Item Info

Script: Gothic bookhand
Language: Latin
Folio Number: front
Source: Rare Book Department
Notes: St. John on Patmos
Notes: This leaf has been dated to ca. 1465.
Notes: This miniature marks the beginning of the Gospel Lessons. In the lower and right borders, the initials G and Y are intertwined in a love knot set against a white ground (now dark from oxidation). The initials probably belong to the couple for whom the manuscript was made. The white ground is decorated with ermine tails, a heraldic device associated with the Breton ducal family of Montfort. Other leaves in the Free Library's collection, Lewis E M 9:8, 8a, and 10, are from the same manuscript.
Sirsi Catalog Key: 1571613
Country: Country:France
City/Town/Township:Langres

Creation Year (Single Year or Range Begin): 1475
Image Dimensions Width: 146 mm
ShelfMark: Lewis E M 9:7
Creator Name: Guillaume Hugueniot - Artist