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Resource Type:
Text
Identifier:
Shelf Mark: Ms.Lat.3 and Call Number: BX2080 M37 1480
Extent:
1 volume: 184 folios, 183 leaves, 109 x 74 mm (11cm)
Geographic Coverage:
Italy--Florence
Coordinates:
43.77925, 11.24626
Additional Physical Characteristics:
Complete folios, mostly in gatherings of 10; written on fine vellum in dark brown ink; some catchwords, rubrics in burnished gold leaf or liquid gold; Sixteenth-century chagrin (or galuchat ?) binding, gauffered and gilt edges, with a strap and pin closing mechanism, one strap missing, strap adorned with a St.-James shell shaped metal catch; fine historiated initials, skillful calligraphy, and gold leaf rubrics and decoration -- Bookseller's description
Physical Repository:
University of Victoria (B.C.). Library
Collection:
Medieval and Early Modern Manuscripts Collection
Provenance:
Chiefly gift of Brian Pollick, Victoria, B.C., 2013.
Provider:
University of Victoria (B.C.). Library
Genre:
manuscripts (documents), illuminated manuscripts, and books of hours
Is Referenced By:
Special Collection Inventory: https://www.uvic.ca/library/locations/home/spcoll/collections/medieval/inventory.php.
Transcriptions completed by UVic students as part of coursework for manuscript studies classes with Dr. Adrienne Williams Boyarin (ENGL) and are available here: https://www.uvic.ca/library/locations/home/spcoll/documents/ms-lat-3_rev.pdf