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Accession number:
MS B.54
Title:
Arma Christi
Created:
England, 15th century.
Credit:
Gift of Curt F. Bühler, 1985.
Description:
1 leaf (1 text column) : vellum, ill. ; 765 x 202 mm.
Provenance:
Maggs Bros. Ltd., London (bulletin 4, no. 65); purchased by Curt F. Bühler in Oct. 1967 from William Salloch, Ossining (cat. 250, no. 102).
Notes:
Ms. roll written and illuminated in England, 15th century
The text is a poem of religious contemplation; the figures are small miniature paintings of emblematic representations of Christ and his Passion.
Decoration: 14 miniatures, 1 historiated initial with marginal extenders, numerous filigree initials.
Script:
textura
Language:
Middle English and Latin
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