University of Pennsylvania, Ms. Codex 1229

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Metadata

DS ID:

DS971

Shelfmark:

Ms. Codex 1229

Title:

Processional; Dominican use

Processional

Author:

Catholic Church

Catholic Church WIKIDATA

Place:

France

France TGN

Date:

between 1500 and 1550?

sixteenth century (dates CE) AAT

Language:

Latin, with some rubrics and directions in French

Latin WIKIDATA

French WIKIDATA

Material:

parchment, music

Parchment AAT

Physical Description:

Extent: 155 leaves : parchment, music ; 140 x 97 (92 x 56) mm bound to 149 x 112 mm

Former Owner(s):

Riley, Athelstan, 1858-1945

Athelstan Riley WIKIDATA

Note:

Ms. codex.
Title supplied by cataloger.
Collation: Parchment, i (paper) + i + 154 + i (paper); 18 (-1) 28 36 4-78 88 (-8) 9-198 208 (-8); remnants of signatures with letter and leaf number, mostly trimmed, lower right recto; one vertical catchword on the last verso of gathering 6 (f. 45v); modern foliation in pencil, upper right recto. Link to collation model at end of record.
Layout: Written in 15 long lines and frame-ruled in red ink, or in 5 lines of music with text with bounding lines in red ink; prickings for every other line of text visible on the outer edge of many leaves.
Script: Written in a hybrid script (larger for liturgical texts, smaller for liturgical directions) and a Gothic script (chant texts).
Decoration: Rubrics in red; 1-line initials alternately in red and blue; 2-line initials (or one line each chant and text) alternately in red and blue, sometimes with additional flourishes in chant texts; strapwork initials in brown ink for lines of chant and text with acanthus decoration in light brown ink (one infilled with a face in profile (f. 90v).
Binding: 16th-century leather, possibly original; covers with a gilt center ornament and blind stamped borders; remnants of two brass fasteners; rebacked (Les Enluminures).
Origin: Written in France, probably between 1500 and 1550 (Les Enluminures).
Formerly owned by Sr. Maria de Bouron (signature, f. [ii]r), 17th century?
Formerly owned by Athelstan Riley (signature inside upper cover with date 1886, bookplate f. [i]r).
Sold at auction at Sotheby's, 13 Dec. 1965 (lot 203).
Sold by Les Enluminures (Paris and Chicago), 2008.

Keyword:

Manuscripts, Renaissance

Prayers and devotions

Devotional literature

Manuscripts, French

codices (bound manuscripts)

Manuscripts, Latin

Texts

Specimens

Gregorian chants

service books (religious texts)

Prayers

choirbooks

Monastic and religious life of women

Dominican sisters

Liturgics

Processionals (Liturgical books)

Catholic Church

Dominicans

Music--Manuscripts

Gregorian chants--Manuscripts

Early works

Institutional Record:

https://find.library.upenn.edu/catalog/9943355713503681

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https://colenda.library.upenn.edu/items/ark:/81431/p3j678x9f/manifest

Holding Institution:

University of Pennsylvania