Calendar for January-February

Dublin Core

Identifier

BB_Ercol_0001
MS V.G.11 = LAT.424, fol. 001

Coverage

Modena, Italy

Subject

Catholic Church, Liturgy

Title

Calendar for January-February

Table Of Contents

Recto: January
Verso: February

Format

Codex; iii, 491, iii; parchment; 370 x 265 mm

Description

Script: Textualis rotunda in 37 long lines.
Decoration for each month: 1 six-line image in a rectangular frame with the labor of the month; 1 round medallion with the sign of the zodiac; full border comprising two vertical bar extensions terminating in floral and foliate forms, one bar extension across the top margin, and one spray of floral and foliate forms in the bas-de-page.

Creator

Matteo da Milano (active 1492-1523) and others

Publisher

Ferrara, Italy

Language

Latin

Date

ca. 1502-1504

Provenance

Ercole d'Este (1431-1505), Duke of Ferrara, patron; Francis V of Austria-d'Este (1819-1875); Tammaro De Marinis (1878-1969).

Relation

Type

Text: Calendar

Bibliographic Citation

FAVA, Domenico - SALMI, Mario, I manoscritti miniati della Biblioteca Estense di Modena, Firenze-Milano, 1950-1973, v. I, p. 181-201; FAVA, Domenico, Il Breviario di Ercole I d'Este, in "Accademie e Biblioteche d'Italia", XIII (1938-1939), n. 5, p. 415-418.

Files

MS_VG11_fol_1_r.jpg
MS_VG11_fol_1_v.jpg

Citation

Matteo da Milano (active 1492-1523) and others, “Calendar for January-February,” Broken Books, accessed April 19, 2024, https://brokenbooks.omeka.net/items/show/67.