IDENTIFIERS ----------- id: 118796 accession number: MS McClean 23 DATE AUDIT ---------- created: Saturday 6 August 2011 updated: Monday 24 August 2020 DESCRIPTIVE DATA ---------------- object type: PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION: Parchment, ii modern parchment flyleaves + 152 fols. (medieval foliation I-CXII in red Roman numerals) + ii modern parchment flyleaves, 236 x 166 mm (168 x 112 mm), 21 long lines, ruled in plummet; quire marks, trace of tab on fol. 148 BINDING: 1995, alum-tawed skin over wooden boards, by Robert Proctor, edges gilt, former nineteenth-century binding of dark purple morocco over pasteboards preserved with manuscript SECUNDO FOLIO: genuit eleazar SCRIPT: Early Gothic bookhand CONTENTS fols. 1r-122r Gospels for the Temporal from Christmas Day to the twenty-fourth week after Pentecost fols. 122r-128v Gospels for the Temporal for Advent fols. 128v-147v Gospels for the Sanctoral from St Felix (14 Jan.) to St Thomas the Apostle (21 Dec.) fols. 147v-149r Gospels for the Common of the Saints fol. 149r Gospels for Ordinations of Deacons, Priests and Bishops fol. 149r Gospel In ieiunio de natale pape fol. 149r Gospel for Marriage Mass fol. 149v Gospel for the Dedication of a Church fol. 150r Gospel for the Dedication of an Oratory fols. 150r-152v Gospels for Votive Masses DECORATION Three historiated initials on gold grounds, all extending vertically beyond the text block: fol. 1r Christmas Day, [I, 25 ll.] Three medallions enclosing Joseph talking to Mary, the Dream of Joseph, and two monsters wrestling, with two figures, probably apostles, standing between the medallions and holding a book and a scroll respectively, on gold, red and blue grounds with acanthus foliage as terminals; fol. 69r Easter Sunday, [I, 23 ll.] Two medallions enclosing busts of the Holy Women and the Holy Women at the Tomb, with foliage coils in between; fol. 82r Pentecost, [I, 23 ll.] Three medallions enclosing Christ holding book talking to apostles, Ascension, and Pentecost on blue and red grounds, with large acanthus motifs in between, their stems entwined around the frame of the initial, and with snake-like heads biting the frames of the medallions. ORNAMENTATION Initials with gold, pink or green stems on gold grounds, one (fol. 80r) extending vertically beyond the text block: fol. 6v Epiphany, [C, 3 ll.] Griffin on blue ground; fol. 80r Ascension Day, [I, 25 ll.] Winged hybrid with human head, two birds, a beast biting itself, set in medallions on blue and pink grounds with acanthus motifs on gold grounds separating them; fol. 135r Nativity of John Baptist, [I, 17 ll.] Birds and foliage with stems entwined around the frame of the initial in blue, pink and red on gold ground; alternated blue and red initials [3-11 ll.] with red or blue pen-flourished surround and very occasional infill (e.g. fols. 5v, 8v, 127v), and with small foliage extensions; alternate red and blue one-line initials; red and blue paraph marks; capitals highlighted in red. title: gospel book NOTES ----- type: history note value: Largely erased sixteenth-century inscription, now illegible, but recorded by James, referring to the gift from a priest named John to a Collegiate Church of St Andrew in 1570: Pour seinte(?) collegiale .... St Andre de Chaud ... ex dono Joannis presbyter huius ecclesie prepositi die Veneris tercio Jullii anno domini millesimo quinguent. (sexagesimo with erasure marks) septuagesimo. Gorle (?) ... pbres (fol. 152v); Thomas Bateman (1821-1861), Middleton Hall, by Youlgrave, Derbyshire (armorial bookplate inside upper cover of former binding); to his son, William Bateman; his sale, Sotheby’s, London, 25-31 May 1893, lot 742; Frank McClean (1837-1904); his bequest, 1904. LICENSING --------- text license status: CC0 image license status: CC-BY-NC-SA OWNERSHIP --------- instutition: The Fitzwilliam Museum department: Manuscripts and Printed Books creditline: Bequeathed by Frank McClean STABLE URL ---------- url: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/118796 TECHNIQUES ---------- egg tempura TECHNIQUES ---------- illumination CATEGORIES ------ category: illuminated manuscript category: manuscript DATING ------ creation date: 1150 - 1200 creation date earliest: 1150 creation date latest: 1200 culture: 12th Century, second half CREATORS -------- maker: Proctor, R. W. (Cambridge) EXHIBITIONS HISTORY ------------------- title: Illuminated Manuscripts in the Fitzwilliam Museum: An Exhibition to Commemorate the 150th Anniversary of the Death of the Founder, Richard, 7th Viscount Fitzwilliam of Merrion CITATIONS -------- Illuminated Manuscripts in the Fitzwilliam Museum: An Exhibition to Commemorate the 150th Anniversary of the Death of the Founder, Richard, 7th Viscount Fitzwilliam of Merrion