Harvard University, MS Lat 129

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Metadata

DS ID:

DS11051

Shelfmark:

MS Lat 129

Title:

Benedictine

Author:

Catholic Church

Catholic Church WIKIDATA

Date:

1474-1477.

fifteenth century (dates CE) AAT

Language:

lat

Latin WIKIDATA

Physical Description:

Extent: 378 leaves, bound : vellum, ill. ; 11 cm. (1 volume)

Former Owner(s):

Olis, W. F

W. F. Olis WIKIDATA

Eliot, Samuel, 1821-1898

Samuel Eliot WIKIDATA

Note:

Written in Germany for use in a Benedictine monastery in a hybrida script, with three miniatures (front pastedown, ff. 193v, 377v) drawn in pen, ink, and color wash on paper.
In a 15th-century German leather binding over beech boards with blind tooling and metalwork ornaments.
In a protective tray case, 18 cm.
See curatorial file for fragments of the manuscript removed and conserved during end-processing.
Formerly owned by W. F. Olis who bought the breviary in Paris in 1858; given to Samuel Eliot, grandfather of donor.
Gift of Samuel Eliot Morison, 1926.

Keyword:

illuminations (paintings)

Manuscripts, Medieval

Catholic Church

Institutional Record:

https://id.lib.harvard.edu/alma/990093361310203941/catalog

IIIF Manifest:

https://iiif.lib.harvard.edu/manifests/drs:4145767

https://iiif.lib.harvard.edu/manifests/ids:422823052

Holding Institution:

Harvard University