idno
Spencer Collection Ms. 046
leaf dimensions : height (mm)
91
leaf dimensions : width (mm)
64
note (deco)
8 full-page miniatures (6 miniatures may have been lost). 20 historiated initials.Floreate borders. 2-line gold initials on red/blue fields. 1-line gold and blue initials with red/blue penwork. Larger blue and red initials on gold fields. Rubrics.
binding
Bound in 19th century maroon calf, blind tooled.
note (history)
Suggestion of artist from Dr. J.H. Plummer. Missing miniatures: in this ms. all miniatures have facing pages, and 6 facing pages are without miniatures; also gaps in text. Date: latest saint mentioned is Catherine of Siena, canonized 1461.
provenance
Purchased from S. Lee Wolff's, Inc., Chicago, and accessioned in 1942. (De Ricci says presented in 1941 by Mrs. Edward S. Harkness)
