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Blank Staves – Fragment

Parchment · 2 pastedowns · 1301 – 1500 CE

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Cambridge, MA, Harvard University, Houghton Library, MS Lat 196, Pastedowns
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Two leaves used as pastedowns for a 15th c. Office for the anointing of the sick ms, which was written for the sisters of St. Katherine in Nuremberg. In a 15th c. German red pigskin binding with a single clasp and 4-strand braided bookmark. Leaves with thick, black four-line staves cover the insides of the boards in their entirety. The rear pastedown shows signs that the leaf may have been discarded due to a slip of the hand when using a comb to draw the staves. A second set of fragments, F-emr8, can be seen underneath, towards the spine of the book. 

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