(Q8442)
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Codices
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Catholic Church--Prayers and devotions--Early works to 1800
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Illumination of books and manuscripts--Specimens
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Illumination of books and manuscripts
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Monastic and religious life of women--Liturgy
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[1450?]
15. century
1450Gregorian
1450Gregorian
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Extent: 205 leaves : parchment, color illustrations, music ; 93 x 70 mm bound to 100 x 77 mm
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Ms. codex.
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Volume appears to have been in use in a women's monastic community, names of nuns written on several leaves (f. 93v-94r, 125v-126r).
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Title supplied by cataloger; other title, Rituale praedicatorum, from Zacour-Hirsch Catalogue.
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Foliation: Parchment, i (paper) + 205 + v (paper); [1-205]; modern foliation in pencil, upper right recto.
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Layout: Written in 12-14 long lines, with musical notation written in 5 long lines; some pages ruled in ink; some prickings visible.
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Script: Written in a Gothic script by several hands, with marginal notations and later additions, including a few leaves of music in a later hand, and the beginning of the Gospel according to John in a later cursive hand on paper endleaves.
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Decoration: Historiated initial D with woman and angel with gold illuminated halos, identified by Debra Taylor Cashion as the Ecstasy of Mary Magdalene (f. 1r). Large decorated initial D in blue and red (f. 22r); face in brown initial (f. 184r), decorated initials in red and undecorated initials in blue throughout manuscript.
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Imperfect; leaves between f. 10-11, 50-51, 118-119 known to be wanting.
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Origin: Written in the Rhineland (Zacour-Hirsch), perhaps in Cologne (Cashion, Leaves of Gold), ca. 1450 (Zacour-Hirsch).
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Musical notation: 4-line staves in red ink; square notes; a few leaves of musical notation in brown ink (staves and notes) in a later hand.
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Incipit: Domine ne in furore [Ps. 6].
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Binding: 18th-century German calf, with 1 clasp intact, detached clasp stored with manuscript in mylar sleeve.
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Sold by Anton Düssel, 1949.
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Unidentified signature on paper endleaf at the beginning.
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18 September 2023
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18 September 2023
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