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Pontifical of Michael Guibé – Fragment

Parchment · 1 leaf · 1426 – 1450 CE · Rennes, France · 353 x 253 mm

F-8mqt

Cambridge, MA, Harvard University, Houghton Library, MS Lat 470
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Pontifical of Michael Guibé (Fragment), Cambridge, MA, Harvard University, Houghton Library, MS Lat 470 (https://fragmentarium.ms/overview/F-8mqt)
Century
15th century
Text Language
Latin
Script Type
Northern Textualis
Liturgica
Pontifical
Persons
Michel Guibé (Previous Owner)
Places
France
Summary

Recto bears historiated initial "H" depicting a bishop accompanied by acolytes introducing the order for the induction of a bishop into a church. Verso contains a litany of saints, beginning with Saint Bartholomew and ending with Saint Mary Magdalene.

Leaf of a pontifical, double columns, 30 lines, written in black ink in a gothic liturgical hand, headings and rubrications in red, numerous small initials and line-endings in gold or silver on backgrounds of red or blue. Produced in Rennes, 2nd quarter of the 15th century.

External Resources
↗ HOLLIS Catalog
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