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Illuminated missal written and decorated in Italy, probably between 1456 and 1482. 40 historiated initials mark feasts of Christmastide (f. 12v-20v), the Canon of the Mass (f. 130r), feasts of Eastertide and Corpus Christi (f. 134r-155r), selected feasts in the Sanctorale (f. 179r-223v), the Common of the Saints (f. 227r), the Mass for the Dead (f. 264r), and a second Mass for the Visitation (f. 269r). Chants are notated on four-line staves for Holy Week and the Canon of the Mass (intermittently, f. 77r-132v), with staves on some leaves lacking notation (f. 78r, 128v). Notarial records of Inquisition interrogations conducted in a Franciscan community, possibly in Verona, are bound into the volume, one leaf at the beginning and two leaves at the end. The first 13th-century leaf at the end of the volume has a title beginning Liber inquisitorum sacrorum and including the name of the notary (Daniele de Lazaro?) and the date 1282, tenth indiction.
Support: parchment; Extent: 271 leaves : 360 x 260 (230 x 165) mm bound to 385 x 280 mm; Collation: i (18th- or 19th-century paper) + i (13th-century parchment) + 271 + ii (13th-century parchment) + i (18th- or 19th-century paper); 1⁶⁻¹(-1) 2¹⁰⁻¹(-1) 3-13¹⁰ 14⁶⁻¹(-6) 15-22¹⁰ 23⁸ 24-28¹⁰ 29⁴; [i, 1-271, i-ii], modern foliation in pencil. Horizontal catchwords lower center last recto, except in gatherings 1 (calendar), 24 (f. 227), and 29 (end of volume).
Written in two columns of 32 lines; ruled in faint ink with vertical bounding lines.
Written in an Italian Gothic rotunda script.
40 historiated initials, 3 to 7 lines in height, in pink, blue, and green on gold grounds with marginal extensions of acanthus leaves (f. 12v, 5 lines, God; f. 13v, 5 lines, Virgin and Child; f. 14r, 7 lines, Adoration of the Virgin; f. 15r, 4 lines, Saint Stephen; f. 16r, 5 lines, Saint John the Evangelist; f. 17r, 4 lines, Massacre of the Innocents; f. 18r, 4 lines, Saint Thomas à Becket; f. 20r, 5 lines, Virgin and Child; f. 20v, 6 lines, Adoration of the Magi; f. 130r, 7 lines, Communion; f. 134r, 7 lines, Resurrection; f. 144v, 6 lines, Ascension; f. 148r, 6 lines, Pentecost; f. 155r, 5 lines, Communion; f. 178r, 6 lines, Saint Andrew; f. 179r, 5 lines, Saint Andrew; f. 180r, 3 lines, Virgin Mary; f. 187r, 4 lines, Presentation in the Temple; f. 191v, 5 lines, Annunciation; f. 193r, 5 lines, Saint Philip and Saint James; f. 193v, 5 lines, Cross; f. 197v, 3 lines, Saint Anthony of Padua; f. 200r, 6 lines, Saint John the Baptist; f. 201r, 5 lines, Saint Peter and Saint Paul; f. 202r, 4 lines, Saint Peter and Saint Paul; f. 203v, 3 lines, Visitation; f. 209r, 4 lines, Transfiguration; f. 211r, 5 lines, Saint Laurence; f. 212r, 6 lines, Assumption of the Virgin; f. 214r, 4 lines, Saint Bartholomew; f. 215v, 4 lines, Nativity of the Virgin; f. 219r, 3 lines, Saint Matthew; f. 220r, 3 lines, Saint Michael the Archangel; f. 221r, 3 lines, Saint Francis of Assisi; f. 222v, 3 lines, Saint Simon and Saint Jude; f. 223v, 5 lines, All Saints; f. 227r, 5 lines, Unspecified saint (Common of the Saints); f. 264r, 3 lines, Skull (Votive Masses for the Dead); f. 269r, 3 lines, Visitation); 1 illuminated initial in pink on gold ground, 3 lines (f. 226r); decorated initials, 2 or 3 lines in height, alternating between blue with red penwork and red with purple penwork, throughout; rubrication and staves for chants in red and initials touched with yellow throughout; 1-line initials S and C and cross symbols alternating between red and blue, for the parts of the priest, the people, and Jesus in the Passion narrative (f. 80v-100r) and 1-line initials alternating between red and blue in the Litany (f. 118r-188v); penwork in black and red framing catchwords.
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Ms. codex.
Title supplied by cataloger.
1. f.1r-5v: [Calendar (March-December)] -- 2. f.6r-122v: [Temporale (Second Sunday of Advent through Holy Saturday)] -- 3. f.122v-129v: [Sequences] -- 4. f.130r-133v: [Canon of the Mass] -- 5. f.134r-178r: [Temporale (Easter through Ordinary Time)] -- 6. f.178r-227r: Proprium sanctorum de missali [Sanctorale (Andrew through Catherine of Alexandria)] -- 7. f.227r-249v: Commune sanctorum [Common of Saints] -- 8. f.249v-271v: [Votive Masses].
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 after the establishment of the Feast of the Transfiguration in 1456 (August 6, f. 3v) and probably before the canonization of Saint Bonaventure in 1482 (not present in calendar).
Later (18th- or 19th-century?) diced calf, blind-stamped and blind-tooled, over wooden boards; four raised bands; one clasp and one remnant of clasp on fore edge.
