Details
Original Date Issued
1150
Physical Description
Description
"A VERY LARGE, VERY EARLY, AND VERY HANDSOME ROMANESQUE ILLUMINATED VELLUM MANUSCRIPT LEAF, FROM AN EARLY MARTYROLOGY IN LATIN. WITH TEXT FROM THE CONCLUSION OF THE LIFE OF ST. VALENTINE AND THE OPENING OF THE LIVES OF SAINTS FAUSTINUS AND JOVITA. (Italy, ca. 1150) 18 1/2 x 13 3/4." 45 lines of text in double column, in a fine late Carolingian hand. WITH A BEAUTIFULLY PAINTED FIVE-LINE "D" with elegant detailing (the initial measuring approximately 48 x 50 mm.). Central horizontal crease, the hair side with brownish grain in vellum (as usual), very minor soiling and other faint creases, but IN EXCELLENT CONDITION, THE FLESH SIDE OF THE LEAF UNUSUALLY BRIGHT AND APPEALING.",Full pdf available, https://dl.mospace.umsystem.edu/mu/islandora/object/mu%3A439430/datastream/PDF/view
Note
"A VERY LARGE, VERY EARLY, AND VERY HANDSOME ROMANESQUE ILLUMINATED VELLUM MANUSCRIPT LEAF, FROM AN EARLY MARTYROLOGY IN LATIN. WITH TEXT FROM THE CONCLUSION OF THE LIFE OF ST. VALENTINE AND THE OPENING OF THE LIVES OF SAINTS FAUSTINUS AND JOVITA. (Italy, ca. 1150) 18 1/2 x 13 3/4." 45 lines of text in double column, in a fine late Carolingian hand. WITH A BEAUTIFULLY PAINTED FIVE-LINE "D" with elegant detailing (the initial measuring approximately 48 x 50 mm.). Central horizontal crease, the hair side with brownish grain in vellum (as usual), very minor soiling and other faint creases, but IN EXCELLENT CONDITION, THE FLESH SIDE OF THE LEAF UNUSUALLY BRIGHT AND APPEALING.",Full pdf available, https://dl.mospace.umsystem.edu/mu/islandora/object/mu%3A439430/datastream/PDF/view
Resource Type
Identifier
mu:439430
Digital Creation Date
2023-06-30
Date Modified
2023-06-30