Accession number
MS B.52
Object title
Sermones de sanctis (MS B.52).
Created
Tuscany, Italy, 15th century.
Binding
17th-century blind-tooled brown morocco.
Credit line
Bequest of Curt F. Bühler; 1985.
Description
146 leaves (2 columns, 38 lines), bound : vellum, ill. ; 330 x 231 mm
Provenance
Purchased by Curt F. Bühler in May 1967 from Lathrop C. Harper, New York (Cat. 26, no. 259).
Notes
Ms. written and illuminated in Tuscany, Italy, 15th century.
Translation of Giovanni da Tossignano; a companion volume (Pierpont Morgan Library. MS B.53) is signed by an Honofrius, son of Johannes de Luca, and dated Feb. 3, 1400.
Decoration: 1 miniature, 1 historiated initial, numerous filigree initials.
Translation of Giovanni da Tossignano; a companion volume (Pierpont Morgan Library. MS B.53) is signed by an Honofrius, son of Johannes de Luca, and dated Feb. 3, 1400.
Decoration: 1 miniature, 1 historiated initial, numerous filigree initials.
Script
textura
Language
Italian
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