Breviary, use of the Franciscans of Avignon; includes calendar (f. 1r-6v), litany (f. 39r-41v) with names of saints venerated in Provençe and Office for the Dead (f. 146v-158v).
Language:
Latin
Provenance:
Arms of Michel de Léon, treasurer of France at Marseilles (1727-1800) on spine; monogram of Charles Kothen (1814-1880), a Finnish nobleman who was a refugee in Marseilles, on paper endleaf.; Sold by Laurence Witten (New Haven, Conn.), 1958.; Kothen, Charles, 1814-1880, former owner.; Léon, Michel de, 1727-1800, former owner.
166 leaves : parchment, color illustrations; 149 x 100 (100 x 62) mm bound to 155 x 107 mm
Rights:
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Notes:
Ms. codex.; Title supplied by cataloger; title in Zacour-Hirsch is Psalter.; Foliation: Parchment; ii (18th-century paper) + 167 + ii (18th-century paper); [i], [1-166], modern foliation in pencil, upper right recto.; Layout: Written in 22-24 long lines; ruled in lead.; Script: Written in Gothic book script in a single hand, except for a middle section (f. 50r-81v) in a second hand; headings and marginal notations in a later hand.; Decoration: 4-line puzzle initial (f. 1r); 8-line puzzle initial with red penwork ornamentation (f. 50r); rubricated throughout, with red used for headings, initials and capitals; some capitals stroked with yellow.; Binding: 18th-century French calf, mistakenly titled Diurna[l] de Marsei[lle] on spine.; Origin: Written in Avignon in the 15th century (Zacour-Hirsch).; Upper outer corner of f. [i] cut out.; Latin.
Physical Location:
Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts, Manuscripts, Ms. Codex 746
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