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Subject(s)

• Catholic Church—Prayers and devotions—Early works to 1800 [Browse]
• Manuscripts, Dutch—Flanders [Browse]
• Manuscripts, Dutch—New Jersey—Princeton [Browse]
• Illumination of books and manuscripts [Browse]

Former owner

• Adler, Elmer, 1884-1962 [Browse]

Related name

• Princeton University. Library. Manuscript. Princeton MS. 70. [Browse]

Notes

• Script: Textualis semi-quadrata.
• Decoration: Princeton MS. 70 is the product of a workshop in or near Ghent, to judge from the inclusion of saints Pharsildis, Amalberga, and Bavo in the calendar. A Flemish origin is also suggested by the spelling “aechte” for Agnes (5 Feb.), and the inclusion of other Flemish saints in the calendar. Flemish Gothic border decoration with six post-medieval illuminations, four of which were presumably painted on blank leaves taken from a pocket breviary or missal ruled in two columns of 35 lines. Apart from these inserted leaves (fols. 13, 19, 73, 86) and the two miniatures added to authentic borders of unexecuted miniatures (fols. 24v, 38v), decoration is late medieval Flemish work.

Binding note

United States, 20th century (?). Black morocco over cushioned wooden boards; simple blind tooling along sewing stations and on front and back covers

Provenance

Princeton Ms. 70 is of unknown early and intermediate provenance. The manuscript was no. 4 in the collection of Elmer Adler (1884-1962). Adler established and directed the Department of Graphic Arts in the Princeton University Library from 1940 to 1952. The Adler collection was acquired by Princeton University Library between 1945 and 1955.

References

Medieval & Renaissance manuscripts in the Princeton University Library, volume 2, pages 276-278.

Cite as

Princeton MS. 70, Manuscripts Division, Department of Rare Books and Special Collections, Princeton University Library.

OCLC

1107779633

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