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- Upper margin of recto of leaf [103] contains a small pen-and-ink drawing in red, blue and brown ink, of two birds atop a pair of acanthus leaves, pecking a berry., 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.”, Calendar in red and black, with large red and blue capitals at head of each page, most with interlacing pen flourishes in blue; following calendar is a table for computing the date of Easter each year, in red and black, with folded fore-edge; and two diagrams for assigning Dominical Letters and Golden Numbers, also in red and black., German breviary in Latin, for use by the Dominicans, probably produced around 1490 in the Upper Rhine region of Germany, or Northern Switzerland, as indicated by handwriting style, and saints’ days included in calendar. Breviary contains prayers for Mass, and the Office of the Dead (Dominican Rite)., Text in a single hand, in a southwestern German "bastarda" script in black ink; leaves lightly ruled in brown; large red and blue capitals, some pen-flourished, or decorated with flowers, leaves, plumes, or trailing branches; smaller red and blue initials throughout text; captions and section numbers in red., 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. Jointly purchased by Western Michigan University and the Newberry Library in 2003.
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