Harvard University, MS Lat 252

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DS ID:

DS10857

Shelfmark:

MS Lat 252

Title:

use of Troyes

Author:

Catholic Church

Catholic Church WIKIDATA

Date:

ca. 1435

fifteenth century (dates CE) AAT

Language:

lat

Latin WIKIDATA

fre

French WIKIDATA

Physical Description:

Extent: 148] leaves : vellum, ill. ; 15 cm.

Former Owner(s):

Genty, Achille

Achille Genty WIKIDATA

Sumner, Charles, 1811-1874

Charles Sumner WIKIDATA

Note:

Written in a gothic bookhand, possibly in Troyes, and ruled for 15 lines, calendar for 17 lines with feasts in red and black. Illustrated with 2 miniatures, ivy-vine borders, and decorated initials.
Bound in 18th-cent. re-used vellum with leather ties.
In a protective tray case, 18 cm.
Signature of "Depouilly," ca. 1800 (ff. 1r, 30, 114v); signature of Achille Genty (described as "Epîtres, Evangiles, Litanies ... " but not found in his sale, Paris, 6 Jan. 1862).
Bequest of Charles Sumner, 1874.

Keyword:

rules (layout features)

books of hours

Manuscripts, Medieval

illuminations (paintings)

Manuscript waste

Catholic Church

Institutional Record:

https://id.lib.harvard.edu/alma/990094032600203941/catalog

IIIF Manifest:

https://iiif.lib.harvard.edu/manifests/drs:4261874

Holding Institution:

Harvard University