Missal of Borso d'Este
Dublin Core
Identifier
Biblioteca estense universitaria,
Lat. 239 = alfa.W.5.2
Lat. 239 = alfa.W.5.2
Coverage
Modena, Italy
Subject
Title
Missal of Borso d'Este
Format
Codex ; 314 leaves; parchment, ill ; 280 x 220 mm
Description
A fifteenth-century Italian illuminated missal, rebound but still preserved.
Creator
Giorgio d'Alemagna (active 1441-1479) and others
Publisher
Ferrara, Italy
Language
Latin
Date
ca. 1449-1457
Provenance
Leonello d'Este (1407-1450), Duke of Modena and Marchese of Ferrara, and Borso d'Este (1413-1471), Duke of Ferrara, patrons.
Relation
Type
Text: bound book
Bibliographic Citation
H.J. Hermann, La minatura estense, cura,
apparati e note di Federica Toniolo ; introduzione di
Giordana Mariani Canova ; traduzione di Giovanna
Valenzano (Modena: Panini, 1994).
apparati e note di Federica Toniolo ; introduzione di
Giordana Mariani Canova ; traduzione di Giovanna
Valenzano (Modena: Panini, 1994).
Alternative Title
Missale secundum consuetudinem Romanae curiae
Contributor
Debra Taylor Cashion, PhD, MLIS
Collection Items
Beginning of the Temporale: First Sunday in Advent
Script: Textualis rotunda in two columns of 31 lines. Decoration, recto: half-page miniature of David praying in the temple; 1 seven-line initial, 1 two-line initial; historiated borders on four sides with medallions depicting the Annunciation to the…
Beginning of the Canon of the Mass
Script: Textualis rotunda in two columns of 31 lines. Decoration, recto: half-page miniature of the Crucifixion; 1 eight-line historiated initial, inhabited borders on four sides with medallions depicting prophets, symbols of the four Evangelists,…
Feast of All Saints (Nov 1)
Script: Textualis rotunda in two columns of 31 lines. Decoration, recto: 1 seven-line historiated initial, 1 four-line initial, 2 two-line initials; borders on three sides include one bar-extension terminating in foliate and floral forms.
Feasts of Sts. Clementis (Nov 23), Felicitatis (Nov 23), Chrysogonus (Nov 24), Catherine (Nov 25); Beginning of the Common of Saints
Script: Textualis rotunda in two columns of 31 lines. Decoration, recto: 1 four-line inhabited initial, 8 two-line initials; borders on three sides include one bar-extension terminating in foliate and floral forms; verso: one-column miniature, 19…