Harvard University, MS Lat 250

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DS ID:

DS10860

Shelfmark:

MS Lat 250

Title:

use of Rouen

Author:

Catholic Church

Catholic Church WIKIDATA

Date:

between 1475 and 1500

fifteenth century (dates CE) AAT

Language:

lat

Latin WIKIDATA

Physical Description:

Extent: 144] leaves, bound : vellum, ill. ; 20 cm.

Former Owner(s):

Sumner, Charles, 1811-1874

Charles Sumner WIKIDATA

Note:

Written in a gothic bookhand, possibly in Rouen, and ruled for 13 lines, calendar for 16 lines. Illuminations include 24 calendar medallions, illustrating the occupations of the months and the zodiac in the lower margin, 13 large and 3 smaller miniatures, foliate borders and decorated initials.
Bound in 17th-cent. French brown gilt-tooled morocco.
In a protective tray case, 22 cm.
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/990094030860203941/catalog

IIIF Manifest:

https://iiif.lib.harvard.edu/manifests/drs:10148946

Holding Institution:

Harvard University