Pentecost
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Item data
Title
Pentecost
Collection
Renaissance and medieval manuscripts collection
Book of Hours, use of Paris
Names
Master of the Dunois Hours (Illuminator)
Date / Origin
Date Created: 1440 - 1460
Place: Paris
Library Location
Manuscripts and Archives Division
Shelf locator: MssCol 2557
Subjects
Mary, Blessed Virgin, Saint
Pentecost
Genres
Notes
Ownership: Owned 15th century by "Janne la Cavilliere demourant a Paris assez prez de la port de Baudez." Owned 18th century by Dom Innocenzio Gil. R.L. Stuart collection (no. 13844), bequeathed 1892.
Content: 16-17 long lines (17 in calendar) ruled in red pencil, catchwords visible.
Content: 2 scribes?, incl. secondary hand on f. 170
Content: 3-line red and blue initials on gold fields; 1- and 2-line gold initials on red and blue fields. Border designs of vines, leaves, flowers and fruit. Rubrics. Yellow daubs as placemarkers. Red, blue and gold linefillers.
Content: 5 miniatures.
Content: De Ricci, 1319. Chart by Dr. G.B. Guest.
Content: Paper has been pasted to the outer sides of the first and last folios.
Content: Parchment
Content: Splendor of the Word, PBL # 52.2
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Identifiers
NYPL Catalog ID (bnumber): b12455533
Archives ID: 2557
Digital Scriptorium 1.0 ID: NYPL MA 026
Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): 329b3a10-c5cb-012f-9965-58d385a7bc34
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Manuscripts and Archives Division, The New York Public Library. "Pentecost" The New York Public Library Digital Collections. 1440 - 1460. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/329b3a10-c5cb-012f-9965-58d385a7bc34
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Manuscripts and Archives Division, The New York Public Library. (1440 - 1460). Pentecost Retrieved from https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/329b3a10-c5cb-012f-9965-58d385a7bc34
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Manuscripts and Archives Division, The New York Public Library. "Pentecost" New York Public Library Digital Collections. Accessed December 15, 2025. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/329b3a10-c5cb-012f-9965-58d385a7bc34
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