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Gathered Leaves: Manuscript Fragments from Tisch Library Special Collections

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1. Leaf from a handwritten fifteenth century History of Rome. Verso. / by Livy

Description:
Script: handwritten in Caroline minuscule. Produced in Italy during the 15th century.
Date:
ca. 1436?

2. Leaf from a handwritten fifteenth century History of Rome. Recto. / by Livy

Description:
Script: handwritten in Caroline minuscule. Produced in Italy during the 15th century.
Date:
ca. 1436?

3. Walter Frederick Welch, Jr.

Description:
Yearbook photograph of Walter Frederick Welch, Jr., Class of 1928, donor of rare books to Tufts University.
Date:
1928

4. Otto F. Ege

Description:
Photograph of Otto F. Ege, art historian, book collector, and dealer known for selling leaves of Medieval manuscripts and early printed books to libraries, museums, and private collectors.

5. Walter Frederick Welch, Jr.

Description:
Yearbook photograph of Walter Frederick Welch, Jr., Class of 1928, donor of rare books to Tufts University.
Attribution:
Tufts University
Date:
1928

6. Leaf from Moralia in Job, 13th Century. Verso.

Description:
This leaf from Gregory the Great's Moralia in Job was transcribed by hand in the second half of the Twelfth Century. The leaf contains the conclusion of the eighth book of Moralia and the beginning of the ninth book, which is highlighted by the large illuminated 'P'. Each chapter of Book 9 is demarcated by a small initial colored in red, green or blue.
Date:
13th Century

7. Leaf from Moralia in Job, 13th Century. Recto.

Description:
This leaf from Gregory the Great's Moralia in Job was transcribed by hand in the second half of the Twelfth Century. The leaf contains the conclusion of the eighth book of Moralia and the beginning of the ninth book, which is highlighted by the large illuminated "P". Each chapter of Book 9 is demarcated by a small initial colored in red, green or blue.
Date:
13th Century

8. Leaf from a fifteenth century illuminated French missal. Obverse.

Description:
The Missal is the Mass-book from which the services were read. This leaf shows an interesting arrangement of text with musical notations. It is written on vellum in liturgical black letter, decorated with a large flourished multicolor initial, along with several red and blue colored pen work initials.
Date:
15th Century

9. Leaf from a fifteenth century illuminated French missal. Reverse.

Description:
The Missal is the Mass-book from which the services were read. This leaf shows an interesting arrangement of text with musical notations. It is written on vellum in liturgical black letter, decorated with a large flourished multicolor initial, along with several red and blue colored pen work initials.
Date:
15th Century

10. Leaf from a fifteenth century French Book of Hours. Reverse.

Description:
Recto contains 15 handwritten short-lines in brown and red ink on vellum; illuminated initials and a large hand-drawn floral motif in the right margin. Verso contains 15 handwritten short-lines in brown and red ink with illuminated initials. Script: Gothic Miniscule. Hand-drawn floral motif in blue, green and red ink with heavy gold illumination; several illuminated letters on red and blue ink ground throughout.
Date:
15th Century