Pontifical
Medieval ManuscriptsItem Info
Item No: mca1710002
Title: Pontifical
Additional Title: Pontifical
Script:
Gothic
Language: Latin
Folio Number: front outer binding
Source: Rare Book Department
Notes:
A pontifical is a liturgical book containing the services administered exclusively by popes or bishops. This manuscript is a copy of the pontifical of Guillaume Durand (d. 1296), Bishop of Mende, and author of texts on canon law and the liturgy.
Notes:
Contemporary wooden boards and stamped calf binding
Notes:
This manuscript has been dated to ca. 1420.
Country: Country:Italy
Cardinal Point:northern
Creation Year (Single Year or Range Begin): 1425
Image Dimensions Width: 282 mm
ShelfMark: Lewis E 171