Feasts of St. Maurice (Sept 22), Lessons 4-6; St. Linus (Sept 23); Sts. Cyprian and Justina (Sept 26), Lessons 1-4

BB_Llang_0106

Sims MS 02

Silver Spring, MD

The Sims Collection

Feasts of St. Maurice (Sept 22), Lessons 4-6; St. Linus (Sept 23); Sts. Cyprian and Justina (Sept 26), Lessons 1-4

Incipit, recto: [...cognitumque ab eis est injun]//gi sibi ruesus execuiones prophanas voceriferatio...[Consecutive after BB_Llang_0052]
Explicit, verso: Tunc rediens ad ecclesiam diligenter// [salutis verbum auscultare coepit...]

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

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

Decoration, recto: 4 two-line initials, two vertical bar extensions terminating in floral and foliate forms;
verso: 4 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; purchased from Duane & Merrill, November 2018.

Text: Sanctorale