{"id":39,"date":"2011-09-15T20:08:15","date_gmt":"2011-09-15T20:08:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ccspecialcollections.wordpress.com\/?p=39"},"modified":"2026-02-11T23:15:15","modified_gmt":"2026-02-11T23:15:15","slug":"cc-gets-a-codex","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sites.coloradocollege.edu\/ccspecialcollections\/2011\/09\/15\/cc-gets-a-codex\/","title":{"rendered":"CC gets a codex!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/sites.coloradocollege.edu\/ccspecialcollections\/files\/2011\/09\/breviary-cover1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-42\" title=\"breviary cover\" src=\"http:\/\/sites.coloradocollege.edu\/ccspecialcollections\/files\/2011\/09\/breviary-cover1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"236\" height=\"288\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/sites.coloradocollege.edu\/ccspecialcollections\/files\/2011\/09\/breviary-interior1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-43\" title=\"breviary interior\" src=\"http:\/\/sites.coloradocollege.edu\/ccspecialcollections\/files\/2011\/09\/breviary-interior1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"407\" height=\"288\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sites.coloradocollege.edu\/ccspecialcollections\/files\/2011\/09\/breviary-interior1.jpg 407w, https:\/\/sites.coloradocollege.edu\/ccspecialcollections\/files\/2011\/09\/breviary-interior1-300x212.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 407px) 100vw, 407px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/sites.coloradocollege.edu\/ccspecialcollections\/files\/2011\/09\/breviary-interior.jpg\"><br \/>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<p>For several years, Philadelphia Rare Books and Manuscripts has been looking for an affordable codex for CC. In May of 2010 they found a late-15th century Breviary on vellum for us. We couldn&#8217;t be more pleased with the purchase.<\/p>\n<p>This Breviary, a collection of abbreviated prayers in Latin, was done in France circa 1490. It is in a 17th century binding of white silk and silver thread. Its first page has an illuminated initial B (not shown). It is quite small, just 11 cm tall. Its text is incomplete: it lacks at least 12 leaves and possibly as many as 20 or more.<\/p>\n<p>We expect the Breviary to be useful to anyone interested in medieval history, the book as object, or CC&#8217;s new thematic minor in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.coloradocollege.edu\/library\/special-collections\/thematic-book-minor.html\">The Book<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>For several years, Philadelphia Rare Books and Manuscripts has been looking for an affordable codex for CC. In May of 2010 they found a late-15th century Breviary on vellum for us. We couldn&#8217;t be more pleased with the purchase. This Breviary, a collection of abbreviated prayers in Latin, was done in France circa 1490. 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