Western Michigan University, WMU MS 188
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Metadata
- DS ID:
- DS6472
- Shelfmark:
- WMU MS 188
- Title:
- Miscellany of sermons] /
- Caesarius, of Arles, Saint, 470?-542
Eucherius, of Lyon, Saint, -449?
Eusebius, of Caesarea, Bishop of Caesarea, approximately 260-approximately 340
Augustine, of Hippo, Saint, 354-430
Hugh, of Saint-Victor, 1096?-1141
Benedict XII, Pope, -1342
Urban V, Pope, 1310-1370
Faustus, of Riez, active 5th century
- Place:
- France
- Date:
- between 1485 and 1499].
- Language:
- Text in Latin
- Material:
- parchment
- Physical Description:
- Extent: ff. 213 : parchment ; 128 x 90 mm
- Note:
- Ms. codex.
Title devised by cataloger.
Created during the pinnacle of Avignon's historical importance, this small miscellany of texts with various sermons features whimiscal drawings in its margins. The marginal ink drawings, all carefully colored, include decorated pointed hands (maniculae) with elaborate sleeves, angels, lions, and a man in a boat. The texts gathered include sermons and monastic rules and the commentaries, which...
Binding: Eighteenth-century binding of smooth taw leather over cardboard with three sewing supports, green and white endbands, label in brown ink at head of spine reading "Semon | es Sancti | Ca'sarij," imports and holes remaining on front and back cover from two ties, traces of which are visible through paper pastedowns, paper bookplot in inner pastedown of the Bibliotheque du...
Collation: [original first gathering missing] i8 [-1 through 5, first five leaves missing with text loss], ii8, iii8 [-8, final folio cancelled with no text loss], iv-xxii8, xxiii7 [structure uncertain, no text loss], xxiv, xxv-xxvii8.
Decoration: Majuscules, letter ascenders and descenders are flourished and washed in yellow throughout. Paraphs marks in blue. Rubics in red. Numberous 2-to-8-line initials in alternating red and blue with contrasting pen flourishes. 6-line parted red and blue initial with pen decoration (f. 92v). One initial in brown holds the face of a young monk (f. 28r). Catchwords, most in banderoles, in...
Marginalia: Many small marginal drawings which include maniculae extending from sleeves of red, blue, and yellow, often reaching from twinkling clouds and holding flowers, vines, or banderoles containing notae or catchwords. Other miniatures, some also holding notae and catchwords, are of rosy-cheeked angels with yellow hair and their garments, halos, and wings highlighted in red, blue...
Script: Text written in 17-21 long lines on ff. 1-184 and 16-19 long lines on ff. 184v-213v by several contemporary scribes in a compact script, except ff. 184v-213v in a larger and freer hand, all in a skilled French cursive tending towards lettre batarde featuring documentary-style flourishing in bottom, outer, and occasionallly upper margins. Frame ruling in faint graphite with bounding...
Written in several hands at the end of the 14th century or beginning of the 15th century in southern France, possibly Avignon, as suggested by the style of the initials, and to a lesser extend the script, which features some elements borrowed from the Papal Chancery, then in Avignon. Datable between 1369 (it includes a papal bull by Urban V (r. 1362-70) issued on 4 April 1369) and ca. 1400... - Keyword:
- Institutional Record:
- https://primo-pmtna01.hosted.exlibrisgroup.com/permalink/f/4dvb3u/01WMU_ALMA21366636370002436
- IIIF Manifest:
- https://luna.library.wmich.edu/luna/servlet/iiif/m/WMUwmu~77~77~1222566~160271/manifest
- Holding Institution:
