BIB_ID
432495
Accession number
MA 23392
Display Date
France, 1700s.
Credit line
Donated by Mrs. Jayne Wrightsman in honor of Mrs. Annette de la Renta.
Description
1 item (44 leaves; i.e. 83 pages), bound : vellum, illustrations ; 25 x 18.2 cm
Notes
Title from title page.
Text signed "Prevost f." at end.
Calligraphic manuscript in italic script, written on vellum in red, blue, black, and gold, with two full page color miniatures, the first depicting St. Isidore and the second the martyrdom of St. Felicite; with full-page armorial frontispiece, decorated title-page, and 39 leaves (i.e. 78 pages) of text, decorated throughout with head- and tailpiece ornaments, the final leaf fully decorated in color on the recto with a design featuring the monogram "JFL(?)".
Text signed "Prevost f." at end.
Calligraphic manuscript in italic script, written on vellum in red, blue, black, and gold, with two full page color miniatures, the first depicting St. Isidore and the second the martyrdom of St. Felicite; with full-page armorial frontispiece, decorated title-page, and 39 leaves (i.e. 78 pages) of text, decorated throughout with head- and tailpiece ornaments, the final leaf fully decorated in color on the recto with a design featuring the monogram "JFL(?)".
Provenance
Mongeau(?), "Catalogue de quinze beaux manuscrits des XIVe et XVe siècles," Adolphe Labitte (Paris), 25 Feb. 1878, no. 4; Jayne Wrightsman (1919-2019), New York.
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