Williams College, Codex Mss 030
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- DS ID:
- DS25509
- Shelfmark:
- Codex Mss 030
- Title:
- Breviarum Romanum.
- Place:
- French
- Date:
- 1450-1460
- Language:
- Latin
- Material:
- parchment
- Physical Description:
- Extent: fols. 370; parchment; 109 x 75 (66 x 55) mm
- Former Owner(s):
- James Dickson Clark, active Brooklyn in 1860.
- Note:
- Script: Small gothic textualis bookhand.
Decoration: Four leaves with illuminated foliate borders. Seventy three four-line initials illuminated in gold with floral decorations throughout. Two-line initials in alternating red and blue.
Binding: Late nineteenth century brown stamped calf, gilt spine title, marbled endpapers.
First leaf heavily rubbed, with wear throughout. Leaves trimmed at top and fore-edge.
Collation: ii (paper) + I-XX^8, XXI^4, XXII – XXXIII^8, XXXIV^4, XXXV – XXXXVIIII^8, L^10, LI^8, LII^10, LIII-LX^8, LXI^4 + i (paper)
Catchwords are preserved in margins of quires I-XX, XXII-XXXIII, XXXV-XLIX, LI-LX
Provenance: Inscription on flyleaf: “James D. Clark, March 31st, 1860.” Bookplate marked “from the Library of James Dickson Clark, W.C. 1848,” with Williams College seal and Williams College Library No. 67025. Presented to Williams College by James Dickson Clark (Williams 1848) in 1910. Transferred to Chapin Library September 1959.
Former shelfmark: College Library ZZ1 .C3.
Inscription on the verso of the frist paper flyleaf says "1414 x" in pencil in a significantly later hand but there is no evidence in support of such a specific date.
Originally attributed to production in the Low countries, probably Belgium or the Netherlands, unclear on what grounds. - Keyword:
- Institutional Record:
- https://librarysearch.williams.edu/permalink/01WIL_INST/1faevhg/alma991013547889202786
- Holding Institution:
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