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Passio sanctorum martyrum decem milium
17 leaves, 26 cm x 17 cm.
Ms. Codex 001967
Written in northern Italy in a gothic hand of the fifteenth century, the martyrology ontains several ornamental capitals. The codex is bound in oak boards covered with leather and protected with brass bosses. Gift of Arthur L. Gale.
Prayer Book
Three leaves, 16 cm x 11 cm.
Ms. 001269
Three leaves, two conjoint, of a fourteenth-century northern French prayer book. Written in a fine gothic hand, the leaves contain several initials in blue and gold with red penwork.
Prayer Book
Two leaves, 16 cm x 12 cm.
Ms. 001271
Two leaves of a fifteenth-century French prayer book. Written in a gothic hand, the leaves contain initials in gold with blue and red frames.
Prayer Book
One leaf, 14 cm x 10 cm.
Ms. 001302
Single leaf of a late fifteenth-century Flemish prayer book. Written in Flemish in a gothic hand, the text contains three large gold initials. Gift of Arthur L. Gale.
Prayer Book
One leaf, 17 cm x 12 cm.
Ms. 001345
Single leaf of a fifteenth-century Dutch prayer book, written in the vernacular. The text is in a gothic hand with three red and blue capitals and a large blue initial with foliate decoration.
Prayer Book
One leaf, 17 cm x 12 cm.
Ms. 001652
Single leaf of an early fifteenth-century French prayer book written in a square gothic hand. The leaf contains capitals and line fillers in blue, red, and gold. Gift of Arthur L. Gale.
Prayer Book
Four leaves, 19 cm x 13 cm.
Ms. 002259
Four leaves of a late fifteenth-century French prayer book, written in a gothic hand. There are three gold-embellished initials on the leaves and floral borders on the outside edge of each leaf.
Prayer Book
One leaf, 20 cm x 14 cm.
Ms. 002261
Single leaf of an early fifteenth-century French prayer book, probably written in Paris, ca. 1420 - 1425. Written in a gothic hand, the leaf contains embellished capitals and marginal decoration.; Gift of Elmer Adler.
Preces Latinae
88 leaves, 10 cm x 7 cm.
Ms. Codex 001599
Series of private and public prayers in Latin with the dedication in Spanish executed in stencil work by Diego de Barreda, a Dominican of the province of Andalusia, ca. 1600, for Philip III of Spain. Each leaf has each letter cut out of the paper with a sheet of silk inserted between the leaves. The volume is in a restored eighteenth-century binding. Gift of Madelyn C. Hickmott.