Accession number
MS G.47.1-6
Object title
Doctor's folding almanac (MS G.47.1-6).
Display Date
ca. 1464.
Created
England, ca. 1464.
Credit line
Gift of the Trustees of the William S. Glazier Collection, 1984.
Description
G.47.1 1 leaf, matted : vellum, ill. ; 249 x 180 mm
Provenance
Sold by Sir Sydney Cockerell for £300 on 18 February 1957 to Pierre Berès; London, Christie's, Oct. 7, 1957, lot 162; purchased there by Maggs Brothers Ltd., London for William S. Glazier (1907-1962), New York; deposited in the Pierpont Morgan Library by the Trustees of the William S. Glazier Collection in 1963.
Notes
Ms. folding almanac; written and illuminated in England, ca. 1464.
This ms., according to type, consists of 6 leaves, each folded three times, forming sixteen compartments (recto and verso).
Decoration: 2 pen drawings: Zodiacal Man (fol. 6r), Vein Man (fol. 6v), 1 pen-drawn scroll with contents of leaf inscribed within, on each leaf, numerous illuminated and filigree initials; English Gothic style.
This ms., according to type, consists of 6 leaves, each folded three times, forming sixteen compartments (recto and verso).
Decoration: 2 pen drawings: Zodiacal Man (fol. 6r), Vein Man (fol. 6v), 1 pen-drawn scroll with contents of leaf inscribed within, on each leaf, numerous illuminated and filigree initials; English Gothic style.
Contents
fols. 1-4: Calendar -- fol. 5: Tables of solar and lunar eclipses -- fol. 6: Zodiacal Man and Vein Man.
Script
textura
Language
Latin
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