Accession number:
MS B.52
Title:
Sermones de sanctis
Created:
Tuscany, Italy, 15th century.
Binding:
17th-century blind-tooled brown morocco.
Credit:
Bequest of Curt F. Bühler; 1985.
Description:
146 leaves (2 columns, 38 lines), bound : vellum, ill. ; 330 x 231 mm
Provenance:
Purchased by Curt F. Bühler in May 1967 from Lathrop C. Harper, New York (Cat. 26, no. 259).
Notes:
Ms. written and illuminated in Tuscany, Italy, 15th century.
Translation of Giovanni da Tossignano; a companion volume (Pierpont Morgan Library. MS B.53) is signed by an Honofrius, son of Johannes de Luca, and dated Feb. 3, 1400.
Decoration: 1 miniature, 1 historiated initial, numerous filigree initials.
Script:
textura
Language:
Italian
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