Penitential psalms and litany
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Description
- Title
- Penitential psalms and litany
- Published / Created
- [ca. 1475]
- Publication Place
- England
- Abstract
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Manuscript, on parchment, containing the Penitential Psalms, the Litany of the Saints, the Psalms of the Passion, and other Latin prayers and devotions. The text is preceded by two pages of rubrics in Middle French; there are Middle English rubrics concerning indulgences on ff. 55-57. Several pages contain short pieces of music in the margins, probably in a contemporary hand
The manuscript also contains two miniatures not original to the text. The first (f. 4) is a full-page miniature of St. Christopher in color against a stylized landscape and a gold ground with a title sewn to the top margin, possibly predating its current binding by 50 years. The second (ff. 62b-63) is a double-page miniature of the Adoration of the Magi; the figures are outlined in ink and finished with washes in green, red and blue. Possibly intended as a pattern for embroidery or for wall-painting
- Description
-
In Latin, with a small number of rubrics in Middle French (ff.1-2) and Middle English (ff. 55-57).
Front and back pastedowns from a contemporary? printed German play about Adam and Eve.
Layout: first section in single columns of 17 lines; second section in single columns of 12 lines.
Script: gothic liturgical script.
Decoration: Rubricated. Approximately 110 initials in blue with red penwork. Full-page miniature illustration of St. Christopher; double-page illustration of the Adoration of the Magi.
Binding: 16th-century English blind-stamped calf, with panels of heads in medallions, rebacked. - Provenance
- Purchased from Toshiyuki Takamiya on the Edwin J. Beinecke Book Fund, 2017.
- Extent
- 1 volume (142 leaves) : 125 mm x 85 mm
- Extent of Digitization
- This object has been completely digitized.
- Language
-
Latin
Collection Information
- Repository
- Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library
- Call Number
- Takamiya MS 69
Subjects, Formats, And Genres
- Genre
-
Prayers and devotions
Drawings (visual works) England 15th century
Manuscripts, Medieval England 15th century
Medieval and Renaissance Manuscripts in Beinecke Library - Material
- parchment ;
- Resource Type
- unspecified
- Subject (Geographic)
-
Connecticut
New Haven. - Subject (Name)
- Catholic Church
- Subject (Topic)
-
Devotional literature, Latin (Medieval and modern)
Illumination of books and manuscripts
Manuscripts, Medieval - Subjects
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Catholic Church > Prayers and devotions
Devotional literature, Latin (Medieval and modern)
Illumination of books and manuscripts
Manuscripts, Medieval > Connecticut > New Haven
England > 15th century
Medieval and Renaissance Manuscripts in Beinecke Library
Takamiya, Toshiyuki > Ownership
Access And Usage Rights
- Access
- Public
- Rights
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- Citation
- Penitential Psalms and Litany. Takamiya MS 69.
Identifiers
- Orbis Record
- 12327641
- Object ID (OID)
- 16371242
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