Feast of St. Boniface (June 5), Matins, Lessons 2-5

BB_Llang_0069

Christie's, 24 Nov-03 Dec, 2015, Lot #27, fol. 1

London, UK

Feast of St. Boniface (June 5), Matins, Lessons 2-5

Incipit, recto: [...dicit eos ad qui ]//cum eo erant Bonifatus viri euntes requirite nobis hospitum...
Explicit, verso: no image

One leaf of a bifolium, conjoint with BB_Llang_043;
parchment; 275 x 200 (170 x 130) mm

Script: Gothic textualis in two columns of 30 lines.

Decoration, recto: 3 two-line initials, two vertical bar extensions terminating in floral and foliate forms; verso: no image.

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

Ferrara, Italy

Latin

1441-1448

Leonello d'Este (1407-1450), Marchese of Ferrara, patron; John Allan Rolls, 1st Baron Llangattock (1837 – 1912), former owner; Sotheby's, 21 July 1994, Lot 62; Christie's, 24 Nov-03 Dec, 2015, Lot #27.

Text: Sanctorale

Federica Toniolo, Il lungo viaggio del Breviario di Lionello d'Este tra le due sponde dell'Atlantico, in Medioevo: arte e storia, Atti del Convegno internazionale di studi, Parma, 18-22 settembre 2007, a cura di A. C. Quintavalle, Università di Parma e Mondatori Electa, Milano 2008 (I convegni di Parma, 10), 564-577.