Ohio University, ege-16
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Metadata
- DS ID:
- DS30501
- Shelfmark:
- ege-16
- Title:
- Ege leaf 16: Breviary, France, 1200s
- Place:
- France
- Date:
- 1200s
- Language:
- Latin
- Material:
- Vellum (parchment)
- Physical Description:
- Extent: 1 leaf; Vellum (parchment); 10.5 cm x 7.25 cm
- Former Owner(s):
- Ege, Otto F.
- Note:
- Script: Gothic
Decoration: foliage (motif); gold leaf; illuminations (painting); initials (layout features); pen-flourished initials; rules (layout features); columns (layout features);
The following text is based on the original seller's label. 16. VELLUM LEAF FROM AN ILLUMINATED MEDIEVAL MANUSCRIPT
FRANCE
Late XIIIth Century
Latin Text
Angular Gothic Script
Breviary
(Breviarium)
FROM THE COLLECTION OF OTTO F. EGE.
Breviaries were seldom owned by laymen
They were service books and contained the Psalter with the versicles, responses, collects and lections for Sundays, weekdays, and saints' days
Other texts could be included
A Breviary, therefore, was lengthy and usually bulky in format
Miniature copies like the one represented by this leaf are rare
The angular gothic script required a skilled calligrapher
It would be difficult for a modern engrosser to match, even with steel pens, the exactness and sharpness of these letters formed with a quill by a XIIIth century scribe
Green was a decorative color added to the palette in the late XIIIth century in many scriptoria
The medieval formulae for making it from earth, flowers, berries, and metals are often elaborate and strange
This manuscript was written on fine uterine vellum, i.e., the skin of an unborn calf
It evidently had hard use, or may have been buried with its owner.
Fifty original leaves from medieval manuscripts, Western Europe, XII-XVI century - Keyword:
- Institutional Record:
- http://media.library.ohio.edu/digital/collection/p15808coll19/id/71
- IIIF Manifest:
- https://media.library.ohio.edu/iiif/2/p15808coll19:71/manifest.json
- Holding Institution:
