(Q1711)
Statements
1645; s. XVII(med); 1640-1660
17. century
1640
1660
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Binding: Limp vellum with 4 stitches visible on the outside. Pastedowns: printed material in Spanish and Latin. Flyeaves: thin white paper with fleur-de-lis watermarks.
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Other decoration, ff. 1-18v: On f. 1v: painted gold initial on red background, with gold foliage. Strapwork on capital letters throughout.
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Number of scribes, ff. 1-18v: 1.
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Script, ff. 1-18v: Gothic.
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Music, ff. 1-18v: Red 5 line staves with square black notes.
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Layout, ff. 1-18v: 5 lines of text and music.
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Watermarks, ff. 1-18v: None on manuscript itself (fleur-de-lis watermark on flyleaves).
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Bibliography: Manuel Ramos Medina. Imagen de Santidad en un Mundo Profano Mexcio, DF: Universidad Iberoamericana, 1990, p. 91, discussing the high regard the viceroys of Mexico held for the prioress, Bernarda de San Juan, under whose direction this book was made.
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ff. 1-18v: Manuscript dated 1645 on f. 1r. Folio 16 is a printed page, 300 x 215mm, containing a mass for St. Joseph: "Romae, Ex Typographia Reverendae Camerae Apost. M. DC. LXXX [on the following line:] Superiorum Permissu, Mexici, apud Ioannem de Ribera. Anno 1681."
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ff. 1-18v: Latin.
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ff. 1r-15v, f. 16r-v (printed), f. 17 r-v: Feasts included: St. Elijah the Leader and Our Father, St. Teresa the Virgin (of Avila), and St. Joseph the Confessor.
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We thank Elizabeth Mayer for her description of this manuscript.
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28 June 2023
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28 June 2023
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