Extent: iii (sixteenth-century paper), 459, ii (sixteenth-century paper) : parchment, color illustrations ; 140 x 110 mm
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Title supplied by dealer, Les Enluminures. Collation: i8 [-8, +8, +9; stub follows f. 7 with singletons ff. 8 and 9 tipped in on either] ii-xv12, xvi8, xvii-xxxvi12, [+7; a small leaf, f. 432, sewn into the center of the quire], xxxviii8, xxxix8 [-7 following f. 152, cancelled with no loss of text, neat stub remains], xl8 [-6 -7 following f. 458, stub remains, cancelled with no apparent loss of text]. Decoration: For the calendar: 31 lines, single column in red and and black. Repetition of 3-line intials "KL" across f. 2-7v alternate blue and red. The Breviary's main text is ruled in pale brown ink with full-length horizon and vertical bounding lines. Rubics written or underlined in red, capitals touched and sometimes underlined in red. The text features a number of decorated initials... The core of the Breviary was copied by a Dominican friar in 1370 based on the following in scription on f. 446v: "Anno domini Mo ccco lxxo". Based on the prominence of Dominican saints in the calendar, Konrad Tronner copied this Breviary for Dominican use, perhaps his own or the use of a Dominican nun in a sister house. The inclusion of certain Dominican patron saints as well as evidence of...
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