Four leaves from a 15th-century lectionary : in Latin

Item Information

Title:
Four leaves from a 15th-century lectionary : in Latin
Title (uniform):
Lectionary
Creator:
Catholic Church
Former owner:
McKenna, John D., of Plainfield, New Jersey
Former owner:
Philip C. Duschnes (Firm)
Date:
[1400?–1499?]
Format:
Manuscripts
Books
Genre:
Manuscripts, Latin (Medieval and Modern)--France
Manuscripts, Medieval--France
Lectionaries
Gothic scripts
Inscriptions
Location:
Boston Public Library
Rare Books Department
Collection (local):
Medieval and Early Renaissance Manuscripts
Places:
France
Extent:
4 leaves : parchment ; 475 x 330 (240 x 330) mm bound to 50 cm (49 x 35 cm)
Permalink:
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Place of origin:
[France]
Language:
Latin
Table of Contents:
1. fol. 1r (as bound): Prologus Galeatus (continued); lesson from 1 Samuel (rubric: "Incipit liber regnum primus lectio ij [corrected to 1]; leaf ends "sicque facie")
2. fol. 1v (as bound): Prologus Galeatus (text on leaf begins: "comprehendunt. Tertius est salomon ...)
3. fol. 2r (as bound): Leo I, sermon (cont'd) (rubric: "Dominica prima post pentecoste. De sancta trinitate sermo beati leonis paper. Lectio prima"; begins: "Cum ad intelligentam ..." ends: "Cogitemus quia i nul")
4. fol. 2v (as bound): Lesson from Leo I (text on leaf begins "de natura ineffabili ...")
5. fol. 3r (as bound): Prologus Galeatus (continued); text on leaf ends: "psalmorum volumine"
6. fol. 3v (as bound): [originally preceded fol. 1] St. Ambrose, [lectio septima] (text on leaf begins: "egyptii flumina ..."); Lectio octava (begins: "Circumclusus erat undique"); Prologus Galateus (rubric: "Dominica prima in libris regum lection prima. Incipit prefatio sancti ieronimi presbiteri in libros regum"; begins: "Viginti et duas ...")
7. fol. 4r (as bound): Text on leaf begins: "sanctus. Cumque alia si persona ..."; lection quinta (begins: "Si homo ad ymaginem et similitudinem ..."; lectio vi (begins: "Si ergo duce ..."; lectio vii (begins: "Cum igitur ad consitendium ..."); text on leaf ends: "Discedat a corte quod."
8. fol. 4v (as bound): [originally preceded fol. 3] text on leaf begins: "lo ab unitate sua ..."; lectio ii (begins: "Huius beate trinitatis ..."); lection tercia (begins: "Quia in deitate patris et filij et spiritus sancti."); lection iiij (begins "Nunquam ab omnipotentia patris et filij sancti ..."); text on leaf ends: "illuminat spiritus".
Notes:
Ms leaves.
Title devised by cataloger; date and location based on script.
Origin: Written in France in the 15th century.
Notes (ownership):
Provenance: Book ticket of Philip C. Duschnes. With a two-page handwritten note titled, "History of the Bible Fragment," that describes the present set of four leaves as belonging to "a Bible in two volumes, containing 493 pages of uterine vellum, folio, bound sumptuously in raised parchment over boards, gold filigree, precious stones, with solid gold clasps, and the coat of arms of Charles VII of France ... The work was commissioned by the Duke of Burgundy, and presented to Charles, after his coronation, in Rheims, which event was made possible by Jeanne D'Arc, who paid dearly for playing the soldier."
Notes (acquisition):
Gift; John D. McKenna; after 1976.
Immediate source of acquisition: Donated by John D. McKenna, of Plainfield, New Jersey, after 1976.
Notes (object):
Collation: Parchment, fol. 4; using order as currently bound -- where each leaf is sewn-in backwards -- these leaves would have previously been ordered: 4, 3, 1, 2.
Layout: 2 columns, 33 lines; bounding and writing lines in black ink.
Script: Written in a northern textualis formata (textus quadratus) in black ink with red rubrics.
Decoration: Five and six-line puzzle initials with floral penwork interior at beginning of the Prologus Galeatus (fol. 3v) and the lesson for first Sunday after Pentecost (fol. 3v). Elsewhere, alternating red and blue lombards with floral penwork.
Binding: Bound in 19th-century half red leather and marbled boards. Bound out of order and with each leaf backwards (see collation statement and contents note)
Notes (language):
In Latin.
Identifier:
06_01_019315
Call #:
RARE BKS MS pf Med.278
Barcode:
39999088026552