Western Michigan University, WMU MS 174

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Metadata

DS ID:

DS6461

Shelfmark:

WMU MS 174

Title:

Prayer book leaf

Place:

Germany

Germany TGN

Date:

between 1440-1460].

fifteenth century (dates CE) AAT

Language:

Text in Latin

Latin WIKIDATA

Physical Description:

Extent: 1 leaf : parchment ; 120 x 84 mm

Note:

Ms.leaf.
Title supplied by cataloger.
6-line historiated and illuminated initial painting of St. Agnes of Rome with a simple white face and rosy cheeks, holding a lamb possibly in the Nonnenarbeiten style, which is associated with predominately female monastic deocation of their devotional books. Rubrication in red. On verso, a 2-line intial O decorated in red with faded brown pen florishes. 1 column of 14-15 lines ruled in dry...
"The illumination on recto is in the style named Nonnenarbeiten (see J. Hamburger, Nuns as Artists, the Visual Culture of a Medieval Convent, 1997), and associated with predominantly female monastic decoration of their own devotional books." --from dealer description on inside cover of the frame.

Keyword:

Agnes, Saint, Martyr

Prayer books

Manuscripts, Latin (Medieval and modern)

Manuscripts, Medieval

Catholic Church

Institutional Record:

https://primo-pmtna01.hosted.exlibrisgroup.com/permalink/f/4dvb3u/01WMU_ALMA21364606920002436

IIIF Manifest:

https://luna.library.wmich.edu/luna/servlet/iiif/m/WMUwmu~77~77~1222509~160217/manifest

Holding Institution:

Western Michigan University