Western Michigan University, WMU MS 161

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Metadata

DS ID:

DS6387

Shelfmark:

WMU MS 161

Title:

Breviary fragment

Author:

Catholic Church

Catholic Church WIKIDATA

Place:

Germany

Germany TGN

Date:

circa 1275-1300

thirteenth century (dates CE) AAT

Language:

lat

Latin WIKIDATA

Physical Description:

Extent: 4 leaves ; 193 x 138 mm

Former Owner(s):

Pope, Joseph, 1921-

Joseph Pope WIKIDATA

Fogg, Sam

Sam Fogg Rare Books & Manuscripts WIKIDATA

Note:

Four leaves from a Breviary, once used as a wrapper for MS 160.
Title supplied by cataloger.
Parchment with paper flyleaves. i + 4 + i. Dimensions: 193 x 138 mm. Collation: i4 (outer four leaves on one quire, original structure uncertain, missing an unknown number of leaves between 2 and 3). Ruling is mostly undectable although traces of single vertical bounding lines in ink or lead remain between the columns. Prickings visible in margins. Manuscript written by two scribes in a mature...
Although fragmentary, the text suggests that these leaves originated from a monastic, rather than secular, breviary (one nocturn with four lessons are provided for the feast of St. Mary). On the bottom of fol. 1r, a fifteenth or sixteenth century hand has listed the contents of this manuscript, rather unusually, as the "Legends" of St. Barbara and St. Lucy (apparently because, by this time...
These four leaves previously belonged to Joseph Pope (1921-2010) of Toronto, where it was Bergendal Collection MS 24 (described in Pope, 1999, and online, Bergendal Collection). Purchased from Sam Fogg, London, October 1993.

Keyword:

Breviaries

Catholic Church

Manuscripts, Latin

Manuscripts, Medieval

Institutional Record:

https://primo-pmtna01.hosted.exlibrisgroup.com/permalink/f/4dvb3u/01WMU_ALMA21100914440002436

IIIF Manifest:

https://luna.library.wmich.edu/luna/servlet/iiif/m/WMUwmu~77~77~1222531~160242/manifest

Holding Institution:

Western Michigan University