Feast of the Translation of St. Francis (May 25), Matins, Lessons 5-9

BB_Llang_0067

Sothebys, 08 December 2015, Lot 12

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Feast of the Translation of St. Francis (May 25), Matins, Lessons 5-9

Incipit, recto: [Audit in nivis frigore projectus]//jace rustice futurus pastor gregis [consecutive after BB_Llang_0054]
Explicit, verso: ...in orando consolationis suavitate repletus// [Cumque lacrimosis oculis intenderet...]

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

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

Decoration: recto: 3 two-line initials, two vertical bar extensions terminating in floral and foliate forms; verso: 2 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.

Text: Sanctorale