Arma Christi prayer roll.
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15502542
Description
- Title
- Arma Christi prayer roll.
- Contributor
-
Alexander VI, Pope, 1431-1503
Catholic Church--Prayers and devotions--Dutch
Jesus Christ--Passion--Art
Jesus Christ--Passion--Prayers and devotions
Jesus Christ--Passion--Prayers and devotions--Early works to 1800
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
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Binding: section of leather sewn to top of scroll. Accompanied by seventeenth-century? fabric case with fabric and metal appliqués.
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.
Layout: single column of text.
Purchased from Richard Linenthal (Sotheby's London sale, 2014 July 8, lot 48) on the Edwin J. Beinecke Book Fund, 2014.
Script: gothic. - Extent
- 1 roll : parchment ; 940 x 172 mm.
- Extent of Digitization
- This object has been completely digitized.
- Language
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Dutch; Flemish
Collection Information
- Repository
- Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library
- Call Number
- Beinecke MS 1187
Subjects, Formats, And Genres
- Format
- mixed material
- Genre
-
Drawings--Netherlands--15th century
Manuscripts, Medieval--Netherlands--15th century - Resource Type
- Archives or Manuscripts
- Subject (Geographic)
- Netherlands--Religious life and customs--Early works to 1800
- Subject (Name)
-
Alexander VI, Pope, 1431-1503
Catholic Church--Prayers and devotions--Dutch
Jesus Christ--Passion--Art
Jesus Christ--Passion--Prayers and devotions
Jesus Christ--Passion--Prayers and devotions--Early works to 1800
Sixtus IV, Pope, 1414-1484 - Subject (Topic)
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Illumination of books and manuscripts, Medieval
Indulgences--Early works to 1800
Manuscripts, Medieval--Connecticut--New Haven
Medieval and Renaissance Manuscripts in Beinecke Library
Access And Usage Rights
- Access
- Public
- Rights
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- Citation
- Arma Christi Prayer Roll.
Identifiers
- Orbis Record
- 12269259
- Object ID (OID)
- 15502542
- More Information
- https://pre1600ms.beinecke.library.yale.edu/docs/pre1600.ms1187.htm
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