Wellesley College, MS 6, Flat JJ3
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Metadata
- DS ID:
- DS16432
- Shelfmark:
- MS 6, Flat JJ3
- Title:
- Gradual, for Louis XII (r. 1498-1515) and Anne de Bretagne
- Place:
- France
- Date:
- 1499 or 1500?
- Language:
- lat
fre
- Material:
- parchment
- Physical Description:
- Extent: 1 leaf : parchment ; 657 x 495 (515 x 355) mm
- Former Owner(s):
- Martini, J
- Note:
- Title supplied by cataloger.
Collation: Parchment. Recto foliated in red as IIII(xx)I [i.e. 81]. Text and music originally excluded by scribe is added in the lower margin of the verso with a tie-mark directing the reader to the insertion point near the end of the last staff.
Layout: 1 column, 6 staves. Writing lines in light plummet. Square notation on a four-line red staff.
Script: Written in a Gothic script in black ink. Red rubrics.
Decoration: Three 1-staff-high initials in blue with white highlighting and foliate infill in colors on gilt background, one 1-staff-high initial in gold ink on blue background historiated with a pale male figure and scrollwork; scrolling acanthus and fauna borders in gold and colors with solid panel backgrounds in colors, arms of France (azure, three fleaurs-de-lis) and Milan/Visconti (a...
Origin: Written in France in the late fifteenth century. This manuscript was produced for Anne de Bretagne and Louis XII. Here the arms of France are quartered with Milan, perhaps indicating that the manuscript was produced during the short period when Louis was both King of France and Duke of Milan (Sept. 6, 1499-February 5, 1500), or, if the manuscript was produced later in his reign...
Belonged to J. Martini. - Keyword:
- Institutional Record:
- https://libcat.wellesley.edu/Record/in00000626048
- IIIF Manifest:
- https://repository.wellesley.edu/node/34257/manifest-single
- Holding Institution:
