Breviary Leaf

Notes:

Excised from a large manuscript. Housed behind glass in a modern, decorative wooden frame (660 x 490 mm); visible on both sides., Three, 2-line blue-and-red and purple-and-red decorated initials. Bounding lines, ruling, versals, and rubrics in red., Late fourteenth-century, Italian breviary leaf from a portion of the Nocturnes for the Feast of Saint Michael; quotations of Rev. 8:3-4 and Psalm 138:1. CAO III, 2843, 3215, 1491, 5029. The word “M[ich]a[e]li” occurs above the text on the recto -- a possible mistake as the feast traditionally occurs on the 29th of September., gothic southern textualis formata (rotunda), and Probably produced in Italy in the last quarter of the 15th century. Gift to Lydia Siedschlag, property of Special Collections, Waldo Library; previously MS 104, now MS 149.

Date Created:

[1475 TO 1499]

Data Provider:

Western Michigan University. Libraries

Subject Topic:

Manuscripts, Latin--Italy, Catholic Church--Liturgy, Feast of Saint Michael and All Angels, and Breviaries

Language:

lat

Rights:

Copyright 2015 Western Michigan University, Kalamazoo, Michigan, all rights reserved. The digital version is available for educational use under 'Fair Use' guidelines. For additional permission and further information contact the WMU Libraries, Digitization Center: lib-dc@wmich.edu

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