Feast of St. Gregory (March 12), Lessons 2-3; Feast of St. Benedict (March 21), Lessons 1-?

Dublin Core

Identifier

BB_Llang_0036
Private Collection, Melbourne, MS s.n.

Coverage

Melbourne, Australia

Source

Margaret Manion and Vera Vines, Medieval and Renaissance Illuminated Manuscripts in Australian Collections (London: Thames and Hudson, 1984), no. 41, p. 96-97.

Title

Feast of St. Gregory (March 12), Lessons 2-3; Feast of St. Benedict (March 21), Lessons 1-?

Table Of Contents

Incipit, recto: [Melliutum, Augustinum]//et Joh[an]em et alios plures c[um] eis monachos timentes deum...
Explicit, verso: no image

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 four-line inhabited initial with St. Benedict, 3 two-line initials, two vertical bar extensions terminating in floral and foliate forms; verso: no image.

Creator

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

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; Alan G. Thomas, 1967; Sotheby's 25 April 1983, Lot. 133.

Type

Text: Sanctorale

Files

Melbourne_Coll_sn_r.jpg

Citation

Giorgio d'Alemagna (active 1441-1479) and others (Matteo de' Pasti), “Feast of St. Gregory (March 12), Lessons 2-3; Feast of St. Benedict (March 21), Lessons 1-?,” Broken Books, accessed March 28, 2024, https://brokenbooks.omeka.net/items/show/37.