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The present manuscript is the only surviving Dutch illustrated copy of the City of God. Though relatively inextensive for a 15th-century Dutch manuscript, the illumination in f. Med. 10 is uncharacteristically luxurious for an Augustinian house; the customary of the Canons required simplicity and a strict, sober aesthetic. The small dragons found throughout the margins of the first three folios -- somewhat out of place in an Augustinian manuscript -- are typical of Utrecht illumination (see Marrow). The miniatures in this manuscript are attributed to the eponymous Master of the Boston City of God, recently tentatively identified by Klaas van der Hoek as Antonis Rogiersz uten Broec (fl. 1460s).
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gf06h3283
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De civitate Dei
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gf06h3283
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title
De civitate Dei
description
The present manuscript is the only surviving Dutch illustrated copy of the City of God. Though relatively inextensive for a 15th-century Dutch manuscript, the illumination in f. Med. 10 is uncharacteristically luxurious for an Augustinian house; the customary of the Canons required simplicity and a strict, sober aesthetic. The small dragons found throughout the margins of the first three folios -- somewhat out of place in an Augustinian manuscript -- are typical of Utrecht illumination (see Marrow). The miniatures in this manuscript are attributed to the eponymous Master of the Boston City of God, recently tentatively identified by Klaas van der Hoek as Antonis Rogiersz uten Broec (fl. 1460s).
date
["1466"]
year
1466
rights
No known copyright restrictions.
reuseAllowed
no restrictions
language
Latin
creators
Ghisberti, Theodoricus
Master of the Boston City of God
Uten Broec, Antonis Rogiersz
Uten Broec, Antonis Rogiersz
Bragge, William, 1823-1884
Thompson, Henry Yates, 1838-1928
Henry Young (Firm)
Augustine, of Hippo, Saint, 354-430
institution
Boston Public Library
collections
Medieval and Early Renaissance Manuscripts
subjectsGeographic
Europe
Netherlands
Utrecht
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Manuscripts
genreSpecific
Manuscripts, Latin (Medieval and modern)
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Text
country
Netherlands
city
Utrecht
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pageCount
1
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import
extent
264 leaves : parchment, ill. ; 380 x 280 (280 x 190) mm.
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no
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sf268508b
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np193j758
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52.083333
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5.133333
notes
Ms. codex.
Title from incipit (f. 1v); date from colophon (f. 264 v.): Explicit liber beati augustini episcopi doctoris De gloriosissima civitate dei. Deo gracia. / Anno MC quater cursis lx quoque bis ter / Festo syderea quo scandit alexius ethra / Iste fuit codex scriptus tibi laus deus o rex / Ghijsberto genitum per heer fratrem theodricum / Qui legit hunc dicat scriptor cum pace quiescat. / AMEN.
Secundo folio: Gloriosissimam civitatem dei sive in hoc temporum ...
Origin: Written by Theodericus Ghijsberti, Augustinian Canon Regular of St. Marie en de Twaalf Apostelen in Utrecht, completed 17 July 1466.
Currently shelved under BPL call no. MS f Med 10; formerly BPL G.400.4.
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Utrecht
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gf06h3283
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document
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