Accession number
MS M.1101
Object title
Orationes (MS M.1101).
Display Date
ca. 1395-1405.
Created
Italy, possibly Bologna, ca. 1395-1405.
Binding
19th-century brown crushed Levant morocco gilt by Lortic.
Description
162 leaves, (2 columns, 45 lines) : paper, ill. ; 343 x 240 mm.
Provenance
Ambroise Firmin-Didot (oval bookplate with date 1850 on front flyleaf verso); his sale (Paris, 12 June 1878, lot 2) to Quaritch; Henry White (armorial bookplate on front pastedown); his sale (London, Apr. 21, 1902, lot 518) to Brill; Gerard F.T. Leather (armorial bookplate on front pastedown); his sale (London, Sotheby's, 10 March 1924, lot 28) to Maggs; William M. Clearwater, Tuxedo Park, New York; Mrs. Lydia L. Redmond; gift of Lydia L. Redmond in memory of her mother and stepfather, Mr. and Mrs. William M. Clearwater, in 1996.
Notes
Ms. written and illuminated in northern Italy, perhaps Bologna, ca. 1395-1405.
Decoration: 1 illuminated frontispiece with large decorated initial on gold ground and three-sided border with acanthus leaf and stem motifs, shield at lower border with erased arms, perhaps a rampant lion; decorated initials with leaf motifs and white tracery throughout.
Decoration: 1 illuminated frontispiece with large decorated initial on gold ground and three-sided border with acanthus leaf and stem motifs, shield at lower border with erased arms, perhaps a rampant lion; decorated initials with leaf motifs and white tracery throughout.
Script
hybrid script
Language
Latin
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