FRANCISCAN BREVIARY

MS 009
MS Short Title FRANCISCAN BREVIARY
Text BREVIARY OF FRANCISCAN USE: THE SUMMER PORTION OF THE TEMPORAL, SANCTORAL AND COMMON, WITH AN ADDED OFFICE FOR ST. LOUIS OF TOULOUSE
Description MS in Latin and German on vellum, Germany, 14th c., 418 ff. (- ca. 18), 31x22 cm, 2 columns, (22x16 cm), 24 lines in a large rotunda Gothic book script of medium quality, decorated initials throughout and 30 large decorated initials with penwork in red and blue.
Binding Germany, 14th c., red leather over wooden boards, sewn on 5 double bands, blindstamped and decorated with a ruled armorial shield, signed by the binder: Avilla, 10 brass bosses.
Context
Provenance 1. Otto F. Ege, Cleveland, Ohio (-1951); 2. Sotheby´s 11.12.1984:53; 3. Alan G. Thomas, London, Cat. 48(1986):1.
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Place of origin Germany
Dates 14c AD