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Breviary – Fragment

Parchment · 1 leaf · 1421 – 1450 CE · Germany · 470 x 320 mm

F-mn6p

Cambridge, MA, Harvard University, Houghton Library, MS Lat 434
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Language
Latin
Reconstruction Summary

Written ca. 1435 in Germany, probably Saxony, in two ruled columns of 41 lines each, written in brown ink with rubrics and red and blue initials; with historiated initial 'A' in blue, green, red, white, black, grey and gold containing an image of the prophet Isaiah and another man with images of Gabriel and Mary on upright sides of the A; also has a floriated boarder with various figures including a collared monkey, a pope, birds, and a wild man.

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08/01/2023

Breviary

Parchment · 1 leaf · 1421 – 1450 CE · Germany · 470 x 320 mm

F-mn6p

Cambridge, MA, Harvard University, Houghton Library, MS Lat 434

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Breviary (Fragment), Cambridge, MA, Harvard University, Houghton Library, MS Lat 434 (https://fragmentarium.ms/overview/F-mn6p)

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Online Since
08/01/2023

Breviary – Fragment

Parchment · 1 leaf · 1421 – 1450 CE · Germany · 470 x 320 mm

F-mn6p

Cambridge, MA, Harvard University, Houghton Library, MS Lat 434

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Online Since
08/01/2023
Century
  • 15th century
Text Language
  • Latin
Script Type
  • Northern Textualis
Illuminated
  • Yes
Liturgica
  • Breviary
Decoration
  • Brush
  • Other colour
  • Figurative
  • Gold and/or Silver
  • Initial
  • Margin
  • Red
Germany
  • Role: Not Specified
  • Authority Source: Library of Congress

Breviary

F-mn6p

Cambridge, MA, Harvard University, Houghton Library, MS Lat 434
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