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Pontifical (MS M.976).

Accession number
MS M.976
Object title
Pontifical (MS M.976).
Display Date
ca. 1260-1270.
Created
Rome, Italy, ca. 1260-1270.
Binding
13th-century leather over boards, with woven straps and brass clasps.
Credit line
Gift of John A. Saks, 1977.
Description
226 leaves (1 column, 15 lines), bound : vellum, ill. ; 240 x 175 mm.
Provenance
William Morris; Laurence W. Hodson; John Gribbel, his sale (New York, Parke-Bernet Galleries, 31 October 1940, lot 458) to John A. Saks; gift of John A. Saks in 1977.
Notes
Ms. pontifical, use of Rome; written and illuminated in Rome, Italy, ca. 1260-1270.
Decoration: 3 historiated, numerous illuminated initials.
Artist: Attributed to Magister Nicolaus by François Avril (an artist whose name appears in another MS of Roman patronage, BAV MS Chigi C IV 174 - Bonifacio VIII cat. no. 130).
Musical notation: 4-line red or black staves with square notation.
Script
textura
Language
Latin
Century
Classification