Harvard University, MS Typ 28

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DS ID:

DS10924

Shelfmark:

MS Typ 28

Title:

Ecclesiae dedicandae ritus

Author:

Catholic Church

Catholic Church WIKIDATA

Date:

ca. 1525

sixteenth century (dates CE) AAT

Language:

lat

Latin WIKIDATA

Physical Description:

Extent: 1, 78 leaves, bound : vellum ; 27 cm.

Former Owner(s):

Brownlow, Adelbert Wellington, Earl

Adelbert Brownlow-Cust, 3rd Earl Brownlow WIKIDATA

Drury, Henry, 1778-1841

Henry Drury WIKIDATA

Note:

Title from spine.
French, perhaps from Rouen.
Written in a humanistic book script in black ink, with many illuminated initials and line-endings.
At the beginning of the text ("fo. I" in the original foliation) there is a miniature of a bishop in a church performing the rite of dedication. Opposite is a drawing of the arms of a bishop in the Potier de La Morandière family, added later.
Later binding in red morocco, gilt.
In a tray case, 29 cm.
Rev. Henry Drury (his sale, London, 19 Feb. 1827, lot 3858); bought by Clarke; Earl Brownlow, Belton House (bookplate; his sale, London, Sotheby's 15 Apr. 1929, lot 745). Bought by Philip Hoferfrom Maggs and presented in 1942.

Keyword:

Manuscripts, Renaissance

Institutional Record:

https://id.lib.harvard.edu/alma/990095152160203941/catalog

IIIF Manifest:

https://iiif.lib.harvard.edu/manifests/drs:3499182

https://iiif.lib.harvard.edu/manifests/ids:53794252

https://iiif.lib.harvard.edu/manifests/ids:53794267

Holding Institution:

Harvard University