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Cotton MS Vespasian A XIX, f 28
- Record Id:
- 041-001103197
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-001101582
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100000001630.0x00032a
- LARK:
- SLARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100061223744.0x000007
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Cotton MS Vespasian A XIX, f 28
- Title:
- Leaf of a Book of Hours
- Scope & Content:
- f. 28r: A crucifixion miniature, attributed to the Master of the Harvard Hannibal (a Parisian artist active in the early 15th century named after Cambridge (MA), Harvard College Library, Houghton Library, MS Richardson 32), with a gold frame and foliate borders.
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Project / Collection:
- Cotton Collection
- Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-001101582
040-001103194
041-001103197 - Is part of:
- Cotton MS : Cotton Manuscripts
Cotton MS Vespasian A XIX : Leaves from a Book of Hours, the Libellus Æthelwoldi, documents relating to Ely, excerpts from the Liber…
Cotton MS Vespasian A XIX, f 28 : Leaf of a Book of Hours - Hierarchy:
- 032-001101582[0917]/040-001103194[0003]/041-001103197
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: Cotton MS
- Record Type (Level):
- Item
- Extent:
-
Part of Cotton MS Vespasian A. xix.
- Digitised Content:
- http://www.bl.uk/manuscripts/FullDisplay.aspx?ref=Cotton_MS_Vespasian_A_XIX (digital images currently unavailable)
- Thumbnail:
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- Languages:
- Not applicable
- Scripts:
- Latin
- Start Date:
- 1410
- End Date:
- 1420
- Date Range:
- c 1415-1420
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
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- User Conditions:
- Letter of introduction required to view this manuscript
- Physical Characteristics:
- Dimensions: 195 × 135 mm (illuminated area 160 × 105 mm).
- Custodial History:
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Origin: France.
- Publications:
-
Brown, Michelle P., ‘Sir Robert Cotton, Collector and Connoisseur?’, in Illuminating the Book: Makers and Interpreters: Essays in Honour of Janet Backhouse, ed. by Michelle P. Brown and Scot McKendrick, The British Library Studies in Medieval Culture (London: British Library, 1998), pp. 281–98 [pp. 290–91].
Meiss, Millard, French Painting in the Time of Jean de Berry: The Limbourgs and their Contemporaries (New York: Braziller, 1974), pp. 390–92 [discussion on the Master of the Harvard Hannibal, with a list of associated manuscripts].
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)
- Related Material:
- ff. 1 and 103 are parts of the same medieval manuscript, as are Cotton MS Julius A XI, f. 115v, and Cotton MS Cleopatra C VI, f. 1
- Related Archive Descriptions:
- Cotton MS Cleopatra C VI, ff 1r-1v
Cotton MS Julius A XI, f 115
Cotton MS Vespasian A XIX, f 1
Cotton MS Vespasian A XIX, f 103