Ms. leaf.
Title devised by cataloger.
Origin: Written in Italy, possibly Bologna, in the mid-14th century, from the same manuscript as BPL pb. Med. 171, 189 and 191.
Bibliographic record created by BPL staff based on description by Dr. Lisa Fagin Davis.
Notes (acquisition):
Source of acquisition: Acquired in 1957 from Hoepli, Milan.
Notes (citation):
Bond, W.H. Supplement to the Census of medieval and Renaissance manuscripts in the United States and Canada, p. 220-221
Notes (object):
Script: Written in a Gothic rotunda in black ink with red rubrics. 16th-century foliation, upper outer corner of the recto, "6"; 17th-century Arabic pagination, outer center margin both sides, "11" and "12".
Layout: 1 column, 6 staves. Bounding lines in light plummet, outermost doubled; writing lines in light plummet. Square Gregorian notation on a four-line red staff.
Decoration: Recto: 2-staff high initial in gold and colors with thin acanthus and tendrils into margins, the Presentation in the Temple: the Virgin stands at the left before a church-like archway holding the infant, who reaches towards St. Simeon at the right; Joseph stands behind the Virgin holding a dove for the offering, and a woman stands behind Simeon.
Binding: Housed in an oversize folder.
Identifier:
06_01_016252-06_01_016253
Call #:
RARE BKS MS pb Med. 181
BPL MS 1606 (no longer used)