Feasts of St. Gorgonius (Sept 9), Sts. Protus & Hyacinth (Sept 11), Exaltation of the Holy Cross (Sept 14,) Matins, Lesson 1

BB_Llang_0075

Dartmouth Cod. 002074, fol. 4

Hanover, NH

Feasts of St. Gorgonius (Sept 9), Sts. Protus & Hyacinth (Sept 11), Exaltation of the Holy Cross (Sept 14,) Matins, Lesson 1

Incipit, recto: [...constanter et libere aiunt, cur im]//perato punis in hoc solo sentiam...
Explicit, verso: ...inter ornamenta sacra que abstulerunt//[etiam vexillum domine crucis...]

Single leaf; 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: 1 five-line initial inhabited by St. Helena with the Cross, 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), Duke of Modena and Marchese of Ferrara, patron; John Alan Rolls, 1st Baron Llangattock (1837 – 1912), former owner; Gift of Madelyn C. Hickmott, 1980.

Text: Sanctorale