Western Michigan University, WMU MS 193
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Metadata
- DS ID:
- DS6454
- Shelfmark:
- WMU MS 193
- Title:
- Breviary for Day Offices
- Catholic Church
- Date:
- approximately 1370
- Language:
- In Latin with some German
- Physical Description:
- Extent: iii (sixteenth-century paper), 459, ii (sixteenth-century paper) : parchment, color illustrations ; 140 x 110 mm
- Note:
- Title supplied by dealer, Les Enluminures.
Collation: i8 [-8, +8, +9; stub follows f. 7 with singletons ff. 8 and 9 tipped in on either] ii-xv12, xvi8, xvii-xxxvi12, [+7; a small leaf, f. 432, sewn into the center of the quire], xxxviii8, xxxix8 [-7 following f. 152, cancelled with no loss of text, neat stub remains], xl8 [-6 -7 following f. 458, stub remains, cancelled with no apparent loss of text].
Decoration: For the calendar: 31 lines, single column in red and and black. Repetition of 3-line intials "KL" across f. 2-7v alternate blue and red. The Breviary's main text is ruled in pale brown ink with full-length horizon and vertical bounding lines. Rubics written or underlined in red, capitals touched and sometimes underlined in red. The text features a number of decorated initials...
The core of the Breviary was copied by a Dominican friar in 1370 based on the following in scription on f. 446v: "Anno domini Mo ccco lxxo". Based on the prominence of Dominican saints in the calendar, Konrad Tronner copied this Breviary for Dominican use, perhaps his own or the use of a Dominican nun in a sister house. The inclusion of certain Dominican patron saints as well as evidence of... - Keyword:
- Institutional Record:
- https://primo-pmtna01.hosted.exlibrisgroup.com/permalink/f/4vcoc/01WMU_ALMA21363926000002436
- IIIF Manifest:
- https://luna.library.wmich.edu/luna/servlet/iiif/m/WMUwmu~77~77~1222662~162665/manifest
- Holding Institution:
