[Breviary]

Name:

Catholic Church

Date:

1350

Description:

Begins with the psalms, but lacks the beginning and the end; with 2 items in slightly later hands on the last 3 folios: prayers (f. 159), and Vigilia mortuorum (f. 160-161).

Language:

Latin

Provenance:

Franz Graf von [undeciphered] 1830 and pencilled note of purchase 1809, inside back cover. (From Zacour-Hirsch Catalogue, these notes are no longer visible due to repair of the binding.); Gift of Albert C. Baugh, 1965.; Baugh, Albert C. 1891-1981, former owner.

Subject:

Catholic Church -- Liturgy -- Texts; Catholic Church; Liturgics; Breviaries; Breviaries -- Specimens

Resource Type:

Text

Form/Genre:

Texts; Codices; Breviaries; Manuscripts, Latin; Manuscripts, Medieval; Specimens; manuscripts (documents)

Physical Description:

161 leaves : parchment, color illustrations; 94 x 75 (71 x 53) mm bound to 100 x 78 mm

Rights:

https://rightsstatements.org/vocab/NoC-US/1.0/

Notes:

Ms. codex.; Title supplied by cataloger (Zacour-Hirsch).; Foliation: Parchment, i (modern paper) + 161 + i (modern paper); [1-161]; modern foliation in pencil, lower right recto.; Layout: Written in 15 long lines; frame-ruled in ink.; Script: Written in Gothic book script.; Decoration: Rubricated throughout, with red and blue capitals, 2-line alternating red and blue initials with contrasting red or blue ornamentation, 4-line and 6-line puzzle initials in red and blue with detailed ornamentation (f. 9r, 10r, 29r, 53r, 74r, 77r, and 97r).; Binding: 19th-century calf, rebacked, splitting along back cover; remains of clasp.; Origin: Written in Germany[?], in the late 14th century (Zacour-Hirsch).; Edges of some leaves are brittle and show previous insect damage. Leaves were closely cropped in binding, cutting off some decoration and marginal notes in a later hand.

Physical Location:

Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts, Manuscripts, Ms. Codex 714