Ask the Scholar

{
    "localId": "2r36xh78c",
    "label": "Book of hours",
    "core": "obj",
    "dtoType": "document",
    "citationUrl": "https://www.digitalcommonwealth.org/search/commonwealth:2r36xh78c"
}

{
    "id": "2r36xh78c",
    "sourceUrl": "https://www.digitalcommonwealth.org/search/commonwealth:2r36xh78c",
    "contentType": "document",
    "stage": "normalized",
    "title": "Book of hours",
    "description": "Ms codex.",
    "date": "[\"1468\"]",
    "year": 1468,
    "citationUrl": "https://www.digitalcommonwealth.org/search/commonwealth:2r36xh78c",
    "rights": "No known copyright restrictions.",
    "rightsUri": "http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/NoC-US/1.0/",
    "reuseAllowed": "no restrictions",
    "language": "Latin",
    "identifierLocal": "06_01_018285",
    "creators": [
        "Catholic Church",
        "Enluminures (Firm)",
        "Bloomsbury Auctions (Firm)",
        "Monastero di San Gaggio (Florence, Italy)"
    ],
    "institution": "Boston Public Library",
    "collections": [
        "Medieval and Early Renaissance Manuscripts"
    ],
    "subjectsGeographic": [
        "Europe",
        "Firenze",
        "Florence",
        "Italy",
        "Tuscany"
    ],
    "genreBasic": [
        "Manuscripts",
        "Books"
    ],
    "genreSpecific": [
        "Manuscripts, Latin (Medieval and modern)--Italy",
        "Manuscripts, Medieval--Italy",
        "Books of hours",
        "devotional calendars",
        "Gothic scripts",
        "Inscriptions",
        "Manuscript waste"
    ],
    "typeOfResource": [
        "Text"
    ],
    "country": "Italy",
    "city": "Florence",
    "iiifBase": "https://iiif.digitalcommonwealth.org/iiif/2/commonwealth%3Apr76hq248",
    "iiifManifest": "https://ark.digitalcommonwealth.org/ark:/50959/2r36xh78c/manifest",
    "thumbnailUrl": "https://bpldcassets.blob.core.windows.net/derivatives/images/commonwealth:pr76hq248/image_thumbnail_300.jpg",
    "largeImageUrl": "https://iiif.digitalcommonwealth.org/iiif/2/commonwealth%3Apr76hq248/full/max/0/default.jpg",
    "pageCount": 1,
    "source": "import",
    "extent": "136 leaves : parchment ; 130 x 97 (approximately 80 x 65) mm",
    "hasTranscription": false
}

{
    "url": "https://ark.digitalcommonwealth.org/ark:/50959/2r36xh78c",
    "institutionArkId": "sf268508b",
    "collectionArkId": "np193j758",
    "schema:latitude": 43.766667,
    "schema:longitude": 11.25,
    "notes": [
        "Ms codex.",
        "Title devised by cataloger; catalog record based in part on dealer's description.",
        "Origin: Copied for a nun at the Augustinian convent of Santa Caterina del Monte (San Gaggio) in Florence. According to a dated verse colophon (fol. 136v), the manuscript was completed on January 1, 1467 (1468 new style). Evidence of Augustinian use includes the appearance of St. Augustine as \"Sancte pater\" in the litanies; the feast (28 August) and octave (4 September) of St. Augustine are written in red in the calendar, as are the translation (9 April) and feast (4 May) of his mother, St. Monica. St. Monica also occupies the final position among the virgins in the litanies. The inclusion in red in the calendar of St. Reparata (8 October), patron saint of Florence, and St. Minias (25 October), the first Christian martyr of Florence, as well as St. Zenobius (25 May), the first bishop of Florence, in gray, indicate that the manuscript was made for use in Florence, or its diocese (Reparata and Zenobius both also included in the litanies). Liturgical evidence more specifically suggests the manuscript was made for an Augustinian nun at the at the convent of Santa Caterina del Monte (San Gaggio) in Florence. St. Catherine of Alexandria's name is written in capital letters and touched in yellow in the litany, and her octave (2 December) is also included in red in the calendar. St. Caius is included in the calendar (22 April) and at the end of the martyrs in the litanies. This Augustinian convent was initially founded in the first half of the fourteenth century as Santa Caterina del Monte, dedicated to St. Catherine of Alexandria. In 1353 it was united with the Augustinian convent dedicated to the pope, St. Caius."
    ],
    "pubPlace": "[Florence]",
    "dcId": "2r36xh78c",
    "type": "document"
}

{
    "seq": 1,
    "pageIndex": 0,
    "type": "photo",
    "url": "https://iiif.digitalcommonwealth.org/iiif/2/commonwealth%3Apr76hq248/full/max/0/default.jpg",
    "mediaId": "2fc7858d73405146"
}