Single folio on vellum from a Decorative Breviary, from Flanders., Mid-fourteenth century, 1350.
Scope and Contents
Description: Decoration: one two-line multicolored initial D on colored grounds with gold highlights and a bar border extending five lines above and below into the lower margin; three multi-line alternating red and blue initials with contrasting pen work, one (on the verso) having a red and blue marginal extension the entire length of the text-block. Also, a drawing representing a dragon, added later. Text: this leaf comes the Christmas season, the end of the service for St. Stephen Protomartyr (26 December) and the beginning of St. John the Evangelist (27 December), ending just after the first lesson.Provenance: Acquired by Laurent Ferri in July 2014.
Dates
- Mid-fourteenth century
- 1350.
Creator
- From the Collection: Jerome, Saint, -419 or 420. (Person)
- From the Collection: Augustine, of Hippo, Saint, 354-430. (Person)
- From the Collection: Marcus Tullius. Cicero (Person)
- From the Collection: Livy. (Person)
- From the Collection: Avicenna, 980-1037. (Person)
- From the Collection: Jutta, von Arnsberg. (Person)
- From the Collection: Augustine, Saint, Bishop of Hippo. (Person)
- From the Collection: Duport, Jean Hersmulle (Former owner, Person)
- From the Collection: Thomas, of Breslau. (Title of work: Practica medicinalis..) (Person)
- From the Collection: Justinian, Emperor of the East, I, 483?-565. (Person)
- From the Collection: Ballis, Margarita de. (Person)
- From the Collection: Ricardus, de Mediavilla, approximately 1249-1308? (Person)
- From the Collection: Pseudo-Bonaventure. (Title of work: Stimulus amoris..) (Person)
- From the Collection: Gregory, of Nicomedia, -1240. (Person)
- From the Collection: Catholic Church. Pope (1484-1492 : Innocent VIII) (Organization)
Language of Materials
Collection material in various languages, including Latin, French, German, Spanish, Dutch, and Hebrew.
Extent
3 cubic feet.
Physical Description
Size: 139 x 100 mm (96 x 59 mm).
Repository Details
Part of the Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections Repository
2B Carl A. Kroch Library
Cornell University
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