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Metadata

DS ID:

DS25475

Shelfmark:

MS f Med.299

Title:

Single leaf from a Beneventan missal; in Latin

Missal

Author:

Catholic Church

Catholic Church WIKIDATA

Place:

Italy

Italy TGN

Date:

between 1300 and 1399?

fourteenth century (dates CE) AAT

Language:

lat

Latin WIKIDATA

Material:

parchment

Parchment AAT

Physical Description:

Extent: 1 leaf : parchment ; 320 x 293 (275 x 172) mm, bound to 34 x 32 cm

Former Owner(s):

Schøyen, Martin

Martin Schøyen WIKIDATA

Bernard Quaritch (Firm)

Bernard Quaritch Ltd WIKIDATA

Stephen Butler Rare Books & Manuscripts

Note:

Ms leaf.
In Latin.
Title devised by cataloger.
Layout: Two columns, 19 (of originally 20) lines per column.
Script: Written in a late Beneventan minuscule with some features of textualis; in brown ink with red rubrics and initials; capitals highlighted in red and yellow.
Decoration: Red lombards.
Binding: Mounted to a stub and bound in tan buckram from the Schøyen Collection.
Origin: Written in southern Italy.
Provenance: Used in the 16th century as a wrapper for a long-stitched volume, with the date "1563" on spine. Offered by Bernard Quaritch (catalog 1128, "Bookhands of the Middle Ages: Beneventan Script," 1990, no. 25) and purchased by Dr. Martin Schøyen (Schøyen MS 70); offered at auction by Bloomsbury ("The History of Western Script: A Selection from The Schøyen Collection, in Celebration of...
Immediate source of acquisition: Purchased from Stephen Butler Rare Books & Manuscripts in May, 2024.
Call number: MS f Med.299.

Keyword:

Manuscripts, Latin (Medieval and modern)

Italy

Missals (Service books)

Manuscript waste

Manuscripts, Medieval

Massachusetts--Boston

Institutional Record:

https://bpl.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S75C8820897

IIIF Manifest:

https://ark.digitalcommonwealth.org/ark:/50959/jm219s772/manifest

Holding Institution:

Boston Public Library