Boston Public Library, MS pb Med.239

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Metadata

DS ID:

DS3430

Shelfmark:

MS pb Med.239

Title:

Single leaf from a mid-15th-century lectionary : in Latin].

Author:

Catholic Church

Catholic Church WIKIDATA

Place:

Spain]

Spain TGN

Date:

ca. 1450?

fifteenth century (dates CE) AAT

Language:

lat

Latin WIKIDATA

Physical Description:

Extent: 1 leaf : parchment, ill. ; 271 x 185 (185 x 63, 9, 62) 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 Spanish gothic rotunda in black ink with red rubrics
Layout: 2 columns, 41 lines. Bounding and writing lines in light plummet, vertical bounding lines full-length.
Decoration:Three-line initials throughout alternating gold on pale red and dark blue or blue with red filigree; the first lection of St. Elizabeth begins with a 5-line initial in blue on gold.
Binding: Tipped into a mat and housed in an oversize manila folder.
Origin: Written in Spain in the mid-15th century.
Immediate source of acquisition: Acquired by BPL in 2001 from Maggs, cat. 1298.
Call number: MS pb Med.239.

Keyword:

Manuscripts, Latin (Medieval and modern)

Lectionaries

Illumination of books and manuscripts

Manuscripts, Medieval

Digital images

Gothic scripts

Institutional Record:

https://catalog.mbln.org/Polaris/search/title.aspx?ctx=12.1033.0.0.5&pos=1&cn=8444766

IIIF Manifest:

https://ark.digitalcommonwealth.org/ark:/50959/3r076q82f/manifest

Holding Institution:

Boston Public Library