Ohio University, pftp-015

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Metadata

DS ID:

DS30460

Shelfmark:

pftp-015

Title:

Breviary, Low Countries or France, circa 1490 (PftP leaf: s01, f015)

Breviary

Place:

Belgium

Belgium TGN

France

France TGN

Netherlands;

Netherlands TGN

Date:

1490 circa

fifteenth century (dates CE) AAT

sixteenth century (dates CE) AAT

Language:

Latin

Latin WIKIDATA

Material:

Vellum (parchment)

Parchment AAT

Physical Description:

Extent: 1 leaf; Vellum (parchment); 17.9 cm x 12 cm

Note:

Script: Gothic
Decoration: Columns (layout features); Initials (layout features); Rubrics; Rules (layout features);
Provenance: This leaf is from a portfolio compiled by The Foliophiles Inc. and issued as a limited edition under the title "Pages from the past: Original leaves from rare books and manuscripts."
Provenance: The set of leaves belonging to Ohio University is number 18 of 20 in "Portfolio set I: History of the written word."
Provenance: The transcribed labels accompanying these leaves were originally written by The Foliophiles, Inc., a now-defunct New York association of rare book dealers that was also known as the Society of Foliophiles.
Provenance: Between 1925 and 1968 The Foliophiles disbound hundreds of historical texts and assembled them into several thematic portfolio sets.
Provenance: These were then issued in “editions” of between 15 and 200 leaves. Universities across America subsequently purchased these portfolios as teaching tools.
Provenance: While a small number of the selected leaves come from other cultures, the vast majority are from European texts. The collecting and marketing practices of The Foliophiles reflect the values of the members of the association and the contemporary American rare book market.
Provenance: Original descriptions, therefore, may contain outdated language, speculation, or inaccurate information.
The following text is based on the original seller's label. FROM A 15TH CENTURY BREVIARY Manuscript by a monastic scribe, probably in the Low Countries or in Northern France, circa 1490
Compact Gothic lettering is typical of all medieval breviaries and similar small books of devotion, as is the fine vellum employed
The blue initials used throughout are of encrusted lapis lazuli, prepared by grinding the semiprecious stone into a fine powder
hence the lasting quality of this color
The vermilion must also have been of the best quality, judging by its freshness as contrasted with the black
© 1964, T.F.I.
Pages from the Past, Set I: History of the written word

Keyword:

Manuscripts

Breviaries

Institutional Record:

http://media.library.ohio.edu/digital/collection/p15808coll19/id/365

IIIF Manifest:

https://media.library.ohio.edu/iiif/2/p15808coll19:365/manifest.json

Holding Institution:

Ohio University