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Breviary
Title
Breviary.
Created
Eastern Belgium (Liège?), [ca. 1499 to 1501]
Physical Description
ff. i + 268 + i : parchment ; 100 x 75 mm.
Language
Latin
Notes
Script: Copied by five hands in Gothica Hybrida Libraria: scribe A (Arnoldus Guetsen) copied ff. 1r-108v and 246r-268v; B copied f. 110r-v; C copied ff. 111r-206v; D copied ff. 207r-244v; and E copied f. 245r.
Decoration: red rubrics, underlining and stroking of majuscules. Alternately red and blue versals; plain initials; and flourished initials or litterae duplices with penwork, which often takes the form of foliage. Gold initials with or without penwork are seen on ff. 111r-125v and 134r-141v. Large initials variously in the trompe-l'oeil style, the dentelle type, in gold and colours with borders, the Renaissance style, and the landscape style of the Ghent-Bruges school. See catralog description for further detail.
Binding: 20th century red morocco over wooden boards, sewn on two thiongs; two braided leather and brass clasps attached to the rear cover. Red, blue or green parchment tabs.
In Latin.
Provenance
The manuscript may be attributed to a convent of the Dominican order in or close to Liège, probably the convent of St. Catherine, the library of which was destroyed by a fire at the beginning of the eighteenth century. Purchased from “Les Enluminures”, Chicago, Paris, for the Albert H. Childs Memorial Collection.
Access and use
Material is open for research.
Summary
Manuscript on parchment of a breviary with ferial psalter, various prayers, computistical tables, and a calendar.
Format
Archives or Manuscripts
Added to Catalog
August 05, 2011
References
Breviary. General Collection, Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Yale University.
Cite as
Breviary. General Collection, Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Yale University.
Subjects
Subjects (Local Yale)
Genre/Form
Manuscripts, Medieval - Netherlands - 15th century.
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