Feasts of St. Francis (Oct 4), Sts. Sergius, Bacchus, Marcellus and Apuleius (Oct 7), Sts. Dionysius, Rusticius and Eleutherius (Oct 9), St. Calixtus (Oct 14), St. Luke (Oct 18)

Dublin Core

Identifier

BB_Llang_0055
Sotheby's 08 Dec 2015, Lot 57

Coverage

Unknown

Title

Feasts of St. Francis (Oct 4), Sts. Sergius, Bacchus, Marcellus and Apuleius (Oct 7), Sts. Dionysius, Rusticius and Eleutherius (Oct 9), St. Calixtus (Oct 14), St. Luke (Oct 18)

Table Of Contents

Incipit, recto: [...quoque mercandi modo negotia]//tionem mandanam in evangelicam commutare.
Explicit, verso: ...pro tui no[min]is honore po[r]tav[it]. P[er]// [dominum. Lectio i. Lucas medicus...]

Format

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

Description

Script: Gothic textualis rotunda in two columns of 30 lines.
Decoration, recto: 5 two-line initials, two vertical bar extensions with floral and foliate forms; verso: 1 five-line inhabited initial with St. Luke, 4 two-line initials, one vertical bar extension terminating in floral and foliate forms, vertical border of foliate forms in outer margin.

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; Christie's, Sale 5814, 25 June 1997, Lot 7.

Relation

Type

Text: Sanctorale

Files

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Citation

Giorgio d'Alemagna (active 1441-1479) and others, “Feasts of St. Francis (Oct 4), Sts. Sergius, Bacchus, Marcellus and Apuleius (Oct 7), Sts. Dionysius, Rusticius and Eleutherius (Oct 9), St. Calixtus (Oct 14), St. Luke (Oct 18),” Broken Books, accessed March 28, 2024, https://brokenbooks.omeka.net/items/show/55.