Six leaves from liturgical manuscripts : in Latin

Item Information

Title:
Six leaves from liturgical manuscripts : in Latin
Title (alt.):
Specimens of MS on vellum
Description:
One 12th-century bifolium, possibly from England or Germany, including on fol. 1 recto the collect for the 4th Sunday after Pentecost and on fol. 2 verso, that for the 23rd Sunday. Two later bifolia possibly from a Sanctorale, include prayers for Saints Ambrose, Apollinaris, Leonhardis, Bricius, Othmar, Udalricus, Timothy, and blessed Walpurge, the saints suggesting a German origin for these leaves. The three sheets were originaly received sewn together, possibly by a dealer, with the earlier manuscript folded incorrectly with "quasi insipientes" and the dealer's manuscript label on the first leaf and enclosing the other two. The two later sheets are smaller and have been cut down into the text to serve as part of a binding, probably as lining papers. These leaves appear to be later, perhaps 14th-century and the product of a less skilled hand. The first leaf begins "sci alterus confessoris..." with some text crossed out and two lines partially scraped off.
Date:
[1200–1500]
Format:
Manuscripts
Genre:
Manuscripts, Medieval--Germany
Manuscripts, Latin (Medieval and modern)--Germany
Gothic scripts
Manuscript waste
Location:
Boston Public Library
Rare Books Department
Collection (local):
Medieval and Early Renaissance Manuscripts
Subjects:
Catholic Church--Liturgy--Manuscripts--Texts
Catholic Church--Liturgy--Early works to 1800
Early manuscript fragments
Places:
Germany
England
Extent:
3 bifolia : parchment ; 258 x 190 (201 x 143) and smaller
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Place of origin:
[Germany or England]
Language:
Latin
Notes:
Ms. leaves.
Title devised by cataloger.
Alternative title from handwritten label.
Origin: Written in England or Germany.
Notes (ownership):
Provenance: 19th-century inked label "Specimens of MS. on vellum" sewn to lower margin of Bifolium 1, fol. 2.
Notes (acquisition):
Immediate source of acquisition: Unknown.
Notes (date):
This date is inferred.
Notes (object):
Secundo folio: quasi insipientes.
Layout Bifolium 1: Single column, 21 lines. Bifolia 2 and 3: single column, 24 lines, (missing lines from the top of the inner bifolium)
Script: Bifolium 1 is protogothic, bifolia 2 and 3 gothic textualis.
Decoration: Two- and three-line rubricated capitals, those on Bifolium 1 with pen flourishes.
Notes (language):
In Latin.
Identifier:
06_01_020024
Call #:
RARE BKS MS q Med.272
MS 3707 (no longer used)
Barcode:
39999092202074