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Title Medieval manuscript leaves, between 1175 and 1499

Date 1175-1499

Language Italian, Latin

Subjects Books of hours, Calligraphy, Devotional literature, Prayer books, Psalters

Description Brentano's list no. 245, "Original leaves from medieval manuscripts and incunabula," which contains descriptions of mss. numbered 1,3,6, and 9, now in Special Collections Info File.

Summary Collection of original leaves from medieval manuscripts of the late 12th to the 15th centuries from England, France, Italy, and Germany. Most of the leaves are parchment, many taken from devotional texts, books of hours, psalters, and Bibles. There are two psalters: one with commentary, written in a late Carolingian minuscule around 1175 in northern France, and an English one in large Gothic script from around 1400. A leaf from Eusebius' "De praeparatione evangelica" contains a large initial gilt letter, adorned with interlaced white-vine tendrils on a blue, red, and green background, and a circular coat of arms in green, red, and blue (cf. De Ricci no. 22). Two leaves appear to be from books of hours: the first, possibly French contains a litany of saints in a round italian hand within red and gold borders, with capitals and line fillers in red, blue, and gold, and a wide illuminated outer border of leaves, fruits, and birds on diagonal gilt bands. The English book of hours from around 1350 has capitals in red, and gilt initials in peach/blue/and gold with vines in gilt, black, and blue. A leaf from a small devotional text is scripted in very tiny gothic letters, measuring 14-15 lines per inch. Other leaves include a leaf from the table of contents to a translation in Italian of Livy's Historiae Books 1-X (cf. De Ricci no. 34); a 14th-century leaf from France copied from Ptolemaeus' Cosmographia, in three columns, with red and blue pen-flourished initials and astrological diagrams (cf. De Ricci no. 39); a 15th-century Italian leaf from Prosper's "De vita activa et contemplativa", written in a humanistic script, with red and blue pen-flourished capitals (cf. De Ricci no. 31); and a leaf from Jacobus de Voragine's Legenda aurea, copied in Germany ca. 1450 (cf. Brentano's list no. 245, "Original leaves from medieval manuscripts and incunabula", no. 49).

Extent 13 items ([14] leaves) : parchment and paper, col. ill., coat of arms ; 43 cm or smaller.

Format Early works, Illuminated manuscripts, Manuscripts

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Call Number Case MS 137

BibID 182848

Projects Tag Italian Paleography

Rights Status No Copyright - United States

Contributing Institution Newberry Library

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IIIF Resource Type Manifest

Filename 991828488805867_case_ms_137_no_01

Unique Identifier NL12JPCV

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