Extent: 267 leaves : parchment, ill. ; 208 x 170 (155-160 x 125-130) mm. bound to 223 x 177 mm.
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Ms. codex. The title is based on the following passage (f. 21r): "Incipit ordo manualis ferariensis ecclesi[a]e, secundum consuetudinem romane curie." It should be observed, however, that the words "ferariensis ecclesi[a]e" are in a different script than the rest of the sentence and have been written over an erasure. The place-name does not double the first "r", and the final "e" in "ecclesie" contains a... Layout: Written in 2 columns of 16-36 lines (size of letters and ruling varies); frame-ruled. Script: Rounded Gothic script (littera Bononiensis); several hands. Decoration: Twenty-five illuminated figurative or historiated initials, fourteen decorative initials, and numerous painted capitals with elaborate pen flourishes in red or blue. Music: Contains musical notation. Binding: Modern, white calf. Rebound in 1978 by Ivan Ruzicka (Sarasota, Florida). Accompanying Materials: Note by the binder, Ivan Ruzicka, dated July 7, 1978. Origin: Written in Italy (possibly Ferrara), from a church or monastery of S. Georgius Martyr, probably in the second quarter of the 14th century, as suggested by the figurative style and the predominately blue and orange palette of the painted initials, as well as by the inclusion of the feast of St. Thomas Aquinas in the Calendar (Dec. 29) and the insertion of a prayer in his honor in the... Provenance: Church or monastery of S. Georgius Martyr. Bought by A.D. White from Dotti of Florence in Apr. 1885. Former shelfmark: MSS Bd. Rare BX C36 O635 Related shelfmark: MS B.31 (De Ricci)
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