Arma Christi prayer roll

Description

Title: Arma Christi prayer roll
Contributor: Alexander VI, Pope, 1431-1503.
Sixtus IV, Pope, 1414-1484.
Published / Created: [ca. 1500]
Publication Place: Netherlands
Abstract: Manuscript roll, on parchment, in a single hand, illuminated, containing the "Arma Christi" poem and other prayers, in Dutch, including prayers ascribed to Popes Sixtus IV and Alexander VI. The prayers are preceded by a rubric instructing readers to kneel as they recite the prayers in order to obtain an indulgence
Description: In Dutch.
Layout: single column of text.
Script: gothic.
Decoration: Rubricated. Initials in red or blue. Large miniature at head of roll containing a bust of Christ wearing a crown of thorns, displaying his stigmata, and surrounded by the "arma Christi" (also known as the Instruments of the Passion). On a blue ground in gold frame. One large decorated initial immediately below miniature. Text accompanied by decorated borders on both sides.
Binding: section of leather sewn to top of scroll. Accompanied by seventeenth-century? fabric case with fabric and metal appliqués.
Provenance: Purchased from Richard Linenthal (Sotheby's London sale, 2014 July 8, lot 48) on the Edwin J. Beinecke Book Fund, 2014.
Extent: 1 roll : 940 x 172 mm.
Extent of Digitization: This object has been completely digitized.
Language: Dutch

Genre: Art
Prayers and devotions
Early works to 1800
Drawings (visual works) Netherlands 15th century
Manuscripts, Medieval Netherlands 15th century
Medieval and Renaissance Manuscripts in Beinecke Library
Material: parchment ;
Resource Type: unspecified
Subject (Geographic): Connecticut
New Haven.
Netherlands
Subject (Name): Jesus Christ
Catholic Church
Subject (Topic): Passion
Dutch
Illumination of books and manuscripts, Medieval
Indulgences
Manuscripts, Medieval
Religious life and customs
Subjects: Jesus Christ > Passion > Art
Jesus Christ > Passion > Prayers and devotions
Jesus Christ > Passion > Prayers and devotions > Early works to 1800
Catholic Church > Prayers and devotions > Dutch
Illumination of books and manuscripts, Medieval
Indulgences > Early works to 1800
Manuscripts, Medieval > Connecticut > New Haven
Netherlands > Religious life and customs > Early works to 1800
Netherlands > 15th century
Medieval and Renaissance Manuscripts in Beinecke Library

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Citation: Arma Christi Prayer Roll.