Latin
Formerly owned by J. A. Shanley, Lowell, Massachusetts (signature in pencil, inside front cover), early 20th century. Possibly the J, A. Shanley appearing in Lowell city records in 1901-1902 as receiving payment for engrossing resolutions for the city council.
Sold by Bluemango Books and Manuscripts (New Hope, Pennsylvania), 2022.
Sold at auction by New England Book Auctions (South Deerfield, Massachusetts), 16 December 2014, lot 90.
Italy
Written in Italy after the establishment of the Feast of the Transfiguration in 1456 (August 6, f. 3v) and probably before the canonization of Saint Bonaventure in 1482 (not present in calendar).
Latin
Formerly owned by J. A. Shanley, Lowell, Massachusetts
Sold by Bluemango Books and Manuscripts
Sold at auction by New England Book Auctions
Illuminated missal written and decorated in Italy, probably between 1456 and 1482. 40 historiated initials mark feasts of Christmastide (f. 12v-20v), the Canon of the Mass (f. 130r), feasts of Eastertide and Corpus Christi (f. 134r-155r), selected feasts in the Sanctorale (f. 179r-223v), the Common of the Saints (f. 227r), the Mass for the Dead (f. 264r), and a second Mass for the Visitation (f. 269r). Chants are notated on four-line staves for Holy Week and the Canon of the Mass (intermittently, f. 77r-132v), with staves on some leaves lacking notation (f. 78r, 128v). Notarial records of Inquisition interrogations conducted in a Franciscan community, possibly in Verona, are bound into the volume, one leaf at the beginning and two leaves at the end. The first 13th-century leaf at the end of the volume has a title beginning Liber inquisitorum sacrorum and including the name of the notary (Daniele de Lazaro?) and the date 1282, tenth indiction.
Ms. codex.
Title supplied by cataloger.
1. f.1r-5v: [Calendar (March-December)] -- 2. f.6r-122v: [Temporale (Second Sunday of Advent through Holy Saturday)] -- 3. f.122v-129v: [Sequences] -- 4. f.130r-133v: [Canon of the Mass] -- 5. f.134r-178r: [Temporale (Easter through Ordinary Time)] -- 6. f.178r-227r: Proprium sanctorum de missali [Sanctorale (Andrew through Catherine of Alexandria)] -- 7. f.227r-249v: Commune sanctorum [Common of Saints] -- 8. f.249v-271v: [Votive Masses].
Written in an Italian Gothic rotunda script.
40 historiated initials, 3 to 7 lines in height, in pink, blue, and green on gold grounds with marginal extensions of acanthus leaves (f. 12v, 5 lines, God; f. 13v, 5 lines, Virgin and Child; f. 14r, 7 lines, Adoration of the Virgin; f. 15r, 4 lines, Saint Stephen; f. 16r, 5 lines, Saint John the Evangelist; f. 17r, 4 lines, Massacre of the Innocents; f. 18r, 4 lines, Saint Thomas à Becket; f. 20r, 5 lines, Virgin and Child; f. 20v, 6 lines, Adoration of the Magi; f. 130r, 7 lines, Communion; f. 134r, 7 lines, Resurrection; f. 144v, 6 lines, Ascension; f. 148r, 6 lines, Pentecost; f. 155r, 5 lines, Communion; f. 178r, 6 lines, Saint Andrew; f. 179r, 5 lines, Saint Andrew; f. 180r, 3 lines, Virgin Mary; f. 187r, 4 lines, Presentation in the Temple; f. 191v, 5 lines, Annunciation; f. 193r, 5 lines, Saint Philip and Saint James; f. 193v, 5 lines, Cross; f. 197v, 3 lines, Saint Anthony of Padua; f. 200r, 6 lines, Saint John the Baptist; f. 201r, 5 lines, Saint Peter and Saint Paul; f. 202r, 4 lines, Saint Peter and Saint Paul; f. 203v, 3 lines, Visitation; f. 209r, 4 lines, Transfiguration; f. 211r, 5 lines, Saint Laurence; f. 212r, 6 lines, Assumption of the Virgin; f. 214r, 4 lines, Saint Bartholomew; f. 215v, 4 lines, Nativity of the Virgin; f. 219r, 3 lines, Saint Matthew; f. 220r, 3 lines, Saint Michael the Archangel; f. 221r, 3 lines, Saint Francis of Assisi; f. 222v, 3 lines, Saint Simon and Saint Jude; f. 223v, 5 lines, All Saints; f. 227r, 5 lines, Unspecified saint (Common of the Saints); f. 264r, 3 lines, Skull (Votive Masses for the Dead); f. 269r, 3 lines, Visitation); 1 illuminated initial in pink on gold ground, 3 lines (f. 226r); decorated initials, 2 or 3 lines in height, alternating between blue with red penwork and red with purple penwork, throughout; rubrication and staves for chants in red and initials touched with yellow throughout; 1-line initials S and C and cross symbols alternating between red and blue, for the parts of the priest, the people, and Jesus in the Passion narrative (f. 80v-100r) and 1-line initials alternating between red and blue in the Litany (f. 118r-188v); penwork in black and red framing catchwords.
For a full list of Decorations in this manuscript please see the Content and Decorations section by clicking on the [i] button in the top left corner of the image viewer above.
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