Harvard University, MS Typ 444

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Metadata

DS ID:

DS11108

Shelfmark:

MS Typ 444

Title:

Lectionary for matins

Author:

Catholic Church

Catholic Church WIKIDATA

Date:

ca. 1200

thirteenth century (dates CE) AAT

Language:

lat

Latin WIKIDATA

Physical Description:

Extent: 118 leaves, bound : vellum ; 31 cm.

Former Owner(s):

Peerlkamp, Petrus Hofman, 1786-1865

Petrus Hofman Peerlkamp WIKIDATA

Merton, Wilfred

Wilfred Merton WIKIDATA

Note:

Written in a carolingian minuscule hand with some gothic features, in one column in black ink. Rubrics are in red. Each feast begins with a large initial in red with decoration in other colors. Each reading begins with a 2- or more line initial in red.
Bound in 19th-century red morocco, perhaps by Roger de Coverly, gilt.
In a tray case, 33 cm.
The notes on f. 118v relate to the Benedictine Allerheiligenkloster at Oberwesel in the diocese of Trier, but it is not clear if the ms. was written there (see Light).
For the identification of the lections, see curatorial file.
P. H. Peerlkamp (signature with date 1803 on front flyleaf); Wilfred Merton (bookplate; purchased from Leighton, catalogue of mss. no. 199).
Purchased with the fund for Printing and Graphic Arts given by Philip Hofer, 1958.

Keyword:

Manuscripts, Medieval

Institutional Record:

https://id.lib.harvard.edu/alma/990098203360203941/catalog

IIIF Manifest:

https://iiif.lib.harvard.edu/manifests/drs:50069243

Holding Institution:

Harvard University