Bifolium from a 15th-century book of hours : in Latin

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Item Information

Title:
Bifolium from a 15th-century book of hours : in Latin
Title (uniform):
Book of hours
Creator:
Catholic Church
Former owner:
Abbe, Dorothy
Former owner:
Hofer, Philip, 1898-1984
Date:
[1400–1499]
Format:
Manuscripts
Genre:
Manuscripts, Latin (Medieval and modern)
Early manuscript fragments
Books of hours
Location:
Boston Public Library
Rare Books Department
Collection (local):
Medieval and Early Renaissance Manuscripts (Collection of Distinction)
Places:
Italy
Extent:
1 bifolium : parchment ; 192 x 145 (99 x 66) mm.
Permalink:
https://ark.digitalcommonwealth.org/ark:/50959/nc581c93g
Terms of Use:
No known copyright restrictions.
No known restrictions on use.
Place of origin:
[Italy]
Language:
Latin
Table of Contents:
[Recto]: [Rubric] A porta inferi erue Domine
[Verso]: (Psalm 148:13-14) quia exaltatum est nomen eius soli. Con- ; [recto] fessio eius super celum
[Verso] (Psalm 150:2-3) virtutis eius. Laudate eu[m]
Notes:
Ms. bifolium (consecutive leaves).
Title devised by cataloger; place based on analysis of script and decoration.
Origin: Written in Italy in the 15th century.
Notes (ownership):
Provenance: According to notes from Dorothy Abbe, formerly in the collection of Philip Hofer. Possibly from the same manuscript at MS pb Med. 226.
Notes (acquisition):
Immediate source of acquisition: Acquired by BPL in 2000 from Dorothy Abbe.
Notes (date):
This date is inferred.
Notes (object):
Script: Southern textualis written in brown ink.
Layout: 1 column, 16 lines, double frame-ruled in pink.
Decoration: Illuminated 2-line chapter and 1-line versal letters, alternating in blue and pink, with foliate decorations.
Binding: Housed in folder.
Identifier:
06_01_016602-06_01_016605
Call #:
RARE BKS MS q Med. 267
Barcode:
39999087970164