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Metadata

DS ID:

DS30510

Shelfmark:

ege-26

Title:

Ege leaf 26: Missal, France, 1300s

Missal

Place:

France;Rouen

France TGN

Rouen TGN

Date:

1300s

fourteenth century (dates CE) AAT

Language:

Latin

Latin WIKIDATA

Material:

Vellum (parchment)

Parchment AAT

Physical Description:

Extent: 1 leaf; Vellum (parchment); 29 cm x 21.25 cm

Former Owner(s):

Ege, Otto F.

Otto Ege WIKIDATA

Note:

Script: Gothic
Decoration: gold leaf; illuminations (painting); initials (layout features); line fillings; rubrics; rules (layout features); columns (layout features);
The following text is based on the original seller's label. 26.VELLUM LEAF FROM AN ILLUMINATED MEDIEVAL MANUSCRIPT
FRANCE (Rouen)
Late XIVth Century
Latin Text
Angular Gothic Script
Missal
(Missale)
FROM THE COLLECTION OF OTTO F. EGE.
The fact that this Missal honors particular saints by its calendar and litany indicates that it was made by friars of the Franciscan order
This was established in 1209 by St.Francis
These wandering friars with their humility, love of nature and men, and their joyous religious fervor, soon became one of the largest orders in Europe
This leaf, with its well written, pointed characters and decorative initial letters, has lost some of its pristine beauty, doubtless through occasional exposure to dampness over a period of 600 years
The green tone of the ink is more frequently found in English manuscripts than in French
However, the ornament and miniature on the opening page of the manuscript definitely indicate that it is of French origin.
Fifty original leaves from medieval manuscripts, Western Europe, XII-XVI century

Keyword:

Missals

Manuscripts

Institutional Record:

http://media.library.ohio.edu/digital/collection/p15808coll19/id/95

IIIF Manifest:

https://media.library.ohio.edu/iiif/2/p15808coll19:95/manifest.json

Holding Institution:

Ohio University