Catalogue of Western Book Illumination in the Fitzwilliam Museum and the Cambridge Colleges - Part Three. France. Vol. 1: France, c.1000-c.1250 A descriptive catalogue of the McClean Collection of Manuscripts in the Fitzwilliam Museum --- IMAGES surrogate: large format: jpeg location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/msspb/msspb9/ms_20mcclean_2023_f1r_201210_mfj22_mas.jpg height: 1024 pixels width: 683 pixels surrogate: mid format: jpeg location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/msspb/msspb9/mid_ms_20mcclean_2023_f1r_201210_mfj22_mas.jpg height: 750 pixels width: 500 pixels surrogate: original format: jpeg location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/msspb/msspb9/ms_20mcclean_2023_f1r_201210_mfj22_mas.jpg height: 1024 pixels width: 683 pixels surrogate: preview format: jpeg location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/msspb/msspb9/preview_ms_20mcclean_2023_f1r_201210_mfj22_mas.jpg height: 375 pixels width: 250 pixels surrogate: large format: jpeg location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/msspb/msspb9/ms_20mcclean_2023_f6v_201210_mfj22_mas.jpg height: 1024 pixels width: 683 pixels surrogate: mid format: jpeg location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/msspb/msspb9/mid_ms_20mcclean_2023_f6v_201210_mfj22_mas.jpg height: 750 pixels width: 500 pixels surrogate: original format: jpeg location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/msspb/msspb9/ms_20mcclean_2023_f6v_201210_mfj22_mas.jpg height: 1024 pixels width: 683 pixels surrogate: preview format: jpeg location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/msspb/msspb9/preview_ms_20mcclean_2023_f6v_201210_mfj22_mas.jpg height: 375 pixels width: 250 pixels surrogate: large format: jpeg location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/msspb/msspb9/ms_20mcclean_2023_f8v_201210_mfj22_mas.jpg height: 1024 pixels width: 683 pixels surrogate: mid format: jpeg location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/msspb/msspb9/mid_ms_20mcclean_2023_f8v_201210_mfj22_mas.jpg height: 750 pixels width: 500 pixels surrogate: original format: jpeg location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/msspb/msspb9/ms_20mcclean_2023_f8v_201210_mfj22_mas.jpg height: 1024 pixels width: 683 pixels surrogate: preview format: jpeg location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/msspb/msspb9/preview_ms_20mcclean_2023_f8v_201210_mfj22_mas.jpg height: 375 pixels width: 250 pixels surrogate: large format: jpeg location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/msspb/msspb9/ms_20mcclean_2023_f80r_201210_mfj22_mas.jpg height: 1024 pixels width: 683 pixels surrogate: mid format: jpeg location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/msspb/msspb9/mid_ms_20mcclean_2023_f80r_201210_mfj22_mas.jpg height: 750 pixels width: 500 pixels surrogate: original format: jpeg location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/msspb/msspb9/ms_20mcclean_2023_f80r_201210_mfj22_mas.jpg height: 1024 pixels width: 683 pixels surrogate: preview format: jpeg location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/msspb/msspb9/preview_ms_20mcclean_2023_f80r_201210_mfj22_mas.jpg height: 375 pixels width: 250 pixels surrogate: large format: jpeg location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/msspb/msspb9/ms_20mcclean_2023_f82r_201210_mfj22_mas.jpg height: 1024 pixels width: 683 pixels surrogate: mid format: jpeg location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/msspb/msspb9/mid_ms_20mcclean_2023_f82r_201210_mfj22_mas.jpg height: 750 pixels width: 500 pixels surrogate: original format: jpeg location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/msspb/msspb9/ms_20mcclean_2023_f82r_201210_mfj22_mas.jpg height: 1024 pixels width: 683 pixels surrogate: preview format: jpeg location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/msspb/msspb9/preview_ms_20mcclean_2023_f82r_201210_mfj22_mas.jpg height: 375 pixels width: 250 pixels surrogate: large format: jpeg location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/msspb/msspb9/ms_20mcclean_2023_f127v_201210_mfj22_mas.jpg height: 1024 pixels width: 683 pixels surrogate: mid format: jpeg location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/msspb/msspb9/mid_ms_20mcclean_2023_f127v_201210_mfj22_mas.jpg height: 750 pixels width: 500 pixels surrogate: original format: jpeg location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/msspb/msspb9/ms_20mcclean_2023_f127v_201210_mfj22_mas.jpg height: 1024 pixels width: 683 pixels surrogate: preview format: jpeg location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/msspb/msspb9/preview_ms_20mcclean_2023_f127v_201210_mfj22_mas.jpg height: 375 pixels width: 250 pixels