Boston Public Library, MS q Med.266

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Metadata

DS ID:

DS3517

Shelfmark:

MS q Med.266

Title:

Bifolium from a 15th-century breviary : in Latin].

Author:

Catholic Church

Catholic Church WIKIDATA

Place:

Netherlands?]

Netherlands TGN

Date:

between 1400 and 1499

fifteenth century (dates CE) AAT

Language:

lat

Latin WIKIDATA

Physical Description:

Extent: 1 bifolium : parchment ; 95 x 67 (63 x 40) mm

Former Owner(s):

Abbe, Dorothy

Dorothy Abbe WIKIDATA

Cohen, Herman, 1905-1997

Herman Cohen WIKIDATA

Chiswick Book Shop

Chiswick Book Shop WIKIDATA

Note:

Ms. bifolium.
Title devised by cataloger.
Script: Northern textualis written in black ink.
Layout: 1 column, 15 lines, frame ruled in light plummet.
Decoration: One line versal initials in alternating red and blue, with two-line capital D, pen-flourished in grey ink, at beginning of Psalm 101.
Binding: Housed in manila folder.
Origin: Written in the Netherlands in the 15th century.
Provenance: Acquired by BPL in 2000 from Dorothy Abbe; formerly in the possession of Herman Cohen, Chiswick Book Shop.
Call number: MS q Med.266.

Keyword:

Breviaries

Manuscripts, Latin (Medieval and modern)

Digital images

Manuscripts, Medieval

Institutional Record:

https://catalog.mbln.org/Polaris/search/title.aspx?ctx=12.1033.0.0.5&pos=1&cn=8444884

IIIF Manifest:

https://ark.digitalcommonwealth.org/ark:/50959/nc581c88m/manifest

Holding Institution:

Boston Public Library