Williams College, Gen Mss 1472

Metadata

DS ID:

DS25553

Shelfmark:

Gen Mss 1472

Title:

Breviary

Breviary

Author:

Gerald Lequyn

Place:

Autun, France

Autun TGN

France TGN

Date:

c. 1472

fifteenth century (dates CE) AAT

Language:

Latin

Latin WIKIDATA

Material:

parchment

Parchment AAT

Physical Description:

Extent: fols. 1; parchment; 209 x 151 (139 x 92) mm

Note:

Layout: 2 columns, 31 lines
Script: Gothic bookhand
Decoration: Enlarged initials in blue and red
Quiremark "viii" in bottom center margin of recto.
Possibly from a missal or breviary, probably santorale.
Copied by Gerald Lequyn for use by the Cathedral of St. Lazarus in Autun
Other leaves include: Columbia, SC, University of South Carolina, Irvin Department of Rare Books and Special Collections, Early MS 75; Columbia, MO, University of Missouri. BX2000.62.A3 L43 1472.
For script comparison, one may look at SDBM_259856 (Sotheby's, Medieval and Renaissance Manuscripts, 6 December 2016, lot #29, now broken)

Keyword:

breviaries

Liturgies

Liturgics

Prayers and devotions

Holding Institution:

Williams College