(Q50774)
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ca. 1450
15. century
1425Gregorian
1475Gregorian
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Extent: fols. 1; membrane; 91 x 66 (72 x 42)
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Layout: 1 column, 20 lines
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Decoration: 1 2-line initial "I" in blue with white highlights and flanked by red flowers on burnished gold grounds, with the crossbards of the letter extending laterally and comprising a vertical blue and white bar border extending the length of the column and into the upper and lower margins terminating in burnished gold ivy leaves
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Ruled in plummet
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Manuscript written for a female community, with many references to Mary Magdalene throughout the original parent codex, suggesting a possible connection to a Magdalene house comprised of penitent prostitutes. Much of the original manuscript included music.
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Incipit: despicias opera manuum / tuarum
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Explicit: lavero te / non habebis partem me
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End of a prayer and opening of the Gospel reading (John 13:1-8) for Maundy Thursday
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26 August 2024
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26 August 2024
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