Pontifical bifolium, between 1075 and 1099

Name:

Catholic Church

Date:

1075

Description:

Conjugate bifolium from a pontifical, a liturgical book of services performed only by bishops, written on vellum in southern France. 4 consecutive pages written in 12 long lines, in a transitional, Carolingian protogothic script. Decorated with a 3-line initial in blue and red infilled with a bearded human face possibly representing God the Father and 4 2-line capitals in red and blue, 2 with decorative infill. Rubrication in red. Text of prayers from a ordination mass for an abbot or abbots, with superscript letters used to indicate plural suffixes.

Language:

Latin

Provenance:

Sold by King Alfred's Notebook (Cayce, S.C.), cat. 10 (2012), no. 5.

Subject:

Catholic Church -- Prayers and devotions -- Early works to 1800; Catholic Church

Resource Type:

Text

Form/Genre:

manuscripts (documents); fragments (object portions); illuminations (paintings); pontificals; Manuscripts, Latin; Manuscripts, Medieval; prayers (compositions); devotional literature

Physical Description:

1 item (1 bifolium) : parchment; 270 x 368 mm

Rights:

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

Notes:

In Latin.

Physical Location:

Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts, Manuscripts, Ms. Coll. 591 Folder 36

Collection:

Manuscript Fragment Collection