German illuminated Breviary

An image of Illuminated Manuscript. Breviary. Dominican Use. Latin. Gothic bookhand (textualis). Parchment, ii modern parchment flyleaves + 191 fols. + ii modern parchment flyleaves, 180 x 137 (130 x 90) mm, 22 lines, ruled in black ink, catchwords. BINDING: Gold-tooled red leather over pasteboards, by Sangorski & Sutcliffe, 1954; previous binding preserved: fifteenth-century, German, blind-stamped brown leather over wooden boards, sewn on four supports, stamps including Virgin and Child on crescent moon and four Evangelists’ symbols, two straps with metal clasps on lower cover, two catchplates on upper cover. CONTENTS: fols. 1r – 6r Calendar; fols. 7r – 45r Temporal from Easter Eve to 25th Sunday after Holy Trinity; fol. 45r – 48r Dedication of the Church; fols. 48r – 77r ferial office; fols. 77r – 77v Ad disciplinas. So mann disciplin nympt der convent spricht; fol. 77v – 78r Oratio pro Capitulo Generale; fols. 78r – 160v Sanctoral; fols. 160v – 175v Common of the Saints; fols. 175v – 188r Office of the Virgin; fols. 188v – 190 Hymns and collects for Saints Anne, Afra and the Division of the Apostles (addition). ORNAMENTATION: Blue initial [A, 7 ll.] on gold ground with partial floral and spraywork border for the first lesson (fol. 7r); red and blue penwork initials [1 – 2 ll.]. Production Place: Germany, Augsburg, Bamberg. 1461-1475.

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Illuminated Manuscript. Breviary. Dominican Use. Latin. Gothic bookhand (textualis). Parchment, ii modern parchment flyleaves + 191 fols. + ii modern parchment flyleaves, 180 x 137 (130 x 90) mm, 22 lines, ruled in black ink, catchwords. BINDING: Gold-tooled red leather over pasteboards, by Sangorski & Sutcliffe, 1954; previous binding preserved: fifteenth-century, German, blind-stamped brown leather over wooden boards, sewn on four supports, stamps including Virgin and Child on crescent moon and four Evangelists’ symbols, two straps with metal clasps on lower cover, two catchplates on upper cover. CONTENTS: fols. 1r – 6r Calendar; fols. 7r – 45r Temporal from Easter Eve to 25th Sunday after Holy Trinity; fol. 45r – 48r Dedication of the Church; fols. 48r – 77r ferial office; fols. 77r – 77v Ad disciplinas. So mann disciplin nympt der convent spricht; fol. 77v – 78r Oratio pro Capitulo Generale; fols. 78r – 160v Sanctoral; fols. 160v – 175v Common of the Saints; fols. 175v – 188r Office of the Virgin; fols. 188v – 190 Hymns and collects for Saints Anne, Afra and the Division of the Apostles (addition). ORNAMENTATION: Blue initial [A, 7 ll.] on gold ground with partial floral and spraywork border for the first lesson (fol. 7r); red and blue penwork initials [1 – 2 ll.]. Production Place: Germany, Augsburg, Bamberg. 1461-1475.

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Accession Number: MS 2-1955
Photograph copyright © The Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge.
Photographer name: Andrew Morris
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Image width: 1024 pixels
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15th Century _WF_AdOK _WF_KWD _WF_OPAC _WF_OPAC_pending blue decorative initial Dominican Fitz_MSPB foliage foliate Folio 7r German Gothic bookhand (textualis) illuminated illumination initial Latin manuscript parchment recto script texts

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