Accession number
MS M.511
Object title
Calendar (MS M.511).
Created
Bologna, Italy, 1324-1328.
Binding
19th century vellum.
Credit line
Purchased by J. Pierpont Morgan (1837-1913), 1912.
Description
6 leaves (1 column, 32 lines), bound : vellum, ill. ; 350 x 230 mm
Provenance
Number 4608 in a 19th century catalogue or library (small label pasted on upper right hand corner of fol. 1); purchased by J. Pierpont Morgan (1837-1913) from Leo S. Olschki in 1912; J.P. Morgan (1867-1943).
Notes
Ms. calendar, probably part of a missal made for Dominican use; written and illuminated in Bologna, Italy, between 1324 and 1328.
Decoration: 24 calendar medallions (12 labors of the month, 12 signs of the zodiac); border vinescroll; Italian Gothic style.
Artist: Master of B. 18.
Decoration: 24 calendar medallions (12 labors of the month, 12 signs of the zodiac); border vinescroll; Italian Gothic style.
Artist: Master of B. 18.
Script
textura
Language
Latin
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