Feasts of St. Praxedes (July 21), Matins, Lessons 1-3; Feast of St. Mary Magdalene (July 22), 1st Vespers-Matins, Lesson 2

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Boyd Mackus, MS 6080

Springfield, IL

Feasts of St. Praxedes (July 21), Matins, Lessons 1-3; Feast of St. Mary Magdalene (July 22), 1st Vespers-Matins, Lesson 2

Incipit, recto: [...in omni castitate et lege di]//vina erudita post transitum parentis vigiliis...
Explicit, verso: Non sermone promebat se devotionem ostendebat.//[Responsum. Congratulamini mihi...]

Single leaf; parchment; 275 x 200 (170 x 130)

Script: Gothic textualis rotunda in two columns of 30 lines.

Decoration, recto: 1 five-line inhabited initial with St. Mary Magdalene, 4 two-line initials, two vertical bar extensions terminating in floral and foliate forms; verso: 1 four-line inhabited initial with St. Augustine (?), 1 two-line initial, two vertical bar extensions terminating in floral and foliate forms.

Giorgio d'Alemagna (active 1441-1479) and others

Ferrara, Italy

Latin

1441-1448

Leonello d'Este (1407-1450), Marchese of Ferrara, patron; John Allan Rolls, 1st Baron Llangattock (1837 – 1912), former owner; Boyd Mackus, MS 6080, sold at Dreweatts, Lot 96, 06July2022.

Text: Sanctorale