ML-RB Versus 1480z

Item

Shelfmark
ML-RB Versus 1480z
Title(s)
Text on the Virgin Mary
Incipiu[n]t versus sive rithmi b[ea]ti[s] Leonis p[a]p[a]e ad laude[m] b[ea]t[a]e Marie glo[rio]s[a]e virgi[ni]s compilati
Dated
English
Date
approximately 1480
Extent
81 unnumbered leaves
Dimensions
216 x 154 (158 x 106) mm, bound to 212 x 155 mm
Note
Manuscript.
Illuminated initials.
Bastarda script in black ink with crossed Tironian et.
Ruling in brown ink; number of lines and columns per page vary.
Watermarks visible in paper leaves.
Consists of hymns, poems, and devotional prayers to the Blessed Virgin Mary, including some attributed to St. Bernard of Clairvaux.
Manuscript dated to circa 1480 by librarian William Fackovec in a 1967 list of library holdings and 1969 exhibit catalog.
Title from first words of text.
Signatures : [A¹⁶] [B⁴] (-B2-B4) [C¹⁶] (-C8-C9) [D¹⁶] [E⁴] [F¹⁶] (-F1-F7, F15-16) [G¹⁶ ] (-G13-16) [H¹²] (H8-12 blank).
Holding Institution
DS ID
DS12792
Cataloging Convention
English ds-schema
Date Updated by Contributor
2024-11-11
Holding Institution Identifier
R101260818