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A portable monastic libellus, or partial ritual book, describing the administration of rites to an ill monk, the burial rites of a monk or layperson, and the prayers, chants, and processions associated with them; the libellus demonstrates the role of the monks in ensuring proper burial for members of the lay community. The punctus flexus punctuation and the inclusion of St. Hugh of Lincoln, the second-most prominent saint (behind Bruno) in the Carthusian Order, suggest that the manuscript belonged to a Carthusian monastery. The mentions of St. Jerome and St. Katherine of Siena suggest the manuscript may have been tied to the Hieronymites of Fiesole. Includes a hymn in square notation on 4-line staves in red ink (f. 22r-25r).
Support: parchment; Extent: 66 leaves : 161 x 110 (106 x 73) mm. bound to 168 x 115 mm; Collation: Parchment, 66; 1⁹(+1) 2-7⁸ 8⁹(+9); modern foliation in pencil, [1-66], upper right recto.
Written in up to 20 long lines, ruled in lead.
Written in a Gothic hybrid script.
Ms. codex.
Title supplied by cataloger (Les Enluminures).
Incipit: Cum autem frater egrotus morti propinquare putabitur congregat conventus... (f. 2r)
Explicit: ... iuxta erat monumentum posuerunt Jesum (f. 65v).
These are pages that we pulled aside that disrupted the flow of the manuscript reader. These may be bindings, inserts, bookmarks, and various other oddities.
Italy
Written in Italy, 1518 (f. 65v).
Contemporary leather over wood boards, with metal clasp and catch (Les Enluminures).
Latin
Formerly owned by André Rooryck.
Sold by Les Enluminures (Chicago and Paris), 2008.
Italy
Written in Italy, 1518 (f. 65v).
Latin
Formerly owned by André Rooryck.
Sold by Les Enluminures
A portable monastic libellus, or partial ritual book, describing the administration of rites to an ill monk, the burial rites of a monk or layperson, and the prayers, chants, and processions associated with them; the libellus demonstrates the role of the monks in ensuring proper burial for members of the lay community. The punctus flexus punctuation and the inclusion of St. Hugh of Lincoln, the second-most prominent saint (behind Bruno) in the Carthusian Order, suggest that the manuscript belonged to a Carthusian monastery. The mentions of St. Jerome and St. Katherine of Siena suggest the manuscript may have been tied to the Hieronymites of Fiesole. Includes a hymn in square notation on 4-line staves in red ink (f. 22r-25r).
Ms. codex.
Title supplied by cataloger (Les Enluminures).
Incipit: Cum autem frater egrotus morti propinquare putabitur congregat conventus... (f. 2r)
Explicit: ... iuxta erat monumentum posuerunt Jesum (f. 65v).
Written in a Gothic hybrid script.
These are pages that we pulled aside that disrupted the flow of the manuscript reader. These may be bindings, inserts, bookmarks, and various other oddities.
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