Bryn Mawr College, MS 34

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Metadata

DS ID:

DS16536

Shelfmark:

MS 34

Title:

Radnor Missal

Missal

Radnor Missal

Place:

Southern Germany

Southern Germany TGN

Date:

1300-1399

fourteenth century (dates CE) AAT

Language:

Latin

Latin WIKIDATA

Material:

Parchment

Parchment AAT

Physical Description:

Extent: 32; 274 x 207 mm bound to 275 x 214 mm; parchment

Note:

Binding: Original beveled oak boards with dark brown leather covering half the board vertically from the spine forward; spine repaired with more recent leather; metal clasps; bottom leather strap missing
Layout: One or two columns, eighteen to twenty-three lines, ruled in black ink with double and single vertical and single horizontal bounding lines, full length; remains of prickings visible at outer margins; written area: 205 x 147 mm
Decoration: Three three-line initials in blue with red penwork designs marking major text divisions; one- to two-line initials alternating red and blue, some with pen flourishes; rubrication throughout; four-line musical staves with the fa line red and do line yellow; germanic neumes written in the one note basic virga symbol
Provenance: Written around the fourteenth century, probably in Southern Germany; the three quires very possibly were removed from a larger volume to serve as a liber ritualis for the special occasions listed; the text is devoid of any identifying marks; early provenance unknown; given to Bryn Mawr College by Radnor High School, Radnor, Pennsylvania, 14 November 1984

Keyword:

Missals (Service books)

Fourteenth century

Musical notation

Liturgics

German (culture, style, period)

Missals

Germany

Institutional Record:

https://openn.library.upenn.edu/Data/0003/html/BMC_MS34.html

IIIF Manifest:

https://iiif.archive.org/iiif/3/BMC_MS34/manifest.json

Holding Institution:

Bryn Mawr College