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Metadata

DS ID:

DS3438

Shelfmark:

MS pb Med.274

Title:

Two leaves from the Communiloquium; in Latin

Communiloquium

Author:

John, of Wales, active 13th century

John of Wales WIKIDATA

Place:

Catalonia

Catalonia TGN

Date:

ca. 1400

fifteenth century (dates CE) AAT

Language:

lat

Latin WIKIDATA

Material:

parchment, ill.

Parchment AAT

Physical Description:

Extent: 2 leaves : parchment, ill. ; 358 x 244 (249 x 159) mm

Former Owner(s):

Ellis, Arthur M. 1875-1932

Arthur M. Ellis WIKIDATA

Phillip J. Pirages (Firm)

Phillip J. Pirages Fine Books & Manuscripts WIKIDATA

Note:

Ms. leaves.
In Latin.
Title devised by cataloger.
Collation: Parchment, two leaves ; foliated in red ink in upper right (largely trimmed from leaf cviij), with modern arabic pencil foliation added below ; catchword in center of lower margin fol. xcvi verso.
Layout: Two columns, (72 mm each), 48 lines.
Script: Written in a gothic bookhand in black ink with red rubrics.
Decoration: 3-line initial in blue and gold on fol. xcvi; 2 3-line initials on fol. xcvi verso; fol. cviij verso: 7-line initial in red, green, blue and gold, all with gold and colored acanthus vine and fine tendrils with flowers in margins.
Binding: Housed in oversize manila folder.
Origin: Written in Catalonia, ca. 1400.
Provenance: Purchased [in imperfect condition?] from a Spanish monastery in 1930 by Arthur M. Ellis. Sold by PBA Auctions in 2003.
Immediate source of acquisition: Purchased by the BPL from Pirages, ca. 2004.
Call number: MS pb Med.274.
Former call number: MS 3683.

Keyword:

Digital images

Manuscripts, Medieval

Spain

Gothic scripts

illuminations (paintings)

Manuscripts, Latin (Medieval and modern)

Preaching

Handbooks and manuals

Early works

Massachusetts--Boston

Institutional Record:

https://bpl.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S75C8444774

IIIF Manifest:

https://ark.digitalcommonwealth.org/ark:/50959/xd07mj24q/manifest

Holding Institution:

Boston Public Library