Boston Public Library, MS q Med.267

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Metadata

DS ID:

DS3518

Shelfmark:

MS q Med.267

Title:

Bifolium from a late 15th-century book of hours : in Latin].

Author:

Catholic Church

Catholic Church WIKIDATA

Place:

Italy]

Italy TGN

Date:

between 1400 and 1499

fifteenth century (dates CE) AAT

Language:

lat

Latin WIKIDATA

Physical Description:

Extent: 1 bifolium : parchment ; 192 x 145 (99 x 66) mm

Former Owner(s):

Abbe, Dorothy

Dorothy Abbe WIKIDATA

Hofer, Philip, 1898-1984

Philip Hofer WIKIDATA

Note:

Ms. bifolium (consecutive leaves).
Title devised by cataloger; place based on analysis of script and decortion.
Script: Southern textualis written in brown ink.
Layout: 1 column, 16 lines, double frame-ruled in pink.
Decoration: Illuminated 2-line chapter and 1-line versal letters, alternating in blue and pink, with foliate decorations.
Binding: Housed in manila folder.
Origin: Written in Italy in the 15th century.
Provenance: According to notes from Dorothy Abbe, formerly in the collection of Philip Hofer. Possibly from the same manuscript as MS pb Med.226.
Immediate source of acquisition: Acquired by BPL in 2000 from Dorothy Abbe.
Call number: MS q Med.267.

Keyword:

Manuscripts, Medieval

Manuscripts, Latin (Medieval and modern)

Illumination of books and manuscripts

Digital images

Books of hours

Institutional Record:

https://catalog.mbln.org/Polaris/search/title.aspx?ctx=12.1033.0.0.5&pos=1&cn=8444885

IIIF Manifest:

https://ark.digitalcommonwealth.org/ark:/50959/nc581c93g/manifest

Holding Institution:

Boston Public Library