Feast of St. Matthew (Sept. 21), Matins, Lessons 6-9; Feast of St. Maurice (Sept. 22), Matins, Lessons 1-4

BB_Llang_0052

UC Berkeley, BANC MS UCB 130:f1400:17

Berkeley, CA

Feast of St. Matthew (Sept. 21), Matins, Lessons 6-9; Feast of St. Maurice (Sept. 22), Matins, Lessons 1-4

Incipit, recto: [...misit spiculatorem qui orantem apostolum]//expansis manibus at[er]go punctum...
Explicit, verso: ...pervenit cognitu[m]que ab eis inj//[ungi sibi rursus executiones...] [Consecutive before BB_Llang_0106]

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

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

Decoration, recto: 5 two-line initials, two vertical bar extensions terminating in floral and foliate forms; verso: 4 two-line initials, 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; acquired from B. Rosenthal, 1964.

Text: Sanctorale