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London, British Library, Or. 652

London, British Library · Or. 652

15th–16th centuriesIllumination & ornamentKarlsson, Gnisci & Dege-Müller handlist (Aethiopica 26)

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Miniature, headpiece and illuminated-table inventories transcribed from the peer-reviewed handlist; only the field labels in front of them are added here.

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Miniatures: (1) Virgin and Child, fol. 1v (Fig. 3). Headpieces: fols 2r, 4va, 15rb, 26rb, 36rb, 49rb, 63ra, 77vb, 90vb, 103vb, 113vb, 120va, 131ra, 138ra, 190va.

Original catalogue wording

Miniatures: (1) Virgin and Child, fol. 1v (Fig. 3). Headpieces: fols 2r, 4va, 15rb, 26rb, 36rb, 49rb, 63ra, 77vb, 90vb, 103vb, 113vb, 120va, 131ra, 138ra, 190va.

Miniature, headpiece and illuminated-table inventories transcribed from the peer-reviewed handlist; only the field labels in front of them are added here.

Scenes and visual evidence

  1. 01
    Miniatures: (1) Virgin and Child, fol. 1v (Fig. 3).

    Handlist field transcribed without geographic or stylistic inference.

  2. 02
    Headpieces: fols 2r, 4va, 15rb, 26rb, 36rb, 49rb, 63ra, 77vb, 90vb, 103vb, 113vb, 120va, 131ra, 138ra, 190va.

    Handlist field transcribed without geographic or stylistic inference.

Source date
1450–1530? (palaeography, visual evidence).
Date evidence
Dating and evidence qualifiers transcribed from the peer-reviewed handlist.
Holding institution
London, British Library
Shelfmark
Or. 652
Catalogue source
Karlsson, Gnisci & Dege-Müller handlist (Aethiopica 26)
Source record
Jonas Karlsson, Jacopo Gnisci, and Sophia Dege-Müller, Aethiopica 26 (2023), 159–225, handlist XXVI