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- Contemporary dyed red calf over wooden boards; blind-stamped rhomboid (diamond-shaped) centerpiece within triple-ruled blind rectangular borders on upper and lower boards; center rhomboids each contain four small blind-stamped cloverleaf medallions within double borders; remnants of two pair of brass clasps and catches; vellum pastedowns; missing spine reveals three double rows of sewing bands in heavy cord. In light tan cloth-covered clamshell box; gold-stamped brown calf box label: “Brevier. Handschrift um 1490.”, Fore-edge of book block of a German breviary in Latin for use by the the Dominicans containing prayers for Mass and the Office of the Dead (Dominican Rite). Edges of upper and lower boards with the remnants of two pair of clasps and catches., Text in a single hand, in a southwestern German "bastarda" script in black ink; leaves lightly ruled in brown, and Date suggested by style of handwriting and capital flourishes, and by calendar arrangement: i.e., ms. includes feasts of St. Dionysius and the Conception of the Virgin as single celebrations, first celebrated as such in 1481 and 1491, respectively; but lacks the observance of the feast of St. Servatius as a single celebration, a practice which dates from 1498, thus suggesting possible range of dates between 1481 and 1498. Joint purchase with the Newberry Library, Chicago (Newberry Library call number Case MS 198), 2003.
- Data Provider:
- Western Michigan University. Libraries
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- Textual capitals touched in red, 2-line initials in red; Four illustrations in dark brown, red, yellow, and green., Latin prayer "Quesumus omnipotens deus"; a Middle English rubric preceding a Latin prayer and an illustration of the nails, Crown of Thorns, and whips; Middle English rubric and Latin prayer "O nuda humanitas"; Middle English rubric and Latin prayer "Ave d(omin)a sancta maria"; illustration of the instruments of the Crucifixion; Middle English rubric and prayer for the elevation of the body of Christ; Middle English rubric and prayer for the elevation of the blood of Christ; Latin memorial to Saint Francis; illustration of the wounds of Christ with a Latin inscription; Middle English rubric and Latin prayer "Tibi laus tibi gloria"; Middle English rubric and Latin prayer "Tibi laus vera misericordia"; Latin prayer "Tibi laus vera misericordia"; illusration of the instruments of the Crucifixion, Rounded gothic bookhand, and Composed in England (Tewekesbury?). Purchased by Mr. Takamiya at St. John's Seminary, Wonersh on December 8, 1975 from lot 68.
- Date Created:
- [1435 TO 1450]
- Data Provider:
- Western Michigan University. Libraries
- Notes:
- Bound in 14th century pigskin covered boards, five original brass bosses intact, two leather closure straps remain., Written in France or Germany in the first half of the thirteenth-century. While the binding suggests German or Lowlands, the text and musical notation are French., and Abbey of Our Lady of Gethsemani (Trappist, Ky.)
- Date Created:
- [1240 TO 1260]
- Data Provider:
- Western Michigan University. Libraries
- Notes:
- Contemporary dyed red calf over wooden boards; blind-stamped rhomboid (diamond-shaped) centerpiece within triple-ruled blind rectangular borders on upper and lower boards; center rhomboids each contain four small blind-stamped cloverleaf medallions within double borders; remnants of two pair of brass clasps and catches; vellum pastedowns; missing spine reveals three double rows of sewing bands in heavy cord. In light tan cloth-covered clamshell box; gold-stamped brown calf box label: “Brevier. Handschrift um 1490.”, 2 columns of 20 lines; one 3 line initial in margin and one 2 line inital alternativing red and blue with pen florishes, and one 1-line inital in text. Rubricated in red., Leaves 75v- 76r of a German breviary in Latin, for use by the Dominicans containing prayers for Mass and the Office of the Dead (Dominican Rite). Edges of upper and lower boards with the remnants of two pair of clasps and catches., Text in a single hand, in a southwestern German "bastarda" script in black ink; leaves lightly ruled in brown, and Date suggested by style of handwriting and capital flourishes, and by calendar arrangement: i.e., ms. includes feasts of St. Dionysius and the Conception of the Virgin as single celebrations, first celebrated as such in 1481 and 1491, respectively; but lacks the observance of the feast of St. Servatius as a single celebration, a practice which dates from 1498, thus suggesting possible range of dates between 1481 and 1498. Joint purchase with the Newberry Library, Chicago (Newberry Library call number Case MS 198), 2003.
- Data Provider:
- Western Michigan University. Libraries
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- Contemporary brown leather boards; two concentric double blind-ruled borders, filled with blind-stamped shell and flower ornaments; diapered center panel, lozenges of which contain blind-stamped flower and eagle ornaments; brass and leather strap-and-pin fastener; front and back pastedowns are vellum leaves; engraving of a saint’s deathbed scene removed from another text, and affixed to front pastedown. In a green cloth clamshell box, with green leather spine., Front and tail leather boards and fore-edge of a manual or office book compiled for a Dominican nunnery containing liturgies and prayers. Edge shows a brass and leather strap-and-pin faster and cockled parchment., and Jointly purchased by Western Michigan University and the Newberry Library in 1996.
- Date Created:
- [1450 TO 1469]
- Data Provider:
- Western Michigan University. Libraries
- Notes:
- Marginal apparatus copied by the scribe in red includes initials of authors and subjects, decoratively boxed in red with touches of yellow, nota marks and the chi-rho symbol., Bound in modern half leather and wooden boards, spine with three raised bands, one clasp and catch fastening, traces of red and black visible on all three edges., One-line red initials with blue and ochre highlights, 1- to-4-line initials, red or black, filled in red and ochre, ochre and blue, or with touches of ochre or green, two 3- to 4-line white initials, f. 1v and 8v, with details in black, with white acanthus infill with red highlights and shading in black on ochre (on f. 8v, with blue dots), on blue notched grounds that follow the shape of the initial., An early twelfth-century, small-format Latin manuscript of the treatise of the Eucharist by Paschasius Radbertus, abbot of Corbie. There is an extensive marginal apparatus. The earliest and most widespread version of this text., Carolingian minuscule, and Produced in southern Europe in the early twelfth century. Purchased from Les Enluminures who procured it from a private European collection.
- Date Created:
- [1120 TO 1140]
- Data Provider:
- Western Michigan University. Libraries
37. Processional
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- Modern limp vellum binding, with two pairs of fastening vellum ties., Large red and purple initials with blue and red pen flourishes., Processional, transcribed in Spain, containing music primarily for chants for the Temporale. Music in diastematic Aquitianian notation with Latin verse. Music included celebrates feasts of the four Sundays of Advent; the Sunday following the octave of Epiphany to Palm Sunday, inclusive; Ascension; Pentecost through the sixth Sunday after Trinity; and a Commemoration for the Virgin. There is also a “Gloria, laus, et honor” hymn and a group of Marian antiphons. Large initials between each procession. Decorated catchwords at the end of gatherings., Written in Gothic Textura script., One line red staff with square black notation. Square notation on four line staff on leaves 79 and 80. Five staff on last gathering., and Country of production suggested by instructions in Spanish on recto and verso of f. 61; verso of first parchment guard leaf contains ownership inscription “Alfonso Lopez.” Stamp reading “Newberry Library” on f. 1 verso. Joint purchase by Western Michigan University and the Newberry Library in 1996.
- Data Provider:
- Western Michigan University. Libraries
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