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Description
ff. 1-27v: [Devotions]: ff. 1-3: Explanation of the commandments; ff. 3v-4v [rubric on f. 3]: Prayers on the passion of Christ; ff. 5-15: Gospel pericope from John, passion according to John, and gospel pericopes from Luke, Matthew and Mark; ff. 15v-27v: Prayers. Devotional texts written, according to a note in a cursive hand on f. i, in Brussels in 1539. Span folios: ff. 1-27v. Support: Parchment. Layout: 1⁴ 2-3⁸ 4⁸(-8). Ruled space, 83 x 50 mm; 19 long lines, frame ruled in brown ink. Written in an italic script with rubrics usually in a humanistic script. Decoration: Three miniatures, ff. 3v, 19v, 20v. A 3-line initial on f. 5 and 2-line initials as gold branches on shaded square grounds of blue, green or red, or as white branches on a shaded gold ground; 1-line initials in painted gold on square colored grounds. Rubrics in pale red ink. Input into Digital Scriptorium by: C. W. Dutschke, 11/25/2009. Cataloged from existing description: C. W. Dutschke with the assistance of R. H. Rouse et al., Guide to Medieval and Renaissance Manuscripts in the Huntington Library (San Marino, 1989). Bound in 16th[?] century parchment over pasteboard, with the title "pia scripta[...?] et cetera" written on the spine and on the front cover; parchment flyleaves from a 15th/16th century French printed book (calendar?), text barely visible horizontally along the outer and inner margins. HM 36701. Huntington Library, San Marino, CA.
Extent
ff. i + ii + 27 + ii + i : parchment ; 75 x 107 mm.
Prayers--Early works to 1800 Illuminations (Painting) Belgium 16th century. (aat) Miniatures (Painting) Belgium 16th century. (aat) Manuscripts (documents) (aat)
Source
Manuscripts, Huntington Digital Library
Provenance
Written on f. i, the name "P. noels," and on the back flyleaf, f. iii verso, "F.N." On the front pastedown an armorial bookplate with the legend "Reverendus Admodum Dominus Johannes Franciscus Bosselaer Sancte Romane Ecclesie Protonotarius." An attached English book dealer's slip states that the manuscript was in the Renier Chalon collection.
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