Vassar College, Leaf 13

Metadata

DS ID:

DS30318

Shelfmark:

Leaf 13

Title:

Leaf from a Breviary, use of Sarum(?)

Breviary

Place:

France

France TGN

Date:

between 1400 and 1450

fifteenth century (dates CE) AAT

Language:

Latin

Latin WIKIDATA

Material:

parchment, illuminations

Parchment AAT

Physical Description:

Extent: 1 leaf : parchment, illuminations ; 177 x 126 (121 x 85) mm

Note:

Ms. leaf.
Title supplied by cataloger.
Layout: Written in 2 columns of 30 lines; frame-ruled.
Script: Written in gothic script.
Decoration: 2-line initials with floral ornament in blue and red on gold ground; 1-line initials in blue or red with red flourishing; line-fillers in gold and blue or red and blue.
Origin: Written in France, possibly Rouen, during the first half of the 15th century.
From a parent volume produced possibly in Rouen during the English occupation (1419-1449); leaf acquired by Otto F. Ege of Cleveland (late 1936 or early 1937); 'Ege Jan '40 4.87 [dollars] 121' in pencil on verso; Leaf 12 in Vassar College collection from same parent volume.

Keyword:

Breviaries

Gothic scripts

Manuscripts

illuminated manuscripts

Illumination of books and manuscripts, Gothic

France

Fifteenth century

Manuscripts, Latin (Medieval and modern)

Catholic Church

Liturgics

Texts

Early works

Manuscripts, Medieval

Institutional Record:

https://vassar.primo.exlibrisgroup.com/permalink/01VAC_INST/349upj/alma991019356455907396

Holding Institution:

Vassar College