Boston Public Library, MS pb Med.190
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Metadata
- DS ID:
- DS3404
- Shelfmark:
- MS pb Med.190
- Title:
- Single leaf from a 15th-century gradual; in Latin
- Catholic Church
- Artist:
- Cortese, Cristoforo, approximately 1367-approximately 1445
- Place:
- Italy
- Date:
- between 1410 and 1420
- Language:
- lat
- Material:
- parchment, ill.
- Physical Description:
- Extent: 1 leaf : parchment, ill. ; 520 x 375 (403 x 250) mm
- Former Owner(s):
- Leo S. Olschki (Firm)
- Note:
- Ms. leaf.
Second and Third Sunday after Epiphany, Mass.
Title devised by cataloger.
Bibliographic record created by BPL staff based in part on description by Dr. Lisa Fagin Davis.
Script: Written in a gothic rotunda in black ink with red rubrics.
Layout: 1 column, 8 staves. Bounding and writing lines in light plummet. Square Gregorian notation on a four-line red staff.
Decoration: Verso: two-staff high historiated floriate initial in gold and colors, an angel at prayer.
Binding: Housed in an oversize folder.
Origin: Written in Venice, Italy, in the second decade of the 15th century. Dr. Beatrice Alai attributes the illuminated initial to Cristoforo Cortese (See Alai, "Per la riscoperta della miniatura italiana a Francoforte sul Meno la collezione di ritagli dell'Historisches Museum (secc. XIII-XVI)"
Provenance: Original red Roman foliation, upper center verso, "xliiii"; remnants of blue mounting tape at corners.
Immediate source of acquisition: Acquired in 1957 from Olschki, Florence.
Call number: MS pb Med.190.
Former call number: MS 1616.
Bibliography: Alai, Beatrice. "Per la riscoperta della miniatura italiana a Francoforte sul Meno: la collezione di ritagli dell'Historisches Museum (secc. XIII-XVI)." Bollettino d'arte, 55-56 (2022): 101-128. - Keyword:
- Institutional Record:
- https://bpl.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S75C8444739
- IIIF Manifest:
- https://ark.digitalcommonwealth.org/ark:/50959/3r076q91d/manifest
- Holding Institution:
