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Elaborate initials in gold, green, blue and purple on purple background in gold and purple frame, [f. 96r]

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Title
Elaborate initials in gold, green, blue and purple on purple background in gold and purple frame, [f. 96r]
Collection

Renaissance and medieval manuscripts collection

Gospel Lectionary

Dates / Origin
Date Created: 900 - 999 (Approximate)
Place: Ottonian [Germany]
Library locations
Manuscripts and Archives Division
Shelf locator: MssCol 2557
Shelf locator: MA 1
Topics
Lectionaries
Initials
Genres
Manuscripts
Illuminations
Notes
Content: 1 hand.
Citation/reference: De Ricci, 1315. Chart by Dr. G.B. Guest. Library dossier.
Content: Portraits of Evangelists and Christ, Evangelists' symbols.
Biographical/historical: Recent scholarship proposes Corvey, s. X; older scholarship suggested Reichenau or Westphalia. Strips of another ms, sewn into this manuscript, s. XII?
Content: There is an incorrect foliation in ink and another in pencil in the upper right; description follows underlined pencil foliation in upper right.
Type of Resource
Still image
Languages
Latin
Identifiers
NYPL catalog ID (B-number): b12455533
MSS Unit ID: 2557
Digital Scriptorium 1.0 ID: NYPL MA 001
Photo Order: 66214
Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): de888140-c5ca-012f-42bc-58d385a7bc34
Rights Statement
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Item timeline of events

  • 2024: Digitized
  • 9000: Created (Approximate)
  • 2024: Found by you!
  • 2025

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Manuscripts and Archives Division, The New York Public Library. (900 - 999). Elaborate initials in gold, green, blue and purple on purple background in gold and purple frame Retrieved from https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/b8a29280-073c-013d-f52c-0242ac110002

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Elaborate initials in gold, green, blue and purple on purple background in gold and purple frame