Some more from the Morgan Library, I was able to work through 13 books in 2 days, though M.1172, despite being lovely, is without a calendar. The first added, M.1052, is from Naples, as testified to by several saints in the calendar as "neapli" (See Severi, April 30 or Eusebius, May 23). A colophon on f.190r dates it to 1483, "finis. M.cccc..lxxxiii. die xi mensis.Marcii". The calendar is unusual in its population, a large number of high-importance feasts in an otherwise sparse calendar: 70 red saints, 50% of the populated dates. One would expect between 30 and 50 saints in a normal Italian calendar of approximately 200.
The manuscript is in a poor state of preservation, the binding is split and there is much evidence of water damage. In the calendar the red text has bled, whereas the black text has flaked. Although there is no available image of the calendar pages, f.13r has the annunciation, a jeweled border and a small block of text, giving a feeling for the book. The entire composition is surrounded by a "shredded" blue border.
(DB ID: 178)
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