Breviary
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10621934
Description
- Title
- Breviary
- Published / Created
- [ca. 1499 to 1501]
- Publication Place
- Eastern Belgium (Liège?)
- Abstract
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Manuscript on parchment of a breviary with ferial psalter, various prayers, computistical tables, and a calendar
- Description
-
In Latin.
Script: Copied by five hands in Gothica Hybrida Libraria: scribe A (Arnoldus Guetsen) copied ff. 1r-108v and 246r-268v; B copied f. 110r-v; C copied ff. 111r-206v; D copied ff. 207r-244v; and E copied f. 245r.
Decoration: red rubrics, underlining and stroking of majuscules. Alternately red and blue versals; plain initials; and flourished initials or litterae duplices with penwork, which often takes the form of foliage. Gold initials with or without penwork are seen on ff. 111r-125v and 134r-141v. Large initials variously in the trompe-l'oeil style, the dentelle type, in gold and colours with borders, the Renaissance style, and the landscape style of the Ghent-Bruges school. See catralog description for further detail.
Binding: 20th century red morocco over wooden boards, sewn on two thiongs; two braided leather and brass clasps attached to the rear cover. Red, blue or green parchment tabs. - Provenance
- The manuscript may be attributed to a convent of the Dominican order in or close to Liège, probably the convent of St. Catherine, the library of which was destroyed by a fire at the beginning of the eighteenth century. Purchased from “Les Enluminures”, Chicago, Paris, for the Albert H. Childs Memorial Collection.
- Extent
- ff. i + 268 + i : 100 x 75 mm.
- Extent of Digitization
- This object has been completely digitized.
- Language
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Latin
Collection Information
- Repository
- Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library
- Call Number
- Beinecke MS 1007
- Related Resource Online
- View a detailed description.
Subjects, Formats, And Genres
- Genre
-
Manuscripts, Medieval Netherlands 15th century
Medieval and Renaissance Manuscripts in Beinecke Library - Material
- parchment ;
- Resource Type
- unspecified
- Subject (Geographic)
-
Connecticut
New Haven. - Subject (Name)
- Catholic Church
- Subject (Topic)
-
Liturgy
Breviaries
Manuscripts, Medieval
Psalters - Subjects
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Catholic Church > Liturgy
Breviaries
Manuscripts, Medieval > Connecticut > New Haven
Psalters
Netherlands > 15th century
Medieval and Renaissance Manuscripts in Beinecke Library
Access And Usage Rights
- Access
- Public
- Rights
- The use of this image may be subject to the copyright law of the United States (Title 17, United States Code) or to site license or other rights management terms and conditions. The person using the image is liable for any infringement.
- Citation
- Breviary. General Collection, Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Yale University.
Identifiers
- Orbis Record
- 9892691
- Object ID (OID)
- 10621934
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