Boston Public Library, MS pb Med.150

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Metadata

DS ID:

DS3373

Shelfmark:

MS pb Med.150

Title:

Cutting from a 15th-century Italian choirbook].

Author:

Catholic Church

Catholic Church WIKIDATA

Artist:

Birago, Giovan Pietro, active 1471-1513

Giovanni Pietro Birago WIKIDATA

Place:

Milan]

Milan TGN

Date:

ca. 1480

fifteenth century (dates CE) AAT

Language:

lat

Latin WIKIDATA

Physical Description:

Extent: 1 item : parchment, ill. ; 153 x 153 mm

Former Owner(s):

Maggs Bros

Maggs Bros Ltd WIKIDATA

Note:

Ms. fragment.
Bibliographic record created by BPL staff based on description by Dr. Lisa Fagin Davis.
Place, date, and attribution from: Alexander, Jonathan J. G. "Giovan Pietro da Birago, illuminator of Milan; some initials cut from choir books" in Excavating the Medieval Image (Burlington, 2004), pp. 225-246.
Layout: Red staves barely visible on dorse.
Decoration: Historiated initial 'T' showing two saints being martyred by having hot lead poured down their throats. Identification of the Saints is uncertain: the iconography suggests they are Sts. Primus and Felicianus, who were martyred in that way, but J. J. G. Alexander (citing personal correspondence from Paola Bonfadini) identifies the subject as the martyrdom of Sts. Faustinus and...
Binding: Housed in four-flap wrapper in an oversize folder.
Origin: Produced in Italy, probably Milan, ca. 1480, the initial attributed to Giovan Pietro da Birago.
Immediate source of acquisition: Purchased by the BPL from Maggs.
Call number: MS pb Med.150.
Former call number: MS 1575.

Keyword:

Manuscripts, Medieval

Manuscripts, Latin (Medieval and modern)

Illumination of books and manuscripts

Digital images

Institutional Record:

https://catalog.mbln.org/Polaris/search/title.aspx?ctx=12.1033.0.0.5&pos=1&cn=8444708

IIIF Manifest:

https://ark.digitalcommonwealth.org/ark:/50959/s4655v93d/manifest

Holding Institution:

Boston Public Library