Feast of St. Peter in Chains (Aug 1), First Vespers

Dublin Core

Identifier

BB_Llang_0047
Sotheby's, 25 April 1983, Lot 133, fol. c

Coverage

Unknown

Source

Sotheby's, Single Leaves and Miniatures from Western Illuminated Manuscripts, London, April 25, 1983, Lot 133, p. 198-200.

Title

Feast of St. Peter in Chains (Aug 1), First Vespers

Table Of Contents

Incipit, recto (?), at initial: ...vesperas. capitulum. Misit Herodes rex manus ut affligeret...
Explicit, verso:

Format

Single leaf of five; parchment; 275 x 200 (170 x 130) mm

Description

Script: Gothic textualis rotunda in two columns of 30 lines.
Decoration, position unknown: 1 five-line inhabited initial with St. Peter in prison, vertical bar extension terminating in floral and foliate forms.

Creator

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

Publisher

Ferrara, Italy

Language

Latin

Date

1441-1448

Provenance

Leonello d'Este (1407-1450), Marchese of Ferrara, patron; John Allan Rolls, 1st Baron Llangattock (1837 – 1912), former owner; Esther Rosenbaum, (d. 1980).

Relation

Type

Text: Sanctorale

Files

Sothebys_25Apr1983_fol_c.jpg

Citation

Giorgio d'Alemagna (active 1441-1479) and others, “Feast of St. Peter in Chains (Aug 1), First Vespers,” Broken Books, accessed April 19, 2024, https://brokenbooks.omeka.net/items/show/46.