Feast of St. Francis (Translation, May 25), Matins, Invitatory-Lesson 4

Dublin Core

Identifier

BB_Llang_0054
Louvre, Cabinet des dessins, RF51871

Coverage

Paris, France

Title

Feast of St. Francis (Translation, May 25), Matins, Invitatory-Lesson 4

Table Of Contents

Incipit, recto: [...vitae vivendi lineam. Ad]//aeternas divitias turbam allexit pauperum...
Explicit, verso: Audit in nivis frigore projectus//[jace rustice futurus pastor gregis...]
[consecutive before BB_Llang_0067]

Format

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

Description

Script: Gothic textualis rotunda in two columns of 30 lines.
Decoration, recto: 1 five-line inhabited initial with St. Francis in prayer, 1 two-line initial, two vertical bar extensions terminating in floral and foliate forms; verso: 2 two-line initials, one vertical bar extension terminating in floral and foliate forms, vertical border of foliate forms inhabited by a bird 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.

Relation

Type

Text: Sanctorale

References

Nicole Reynaud, Les enluminures du Louvre: Moyen Âge et Renaissance (Paris: Hazan, 2011), p. 84-88.

Files

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Citation

Giorgio d'Alemagna (active 1441-1479) and others, “Feast of St. Francis (Translation, May 25), Matins, Invitatory-Lesson 4,” Broken Books, accessed March 29, 2024, https://brokenbooks.omeka.net/items/show/54.