Layout: 13 lines Script: In red and brown ink Decoration: Four full-page miniatures, four large historiated initials with fully illuminated borders, and 126 illuminated initials with marginal decorations. Numerous small initials in gold, red, and blue. Decoration: Miniatures depict the Annunciation, John the Baptist in the wilderness, the raising of Lazarus, and the Crucifixion. Full-page initials are a letter "D" with Madonna and Child, letter "D" with King David holding a lyre, letter "O" with Death as a skeleton holding a scythe, and letter "D" with Christ risen. Binding: Bound in 17th century morocco, tooled in festoons, edges gilt and gauffered. Housed in a red quarter morocco slipcase with spine label "Illuminated Manuscript circa 1450." Light rubbing to borders of full-page illuminations. Provenance: Gift of Donald S. Klopfer (Williams 1922), January 1981. Origin: Italian execution, possibly under the Florentine influence of Attavante. Use of Rome.
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