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Metadata

DS ID:

DS3439

Shelfmark:

MS pb Med.283

Title:

Single leaf from a Beneventan noted breviary; in Latin

Breviary

Author:

Catholic Church

Catholic Church WIKIDATA

Place:

Italy

Italy TGN

Date:

between 1200 and 1299?

thirteenth century (dates CE) AAT

Language:

lat

Latin WIKIDATA

Material:

parchment

Parchment AAT

Physical Description:

Extent: 1 leaf : parchment ; 415 x 298 (315 x 200-208) mm with edges folded to approximately 384 x 286 mm

Former Owner(s):

Mayfair Rare Books and Manuscripts

Mayfair Rare Books and Manuscripts WIKIDATA

Note:

Ms leaf.
In Latin.
Title devised by cataloger; date range based on script.
Layout: Two columns, 31 lines per column.
Script: Written in a Beneventan minuscule in brown ink with red rubrics and initials; capitals highlighted in red and yellow.
Decoration: Red lombards, three-line penwork "d" filled in red and yellow on verso.
Music: Neumes on a two-line staff; red line for "f," yellow line for "c."
Origin: Written in southern Italy.
Provenance: Used in the 17th(?) century as a book covering, with later inscription, in Italian. The year "1634" (1635, 1636, etc.) written in several places.
Immediate source of acquisition: Purchased from Mayfair Rare Books and Manuscripts, London, in November, 2020.
Call number: MS pb Med.283.

Keyword:

Neumes

Breviaries

Manuscripts, Medieval

Italy

Manuscripts, Latin (Medieval and modern)

Manuscript waste

Inscriptions

Massachusetts--Boston

Institutional Record:

https://bpl.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S75C8444775

IIIF Manifest:

https://ark.digitalcommonwealth.org/ark:/50959/c821k549p/manifest

Holding Institution:

Boston Public Library