Two Breviary Leaves

Notes:

Housed in a modern, mat frame with two windows, 280 x 360 mm, visible on one side only. Leaves were excised from the same manuscript but are not conjugate., 1-line blue and gold initials passim; on leaf I: 2-line blue-and-red pen-flourished initial "M"; on leaf II blank space for a 2-line initial., Fifteenth-century, Italian psalter portion from a Breviary with portions of Psalms 55-56 and 104-105. Not contiguous with text on verso., gothic southern textualis libraria (rotunda), and Probably written in Italy sometime between 1450 and 1500. Purchased by Special Collections, Waldo Library from Mackus Company, Fairlawn Ohio in May of 2003.

Date Created:

[1450 TO 1500]

Data Provider:

Western Michigan University. Libraries

Subject Topic:

Manuscripts, Latin--Italy, Catholic Church--Liturgy, Breviaries, and Psalms

Language:

lat

Rights:

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