Grolier Club, MS 12

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Metadata

DS ID:

DS208

Shelfmark:

MS 12

Title:

Book of hours, use of Rome

Place:

Italy

Italy TGN

Date:

s. XV(3/4); 1450-1475

fifteenth century (dates CE) AAT

Language:

Latin

Latin WIKIDATA

Physical Description:

Binding: Bound, s. XVIII, in Italian embossed silver binding with arms (a hand holding a scythe) and the initials, ADIU.
Figurative details, ff. 1-164v: 1 miniature; 14 historiated initials.
Script, ff. 1-164v: Rounded gothic book hand.
Layout, ff. 1-164v: 13 long lines.

Former Owner(s):

Arms of the first owner: or three gateways with two turrets gules, with the initials A.P.; Samuel Putnam Avery collection; exhibited at the Grolier Club in 1892, n. 97; given to the Grolier Club in 1918 by Samuel Putnam Avery, Jr.

Samuel Putnam Avery WIKIDATA

Arms of the first owner: or three gateways with two turrets gules, with the initials A.P.; Samuel Putnam Avery collection; exhibited at the Grolier Club in 1892, n. 97; given to the Grolier Club in 1918 by Samuel Putnam Avery, Jr.

Samuel P. Avery Jr. WIKIDATA

Note:

Bibliography: De Ricci, p. 1291.
ff. 1-164v: Latin.

IIIF Manifest:

https://iiif.archivelab.org/iiif/images_MS12_24/manifest.json

Holding Institution:

Grolier Club