University of Kansas, MS A20

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Metadata

DS ID:

DS1111

Shelfmark:

MS A20

Title:

Instructions on how to use a breviary

Author:

Catholic Church

Catholic Church WIKIDATA

Place:

Italy

Italy TGN

Date:

[1401-1450]

fifteenth century (dates CE) AAT

Language:

Italian

Italian WIKIDATA

Physical Description:

Extent: 36 leaves: parchment; 140 x 102 mm

Note:

Title devised by cataloger.
Manuscript composite codex
Collation: i (parchment, pastedown) + 36 (parchment) + i (parchment, pastedown).
Catchwords: Visible in Part 1.
Layout: Part 1 (folios 1-26): 28 long lines, ruled in ink; Part 2 (folios 27-36): 23 long lines, ruled in ink.
Script: Gothic rotunda.
Decoration: Red section initials; red rubrics; sentence initials filled in with yellow.
Binding: Contemporary reversed leather over wooden boards; formerly a chain binding with the iron ring fastened to the front cover still intact; lacks clasps.
Origin: Probably written somewhere in the Po River Valley, Italy in the first half of the fifteenth century.
Former shelfmark: MS X20
Shelfmark: Lawrence, University of Kansas, Kenneth Spencer Research Library, MS A20
Probably written for a female religious house, possibly Dominican.

Keyword:

Manuscript waste

Chained bindings

Catholic Church

Manuscript fragments

Manuscripts, Italian

Manuscripts, Medieval

Divine office

Institutional Record:

https://kuprimo.hosted.exlibrisgroup.com/permalink/f/1n9tuvc/KU_VOYAGER2955133

IIIF Manifest:

https://iiif.archivelab.org/iiif/images_MSA20_30/manifest.json

Holding Institution:

University of Kansas