Single leaf from a late 15th- or early 16th-century evangeliarium : in Latin

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Title:
Single leaf from a late 15th- or early 16th-century evangeliarium : in Latin
Title (uniform):
Evangelary
Description:
Common of Saints.
Creator:
Catholic Church
Former owner:
Maggs Bros.
Date:
[1450–1550]
Format:
Manuscripts
Genre:
Manuscripts, Latin (Medieval and modern)
Evangeliaries
Location:
Boston Public Library
Rare Books Department
Collection (local):
Medieval and Early Renaissance Manuscripts (Collection of Distinction)
Places:
Spain
Extent:
1 leaf : parchment, ill. ; 380 x 265 (268 x 180) mm.
Permalink:
https://ark.digitalcommonwealth.org/ark:/50959/3r076q61p
Terms of Use:
No known copyright restrictions.
No known restrictions on use.
Place of origin:
[Spain]
Language:
Latin
Table of Contents:
[Recto] ...sumus te. Quid ergo erit nobis.../...vitam eternam possidebit.[Matthew 19:27-30]/...In natale plurimorum confessorum. Secundam lucam. Cap. xii./ In illo tempore. Dixit dominus iesus discipulis suis. Sint lumbi.../
[verso] ...filius hominis venit [Luke 12:35-40]/ In natale unius virginis. Secundum matheum. Ca. xiii/ In illo tempore dixit dominus iesus discipulis suis parabolum hanc.../...vasa malos autem foras... [Matthew 13:44-48]
Notes:
Ms. leaf.
Title devised by cataloger.
Origin: Written in Spain in the late 15th or early 16th century.
Bibliographic record created by BPL staff based on description by Dr. Lisa Fagin Davis.
Notes (acquisition):
Source of acquisition: Acquired in 1957 from Maggs.
Notes (date):
This date is inferred.
Notes (citation):
Bond, W.H. Supplement to the Census of medieval and Renaissance manuscripts in the United States and Canada, p. 221
Notes (object):
Script: Written in a Spanish Gothic rotunda in black ink with red rubrics
Layout: 1 column, 21 lines.
Decoration: Elaborate, full floriate borders in gold on colors with compartments outlined with gold leaf: on the recto, flowers and foliage on solid red, blue or gold backgrounds; on the verso, scrolling acanthus emerging from vases, a woman in the center lower margin.
Binding: Housed in an oversize folder.
Identifier:
06_01_016256-06_01_016257
Call #:
RARE BKS MS pb Med. 183
BPL MS 1608 (no longer used)
Barcode:
39999087663918