Missal (Use of Beauvais)
Missalis Belvacensis
F-5uba
Canberra, The Australian National University Library
Maggs Bros., European Miniatures and Illumination & Calligraphy also early writing from Egypt. Bulletin No. 11. London (November 1982), 14 (Printed, Handwritten, or Typescript)
Remarks by the Editor
This is the description provided in the Maggs sales catalogue. The fragment is listed no. 43 and illustrated (plate XX). It is marked as sold, suggesting that the sale was negotiated immediately prior to the printing, too late to drop it from the catalogue.
General Information
Title
Illuminated vellum leaf from a Missal for the use of Beauvais.
Date of Origin
early 14th century
Persons
Northern French Illuminator
Original Condition
Page Height
290 mm
Page Width
200 mm
Book Decoration and Musical Notation
Persons:
Northern French Illuminator
Description
Ornamental initials in gold and colours, and narrow stems with leafy terminals forming partial borders. Square musical notation on a 4-line stave.
History
Provenance
Otto F. Ege collection
Other available descriptions
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R. Faunce, "Cataloguing and making discoverable ANU Library's small collection of detached medieval manuscript leaves", The Australian National University, 2018.
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Catalogue de la collection formée par M. Didier Petit a Lyon (Paris: Dentu, 1843)
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Otto F. Ege, Fifty Original Leaves from Medieval Manuscripts, Western Europe XII-XVI century, c1940
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