(Q43842)
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Breviary (Dominican)
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Dickinson, Mary W. T
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Breviaries--Germany--15th century
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Historiated initials--Germany--15th century
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Musical notation--Germany--15th century
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between 1485 and 1499
15. century
1485Gregorian
1499Gregorian
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Extent: ff. 289 : parchment ; 90 x 127 mm
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Breviary written at the end of the fifteenth century for use in a Dominican convent for nuns, probably in the diocese of Bamberg, as shown by the presence of Cunigundis, Henry and many Dominican saints in the calendar. Feminine forms, "Sorores sobrie estote . . . " (f. 91v) begin compline, where responses are headed "Das spricht dy priorin" and "Der convent spricht."
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Span folios: ff. 1-289v. Support: Parchment. Layout: 16 210 310(+11, f. 27) 4-2610 278 2810 2910(-10, plus one short leaf tipped in at end of quire) 304. Catchwords in inner lower margin. 16 long lines, ruled in brown ink, the second rule from the top and from the bottom full across. Written in a gothic book hand with additions in a hybrida script (f. 281v), in 2 cursive scripts (ff. 281v-283...
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Decoration: Opening historiated initial, f. 7, 7-line, in white-highlighted blue, enclosing the Virgin and Child against an embossed gold ground, the whole within a frame of narrow green, orange and red segments, with multicolored acanthus leaf extensions. 4- and 3-line initials in blue with void design on initial, infilled and decorated with penwork flourishing in the ink of the text; 2-line...
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Input into Digital Scriptorium by: C. W. Dutschke, 8/19/2012.
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Presumably still in Dominican ownership in the seventeenth century, when additions were being made to the calendar, the latest being that of Louis Beltran (here 19 October), beatified in 1608 and canonized in 1671. On the back flyleaf verso, release stamp of the Denkmalschutz. Belonged to Mary W. T. Dickinson, who had acquired it by June 1945, probably from Dawson's Book Shop, Los Angeles...
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22 July 2024
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22 July 2024
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