Boston Public Library, MS pb Med.184
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Metadata
- DS ID:
- DS3398
- Shelfmark:
- MS pb Med.184
- Title:
- Single leaf from a 14th-century antiphonal : in Latin].
- Catholic Church
- Place:
- Siena?]
- Date:
- between 1375 and 1399
- Language:
- lat
- Physical Description:
- Extent: 1 leaf : parchment, ill. ; 590 x 420 (415 x 270) mm
- Former Owner(s):
- Libreria antiquaria Hoepli
- Note:
- Ms. leaf.
Bibliographic record created by BPL staff based on description by Dr. Lisa Fagin Davis.
Script: Written in a gothic rotunda in black ink with red rubrics.
Layout: 1 column, 5 staves. No visible ruling. Square Gregorian notation on a four-line red staff.
Decoration: On the recto, an historiated floriated initial [A] in gold and colors with full border of scrolling acanthus and a jester; in the initial, the Adoration of the Magi: the Virgin and Child sit at the right, a king kneeling before them who has removed his crown; the other two kings wait in the margin at left.
Binding: Housed in an oversize manila folder.
Origin: Written in Italy, possibly Siena, in the late 14th century.
Immediate source of acquisition: Acquired in 1957 from Hoepli, Milan.
Call number: MS pb Med.184.
Former call number: MS 1609. - Keyword:
- Institutional Record:
- https://catalog.mbln.org/Polaris/search/title.aspx?ctx=12.1033.0.0.5&pos=1&cn=8444733
- IIIF Manifest:
- https://ark.digitalcommonwealth.org/ark:/50959/3r076q64h/manifest
- Holding Institution:
