Fragmentarium

Breviary – Fragment

Parchment · 10 leaves · 1441 – 1448 CE · Italy

F-g5k0

Cambridge, MA, Harvard University, Houghton Library, MS Typ 301

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Latin

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A fragment of 10 leaves in a quire consisting of the beginning of the Proprium de sanctis. The last rubric (f. 10r) is for St. Lucy. Written in a gothic rotunda book hand in brownish ink in two columns. There are 7 historiated initials, 1 foliate border (f. 1v) with 5 portraits (a sixth one is cut out), and illuminated initials and foliate borders throughout. Probably illuminated for Leonello d'Este, Duke of Ferrara 1441-50, by Giorgio d'Alemagna and others.

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08/14/2023

Breviary

Parchment · 10 leaves · 1441 – 1448 CE · Italy

F-g5k0

Cambridge, MA, Harvard University, Houghton Library, MS Typ 301

Breviary – Fragment

Parchment · 10 leaves · 1441 – 1448 CE · Italy

F-g5k0

Cambridge, MA, Harvard University, Houghton Library, MS Typ 301

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Giorgio d'Alemagna (circle)

Role: Illuminator
Authority Source: Fragmentarium

Leonello Ferrara

Role: Patron
Authority Source: GND
Biographical data: 1407-1450

Italy

Role: Not Specified
Authority Source: VIAF

Breviary Proprium de sanctis: St. Andrew, St. Nicholas, St. Ambrose, Conception of the Virgin Mary, St. Melchiades, and St. Lucy

F-g5k0

Cambridge, MA, Harvard University, Houghton Library, MS Typ 301

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Breviary, Cambridge, MA, Harvard University, Houghton Library, MS Typ 301, f. 2v