Harvard University, MS Lat 253

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DS ID:

DS10854

Shelfmark:

MS Lat 253

Title:

use of Orléans

Author:

Catholic Church

Catholic Church WIKIDATA

Date:

ca. 1490

fifteenth century (dates CE) AAT

Language:

lat

Latin WIKIDATA

Physical Description:

Extent: 98] leaves, bound : vellum, ill. ; 19 cm.

Former Owner(s):

Sumner, Charles, 1811-1874

Charles Sumner WIKIDATA

Note:

Written in a gothic bookhand, possibly in Rouen, and ruled for 15 lines, calendar for 15 lines with feasts in gold, blue and rose. Illuminations include 24 calendar medaillons, 14 large (including one later addition, f. 21v), 16 smaller miniatures, foliate borders and decorated initials.
Bound in 19th-cent. calf with metal clasps by Hagué, in imitation of a 15th-cent. style; with the arms of Anne de Montmorency, constable of France.
In a protective tray case, 21 cm.
In an unidentified London sale, ca. 1870, lot 155.
Bequest of Charles Sumner, 1874.

Keyword:

rules (layout features)

books of hours

Manuscripts, Medieval

illuminations (paintings)

Catholic Church

Institutional Record:

https://id.lib.harvard.edu/alma/990094032810203941/catalog

IIIF Manifest:

https://iiif.lib.harvard.edu/manifests/drs:10643868

Holding Institution:

Harvard University