Boston Public Library, MS pb Med.179

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Metadata

DS ID:

DS3393

Shelfmark:

MS pb Med.179

Title:

Single leaf from an unidentified 15th-century commentary on Isaiah 3 and 4 : in German].

Place:

Germany]

Germany TGN

Date:

between 1480 and 1490

fifteenth century (dates CE) AAT

Language:

ger

German WIKIDATA

Physical Description:

Extent: 1 leaf : parchment, ill. ; 380 x 276 (235 x 157) mm

Former Owner(s):

Maggs Bros

Maggs Bros Ltd WIKIDATA

Note:

Ms. leaf.
Bibliographic record created by BPL staff based on description by Dr. Lisa Fagin Davis.
Script: Written in a gothic formata in black ink with red rubrics.
Layout: 1 column, 31 lines. Vertical bounding lines full-length in black ink.
Decoration: Verso: 13-line portrait of the prophet Isaiah in outer margin, pointing at the gloss.
Binding: Housed in an oversize manila folder.
Origin: Written in Germany in the 1480s, from the same manuscript as BPL MS q Med.187.
Immediate source of acquisition: Acquired in 1957 from Maggs.
Call number: MS pb Med.179.
Former call number: BPL MS 1604.

Keyword:

Manuscripts, Medieval

Gothic scripts

Manuscripts, German

Digital images

Bible. Isaiah

Bible. Isaiah--Criticism, interpretation, etc--Early works to 1800

Institutional Record:

https://catalog.mbln.org/Polaris/search/title.aspx?ctx=12.1033.0.0.5&pos=1&cn=8444728

IIIF Manifest:

https://ark.digitalcommonwealth.org/ark:/50959/3r076q52q/manifest

Holding Institution:

Boston Public Library