Fifteenth-century, French calendar excerpted from a Book of Hours.
Produced in France, Normandy -- probably in Bayeux. Calendar includes Saint Regnobert, Bishop of Bayeux. A pilgrim badge impression on the verso of folio 2: four badges, two larger and two smaller ones in a vertical row -- they were attached with needle and thread to the page preceding the calendar. The practice of attaching the badges to the pages of devotional books flourished in the regions of the duchy of Burgundy at the end of the fifteenth century and the beginning of the sixteenth. Two inscriptions on folio 3r: Bàieux in ink along the top and 898 followed by a flourish in ink. Purchased by Special Collections, Waldo Library from the Mackus Company, Akron Ohio, June, 2008.
Manuscripts, French--Michigan--Kalamazoo
1-line initials in gold on a ground of red or blue; 2-line initial "KL" in gold at the beginning of each month on a ground of blue and red; inner margin borders next to initial KL, foliate motif derived from a depiction of the acanthus plant containing occasional vines, flowers, and fruit.
Later inscriptions identifying the manuscript.
Manuscript 145, Western Michigan University Special Collections
Musée de Cluny, and Denis Bruna. Ensiegnes de pèlerinage et enseignes profanes. Paris: Réunion des musées nationaux, 1996.
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