Cambridge (Massachusetts), Harvard University, Houghton Library, MS Lat 132

 Manuscript: id 6457
idno
MS Lat 132
idMedium
100137502
textLang
Latin (LA, LAT)French (FR, FRE)
summary
Book of Hours (Rome)
note (text)
F. 1-46v°= Off. B. M. V.; F. 73-88v°= Off. B. M. V.; (CCLL)
support
parchment
extent
100 ff. (CCLL)
leaf dimensions : height (mm)
190
leaf dimensions : width (mm)
140
columns
1
script type
Textualis
note (deco)
One 2-line pale pink initial on burnished gold ground with foliate marginal tendrils on which rests a black-headed bird; smaller 1-line flourished initials in alternating burnished gold and blue; line endings in blue and red.
binding
16th-century (c.1570) French calf binding with gold-tooled center ornament and cornerpieces
origDate
1430 .. 1470
origDate : from
1430
origDate : to
1470
origDate : proposed date
c.1440-1460
provenance
Diogo de Mello family; Fernando Palha (d. 1897); Given by John Batterson Stetson (1884-1952), 3 December 1928.
note (temp)
http://telma.irht.cnrs.fr/outils/luxury-bound/manuscrit1222/
 
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