Boston Public Library, MS q Med.269

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Metadata

DS ID:

DS3520

Shelfmark:

MS q Med.269

Title:

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

Author:

Catholic Church

Catholic Church WIKIDATA

Place:

France]

France TGN

Date:

between 1400 and 1499

fifteenth century (dates CE) AAT

Language:

lat

Latin WIKIDATA

Physical Description:

Extent: 1 bifolium : parchment ; 115 x 79 (69 x 42) mm

Former Owner(s):

Abbe, Dorothy

Dorothy Abbe WIKIDATA

Note:

Ms. bifolium (consecutive).
Title devised by cataloger.
Script: Written in a southern textualis formata.
Layout: 1 column 17 lines. Nearly invisible bounding lines in red plummet.
Decoration: 3-line illuminated chapter initial in box filled with alternating pink and blue color, with white scrollwork, marginal floral ornament also gilt.
Binding: Housed in a manila folder.
Origin: Written in France in the fifteenth century.
Immediate source of acquisition: Acquired by BPL in 2000 from Dorothy Abbe.
Call number: MS q Med.269.

Keyword:

Manuscripts, Medieval

Manuscripts, Latin (Medieval and modern)

Breviaries

Illumination of books and manuscripts

Digital images

Institutional Record:

https://catalog.mbln.org/Polaris/search/title.aspx?ctx=12.1033.0.0.5&pos=1&cn=8444887

IIIF Manifest:

https://ark.digitalcommonwealth.org/ark:/50959/nc581d01z/manifest

Holding Institution:

Boston Public Library