harvard.edu/alma/990098779580203941/catalog

IIIF Manifest:

https://iiif.lib.harvard.edu/manifests/drs:5141170

Holding Institution:

Harvard University