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Detailed record for Egerton 3018
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| Title |
Missal, Use of Cologne |
| Origin |
Germany, W. (Cologne?); or Italy? |
| Date |
1st quarter of the 15th century |
| Language |
Latin |
| Script |
Gothic |
| Decoration |
7 full-page miniatures, the second accompanied by a full foliate border, in colours and gold (ff. 7, 24, 43, 54, 65, 92, 117). 1 small miniature and 1 large historiated initial accompanied by a full foliate border, in colours and gold (f. 23v). Smaller initials in red with purple, blue, or brown pen-flourishing or in blue with red pen-flourishing. Smaller and small initials in plain red or blue. |
| Dimensions in mm |
265 x 180 (170 x 115) |
| Official foliation |
ff. i + 130 (+ 2 paper flyleaves at the beginning, and 2 at the end) |
| Form |
Parchment codex |
| Binding |
Post-1600. Black velvet; gilt edges. |
| Provenance |
Unidentified owner: portrait of the owner accompanied by his arms (f. 24).
Josiah Forshall, Rev.: his sale, Robinson and Hetley, 10 April 1865, lot 308.
Henry Huth (b. 1815, d. 1878), book collector: his catalogue, undertaken after his death The Huth Library, 5 vols (London: Ellis & White, 1880), III, p. 982; bequeathed to his son Aflred Huth.
Alfred Huth (b. 1850, d. 1910), book collector: his sale, 6 July 1916, lot 5037; bought by Leighton for £168, according to the handwritten annotations in the BL Manuscript Department's copy of the following sale-catalogue.
W. J. Leighton: his sale, 18 November 1918, lot 524.
Bought by the British Museum from Leighton for £134, according to the handwritten annotations in the BL Manuscript Department's copy of this sale-catalogue, using the Bridgewater fund (£12,000 bequeathed in 1829 by Francis Henry Egerton, 8th Earl of Bridgewater (b. 1756, d. 1829). |
| Notes |
Full digital coverage available for this manuscript: see Digitised Manuscripts at http://www.bl.uk/manuscripts.
f. 64 is an inserted leaf of another manuscript, mounted on paper, with the beginning of Matthew's Gospel, and an added drawing of a bird in the lower margin. |
| Select bibliography |
British Museum Catalogue of Additions to the Manuscripts 1916-1920 (London: British Museum, 1933), no. Eg. 3018.
Janet Backhouse, The Illuminated Page: Ten Centuries of Manuscript Painting in the British Library (London: British Library, 1997), p. 165.
Ik, Maria van Gelre: De hertogin en haar uitzonderlijk gebedenboek (1380-1429), ed. Johan Oosterman (Museum Het Valkhof: Nijmegen; Waanders: Zwolle, 2018), p.68; published also in German as Ich, Maria von Geldern: Die Herzogin und ihr berühmtes Gebetbuch (1380-1429). |
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f. 7
Severin of Cologne |
ff. 23v-24
Crucifixion, the Virgin |
f. 23v
Crucifixion |
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f. 43
The Ten Thousand Martyrs |
f. 54
Laurence |
f. 65
Andrew |
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f. 92
Cornelius and Cyprian |
f. 117
Martin of Tours |
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