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Metadata

DS ID:

DS30507

Shelfmark:

ege-23

Title:

Ege leaf 23: Breviary, France, 1300s

Breviary

Place:

France

France TGN

Date:

1300s

fourteenth century (dates CE) AAT

Language:

Latin

Latin WIKIDATA

Material:

Vellum (parchment)

Parchment AAT

Physical Description:

Extent: 1 leaf; Vellum (parchment); 18 cm x 12 cm

Former Owner(s):

Ege, Otto F.

Otto Ege WIKIDATA

Note:

Script: Gothic
Decoration: gold leaf; initials (layout features); pen-flourished initials; rubrics; rules (layout features); marginalia (annotations); columns (layout features);
The following text is based on the original seller's label. 23. VELLUM LEAF FROM AN ILLUMINATED MEDIEVAL MANUSCRIPT
FRANCE
Middle XIVth Century
Latin Text
Angular Gothic Script
Breviary
(Breviarium)
FROM THE COLLECTION OF OTTO F. EGE.
In the middle of the XIVth century many of the manuscripts show influences from other countries
Illuminators, scribes, and other craftsmen traveled from city to city and even from country to country
While the script of this leaf is almost certainly French, the initial letters and filigree decoration might easily be of Italian workmanship, and the greenish tone of the ink suggests English manufacture
The dorsal motif in the bar ornament is again decidedly French, and the lemon tone of the gold is a third indication of French origin
In England, the burnished gold elements are generally of an orange tint, due to the presence of an alloy
in Italy, they are a rosy color because the underlying gesso or plaster base was mixed with a red pigment.
Fifty original leaves from medieval manuscripts, Western Europe, XII-XVI century

Keyword:

Manuscripts

Breviaries

Institutional Record:

http://media.library.ohio.edu/digital/collection/p15808coll19/id/103

IIIF Manifest:

https://media.library.ohio.edu/iiif/2/p15808coll19:103/manifest.json

Holding Institution:

Ohio University