Feast of the Ascension, Matins, Lessons 3-7

BB_Llang_0073

Dartmouth Cod. 002074, fol. 2

Hanover, NH

Feast of the Ascension, Matins, Lessons 3-7

Incipit, recto: [...sic venient quem ad]//modum vidistis eum euntem in caelum...
Explicit, verso: ...non tam illorum infirmitas quam//[nostra ut ita dicam...]

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

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

Decoration, recto: 2 two-line initials, two vertical bar extensions terminating in floral and foliate forms; verso: 3 two-line initials, two vertical bar extensions terminating in floral and foliate forms, border in outer margin inhabited by a bird.

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

Ferrara, Italy

Latin

1441-1448

Leonello d'Este (1407-1450), Duke of Modena and Marchese of Ferrara, patron; John Alan Rolls, 1st Baron Llangattock (1837 – 1912), former owner; Gift of Madelyn C. Hickmott, 1980.

Text: Temporale