Ceremonial for visiting a dying nun and for the burial
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10621958
Description
- Title
- Ceremonial for visiting a dying nun and for the burial
- Published / Created
- [between 1400 and 1599].
- Publication Place
- Southern Low Countries
- Abstract
-
Manuscript, poorly organized, on paper of Ceremonial for visiting a dying nun and for the burial, which served in a bilingual female community in Belgium (probably southern Flanders), where the priest, the abbess or the prioress was French-speaking. The devotional contains various psalms, litanies, prayers, hymns, and the Athanasian Creed
- Description
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Script: Copied by four hands: A) writing in Gothica Hybrida Libraria; B) writing in Gothica Semihybrida Libraria/Currens; C) writing in Gothica Cursiva Libraria/Currens; D) writing in a small Gothica Cursiva Currens. A) and B) are the principal hands. Musical notations are found in nota quadrata on 4-line black staves.
Decoration: Appears only in red: hadings, underlining, stroking of majuscules, line-fillers, 1-line versals and 1- to 2-line plain initials.
Binding: Original Flemish blind-tooled brown calfskin over wooden boards, sewn on three leather thongs. Both covers have frames of triple fillets. Remnants of a brass clasp are fixed to the front board. Red leather tabs preserved. Seems to have been chained at the lower edge of the front board.
In Latin, French and Dutch. - Provenance
- Sotheby sale, 6-7 February 1951, lot 184. Brian S. Cron (1913-2002). Purchased on the Edwin J. Beinecke Fund.
- Extent
- ff. 208 : 100 x 65 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 1053
- Related Resource Online
- View a detailed description.
Subjects, Formats, And Genres
- Genre
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Prayers and devotions
Manuscripts, Medieval Netherlands 15th century
Manuscripts, Medieval Netherlands 16th century
Medieval and Renaissance Manuscripts in Beinecke Library - Material
- paper ;
- Resource Type
- unspecified
- Subject (Geographic)
-
Connecticut
New Haven. - Subject (Name)
- Catholic Church
- Subject (Topic)
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Devotional Literature, Latin
Devotional Literature, French
Devotional Literature, Dutch
Manuscripts, Medieval - Subjects
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Catholic Church > Prayers and devotions
Devotional Literature, Latin
Devotional Literature, French
Devotional Literature, Dutch
Manuscripts, Medieval > Connecticut > New Haven
Netherlands > 15th century
Netherlands > 16th century
Medieval and Renaissance Manuscripts in Beinecke Library
Access And Usage Rights
- Access
- Public
- Rights
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- Citation
- Ceremonial for visiting a dying nun and for the burial. General Collection, Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Yale University.
Identifiers
- Orbis Record
- 9894024
- Object ID (OID)
- 10621958
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