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- Early-modern and modern inscriptions identifying the document., Stored in a modern, archival diploma holder. Archiepiscopal seal still attached to plica: made of green wax (80 x 55 mm), pendant on green silk threads, bearing the standing portrait of William Archbishop of Reims and partly-legible legend around; counterseal on reverse, badly damaged and barely legible. Seal much repaired with neutral colored wax in the 19th century., 2-line initial "W" with slight flourishes opens the text., Twelfth-century, Flemish document sealed by William, Archbishop of Reims, issued by his Chancellor Lambinus and dated 1182, concerning the donation of lands--Hulsendam, Nova Ecclesia and Balliol--by Philip of Flanders to the Abbey of Messines (Cottineau 2: 1832). See acquisition file, dealer's prospectus, for detailed description of William of Reims and Philip of Flanders., protogothic documentary script, and Produced probably in Flanders, and dated 1182 within the document. The identifying inscriptions on the dorse of the document: along the top, possibly a thirteenth-century hand, "confirmatio Willelmi archiepiscopi remorum supra terra de hulsendam et de nova ecclesia et balliola."; below fold line, an early-modern script: "Confirmation de la donation de hulsendam de L'archevesque de Reims faict par Philippe Comte de Flandre aux Dames de Messines. Carte B 1 l'an 1180 [sic]"; inscription in pencil of "1182" immediately below; along the bottom, possibly the same hand as the inscription along the top: "Per Willelmi archiepiscopi Remorum supra terra de hulsendam." Abbey of Messines was destroyed in WWI and restored in 1931 as the crypt of a new church. The Abbey held the document in 1876. Purchased by Special Collections, Waldo Library from Mackus Company, Fairlawn Ohio in May of 2004.
- Date Created:
- 1182-01-01T00:00:00Z
- 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 leather cover of a manual or office book compiled for a Dominican nunnery containing liturgies and prayers. Cover shows a brass and leather strap-and-pin faster and stamped ornamentation., 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:
- Marginalia in different hands in German, Contemporary brown leather boards; two concentric double blind-ruled borders, filled with blind-stamped shell and flower ornaments; diapered center panel, lozenges containing blind-stamped flower and eagle ornaments; brass and leather strap-and-pin fastener; front and back pastedowns are parchment 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., Text in gothic liturgical book hand in black ink, lightly ruled in brown, with first and last one or two horizontal rules extending to edge of leaf; prickings visible along fore-edge of leaves; 18 lines per page; headings, superscript corrections, and ceremonial instructions in red; sentence initials touched in red; alternating red and blue capitals; footnotes in German in brown, with sentences touched in red; catchwords in brown, circled in red., Manual or office book compiled for a Dominican nunnery, probably in Nuremberg during the third quarter of the 15th century, possibly between 1450 and 1469. The compilation of liturgies and prayers includes the Communion for the sick; Extreme Unction to be offered in the death of a sister; the Mass for the dead; various litanies of saints, with multiple references to St. Dominic, and local German saints such as St. Cunegund (whose relics are in Bamberg); St. Heinrich (Henry II, husband of Cunegund, also of Bamberg); and St. Sebald (patron saint of Nuremberg). Also included are diagrams in lower margins, written in German, outlining the stages of liturgical processions in the nunnery. Rubrics refer to “swester”, and Latin prayers are written in the feminine case., Gothic liturgical book hand, Chant music included throughout test; music arranged on red 4-line staves with square notation in black; Latin words., and Jointly purchased by Western Michigan University and the Newberry Library in 1996.
- Date Created:
- [1450 TO 1469]
- Data Provider:
- Western Michigan University. Libraries
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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.
- Data Provider:
- Western Michigan University. Libraries
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- Bound in twentieth-century brown goatskin over boards., Initials in red, black, green, and yellow. f. 2r. Includes a 3-line decorated initial, Manuscript is two codices bound together. The first is a Cistercian Antiphonary from the mid-twelfth century from Italy and the second is an early thirteenth century hymnal. Selected pages., Pregothic, multiple hands; Hymnal in gothic textualis, Neumes, Belonged to and probably written at the Cistercian Abbey of S. Maria di Morimondo (founded 1134; Cottineau 1985 86), in the vicinity of Milan, Italy. The earliest portions of the manuscript were written before 1174, the date of the canonization of St Bernard of Clairvaux, the antiphons for whose feast were inserted soon after this date (ff. 66 70). This earlier portion seems to have been written by a French scribe. Jean Leclercq lists and describes other Morimondo mss. in 'Manuscrits Cisterciens dans des Bibliothèques d'Italie,' Analecta Sacri Ordinis Cisterciensis 7 (1951) 71 74; it is evident from his descriptions that later products of this scriptorium were not as austere as this one. The hymnary portion was written by Beltramus de Redoldis (sic; elsewhere Beltramus de Rioldis), a monk of Morimondo, in 1291. Morimondo was suppressed in 1799. Acquired in September, 1770, by Carlo Trivulzio. Trivulzio Belgioioso Trotti collection of Milan; sold to Hoepli (cat. 5); sale by Leavitt (New York, 27 Nov. 1886, no. 47; auction label on front pastedown). Purchased by Charles F. Gunther of Chicago; bequeathed to Historical Society of Chicago. Acquired for Gethsemani Abbey in April, 1922, through the mediation of J. Christian Bay, of the John Crerar Library, Chicago., and Abbey of Our Lady of Gethsemani (Trappist, Ky.)
- 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., Mid-fifteenth century Middle English and Latin prayer roll featuring four illustrations. Part of the personal collection of Mr. Toshiyuki Takamiya, MA, FSA, HoLittD, Professor Emeritus, Keio University., 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:
- Modern limp vellum binding, with two pairs of fastening vellum ties., Front cover of a processional containing music primarily for chants for the Temporale. Cover includes leather pegs for thongs attachment and the uneven pages of the fore-edge., 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
- 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.”, The front cover of a German breviary in Latin, for use by the Dominicans containing prayers for Mass, and the Office of the Dead (Dominican Rite). Cover features a blind-stamped diamond-shaped centerpiece, the remnants of a pair of brass clasps, and missing spine revealing sewing structure., 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
- Notes:
- Textual capitals touched in red, 2-line initials in red; Four illustrations in dark brown, red, yellow, and green., Middle English explanation for the origins of the prayer roll., 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:
- Modern limp vellum binding, with two pairs of fastening vellum ties., Front cover of a processional containing music primarily for chants for the Temporale. Cover includes leather pegs where thongs clamped book closed., 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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