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Harley MS 4664, ff 9-125
- Record Id:
- 041-003354020
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 040-002050507
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100037357670.0x000001
- LARK:
- SLARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100165641675.0x000001
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Harley MS 4664, ff 9-125
- Title:
- Breviary
- Scope & Content:
-
ff. 9r-124r: Breviary (the 'Coldingham Breviary'), including the Temporale, with many additional instructions added in the margins.
f. 125v: An instruction, written in Old French, about reading a sundial or astrolabe.
Decoration:
One full-page miniature on f. 125v: a Benedictine monk (presumably intended to represent the original owner of the manuscript) kneeling before the enthroned Virgin and Child, holding a scroll inscribed 'Ave Maria gratia plena' (Hail Mary, fully of grace), the words of the archangel Gabriel at the Annunciation.
Two large initials in red and blue with foliate decoration in red, blue, green and gold (f. 2r, 21v).
Numerous small initials in blue or red with, respectively, red or blue penwork decoration.
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Project / Collection:
- Harley Collection
- Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-002045828
040-002050507
041-003354020 - Is part of:
- Harley MS 1-7661 : Harley Manuscripts
Harley MS 4664 : Breviary of Coldingham Priory
Harley MS 4664, ff 9-125 : Breviary - Hierarchy:
- 032-002045828[4663]/040-002050507[0007]/041-003354020
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: Harley MS 1-7661
- Record Type (Level):
- Item
- Extent:
-
Part of Harley MS 4664
- Digitised Content:
- Languages:
- French, Old
Latin - Scripts:
- Latin
- Start Date:
- 1270
- End Date:
- 1280
- Date Range:
- c 1270 - c 1280
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
-
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- User Conditions:
- Physical Characteristics:
- Layout: 245 x 170 mm (text space: 162 x 125 mm) in two columns of 36 lines.
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)