Wellesley College, MS 35

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Metadata

DS ID:

DS16407

Shelfmark:

MS 35

Title:

Leaf from the Llangattock breviary; Feast of St. Jerome (Sept. 30), Matins ; Feast of the Translation of Relics for St. Remigius (Oct. 1) ; Feast of St. Francis (Oct. 4)

Breviary

Llangattock Breviary

Artist:

Giorgio, d'Alemagna, active 1441-1479

Giorgio d'Alemagna WIKIDATA

Place:

Ferrara, Italy

Ferrara TGN

Italy TGN

Date:

between 1441 and 1448.

fifteenth century (dates CE) AAT

Language:

lat

Latin WIKIDATA

Material:

parchment

Parchment AAT

Physical Description:

Extent: 1 leaf : parchment ; 275 x 200 (170 x 130) mm

Former Owner(s):

Llangattock, John Allan Rolls, Baron , 1837-1912

John Rolls, 1st Baron Llangattock WIKIDATA

Note:

Date range for the manuscript derived from the illuminator's active dates and Leonello d'Este's date of death.
Breviary illuminated by Giorgio d'Alemagna and others.
Layout: Written in two columns of 30 lines.
Script: Gothic textualis rotunda.
Decoration, recto: 4 two-line initials, two vertical bar extensions terminating in floral and foliate forms; verso: 3 two-line initials, one vertical bar extension terminating in floral and foliate forms, vertical border of foliate forms in outer margin.

Keyword:

Devotional literature

Prayers and devotions

Specimens

Prayers

Catholic Church

Early works

Illumination of books and manuscripts

Breviaries

Italy

Fifteenth century

Manuscripts, Latin (Medieval and modern)

Massachusetts--Wellesley

Liturgics

Institutional Record:

https://libcat.wellesley.edu/Record/in00000659795

IIIF Manifest:

https://repository.wellesley.edu/node/34966/manifest

Holding Institution:

Wellesley College