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1. Add MS 35254 C

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Add MS 35254 C
Title:
Cutting from a Gradual (Sanctorale)
Scope & Content:
The manuscript is a single cutting from a leaf originally part of a large choirbook, now Florence, Biblioteca Medicea Laurenziana, Codice Corale 2. On the recto, the cutting comprises a very large historiated initial 'R' in gold and colours, within a border and on a gold background. Human heads...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
c 1375
Extent:

Cutting from a parchment leaf

2. Add MS 35254 V

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Add MS 35254 V
Title:
Detached miniature from a Book of Hours ('The Hours of Louis XII')
Scope & Content:
This single leaf originally belonged to a Book of Hours, known as 'The Hours of Louis XII', after Louis XII (r. 1498-1515), King of France, for whom it was made. The recto contains a framed miniature of the Virgin of the Annunciation, praying with an open book on her knees. The verso contains th...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
c 1498
Extent:

1 leaf