Western Michigan University, WMU MS 179
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Metadata
- DS ID:
- DS6466
- Shelfmark:
- WMU MS 179
- Title:
- Leaf from the Llangattock breviary
- Catholic Church
- Artist:
- Giorgio, d'Alemagna, active 1441-1476
- Place:
- Ferrara, Italy
- Date:
- between 1425-1450].
- Language:
- Text in Latin
- Physical Description:
- Extent: 1 leaf : parchment ; 46 x 92 mm
- Former Owner(s):
- Este, Leonello d', 1407-1450
Llangattock, John Allan Rolls, Baron , 1837-1912
- Note:
- Ms. leaf.
Title devised by cataloger.
Flesh side distinct from hair side; high quality parchment.
114-line historiated initial
Three full-length bar borders of gold with pen florishes supporting foliage; 4-line initial "A" with miniature of St. John in tempera colors and gold. Rubrication in red. Five 2-line initials in gold on a ground of blue or mauve with white tracery. 1-line initials in gold or blue with contrasting pen florishes. Three full-length bar borders of gold with terminal or marginal sprays or scrolling...
2 columns of 30 lines in brown ink written in Gothic Textualis rotunda.
"All aspects of the leaf--size, format, and illumination--correspond to those of the Missel of Borso d'Este, marquis and then duke of Ferrara (Modena, Biblioteca Estense, Ms W.5.2., lat. 239) and the Breviary was certainly made either for him or his predecessor Leonello and intended, like the Missal, for the ruler's chapel. It is usually identified with the Breviary record in accounts in the... - Keyword:
- Institutional Record:
- https://primo-pmtna01.hosted.exlibrisgroup.com/permalink/f/4dvb3u/01WMU_ALMA21364916960002436
- IIIF Manifest:
- https://luna.library.wmich.edu/luna/servlet/iiif/m/WMUwmu~77~77~1222513~160221/manifest
- Holding Institution:
