Accession number
MS M.631
Object title
Apocalypse with marginal gloss (MS M.631).
Display Date
late 12th century.
Created
Italy, possibly Veneto, late 12th century.
Binding
14th century deerskin over boards.
Credit line
Purchased by J.P. Morgan (1867-1943) in 1917.
Description
48 leaves (1 column, 16 lines), bound : vellum, ill. ; 230 x 160 mm
Provenance
Nineteenth-century shelfmark (AL 7) on flyleaf and fol. 1; sold by Thorpe (catalogue 1836, suppl. no. 2) to Sir Thomas Phillipps (Phillipps Collection, no. 9430); Giuseppe Martini (catalogue 13, 1917, no. 3); purchased by J.P. Morgan (1867-1943) from Martini in 1917.
Notes
Ms. Apocalypse; written and decorated in northern Italy, perhaps in the Veneto, perhaps in the third quarter of the 12th century.
Decoration: 1 large interlace capital.
Decoration: 1 large interlace capital.
Script
minuscule
Language
Latin
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