Ordinal for Brigittine use, with psalter and prayers
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Description
- Title
- Ordinal for Brigittine use, with psalter and prayers
- Published / Created
- approximately 1460-approximately 1500.
- Publication Place
- Flanders
- Abstract
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Manuscript, on parchment, in at least two scribal hands, containing 1) a complete copy of the Ordinal of divine service for the use of the Brigittine Order, ff. 1r-116v; 2) Calendar, with additional entries for the feasts of Saint Bridget, ff. 119r-123v; 3) Prayer in Middle English, f. 124r; 4) Psalter, ff. 125r-231v; and 5) Litany, ff. 231v-236v
- Description
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In Latin and Middle English.
Ordinal text opens: The Ordinal of diuyne seruice and the self seruice for the systers of the odir of Seynt Sauiour.
Layout: single columns of 24 lines.
Script: late gothica textualis.
Decoration: rubricated. Line fillers in red or blue; numerous illuminated initials with floral extensions. Large illuminated miniature with wide floral borders of a nun kneeling and praying (text in banderol) before Saint Bridget (facing f. 1r). Large illuminated initial, gilt, with wide floral border (f. 1r). Large illuminated miniature with wide floral borders of a religious kneeling and praying (text in banderol) before King David playing his harp (f. 124v). Large illuminated initial, gilt, with wide floral border facing (f. 125r).
Binding: eighteenth-century English mottled calf over wooden boards.
Title devised by cataloger.
Bookseller description available. - Provenance
- Ownership? inscription of Sister Effeme Claude. Previously owned by Thomas Betson of Syon Abbey. Ownership inscriptions of William Waldyng. Ownership inscription of William Baynton. Armorial bookplate of Sir George Augustus William Shuckburgh-Evelyn. Purchased from Richard A. Linenthal on the Edwin J. Beinecke Book Fund, 2021.
- Extent
- 1 volume: iv (paper) + iv (parchment) + 236 leaves + ii (parchment) + i (paper): 220 mm x 150 mm
- Extent of Digitization
- This object has been completely digitized.
- Language
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Latin
English, Middle (1100-1500)
Collection Information
- Repository
- Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library
- Call Number
- Beinecke MS 1314
Subjects, Formats, And Genres
- Genre
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Early works to 1800
Manuscripts, Medieval Flanders 15th century
Medieval and Renaissance Manuscripts in Beinecke Library - Material
- parchment ;
- Resource Type
- text
- Subject (Geographic)
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Connecticut
New Haven. - Subject (Name)
- Bridgettines
- Subject (Topic)
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Manuscripts, Medieval
Ordinals (Liturgical books)
Psalters - Subjects
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Bridgettines > Early works to 1800
Manuscripts, Medieval > Connecticut > New Haven
Ordinals (Liturgical books) > Early works to 1800
Psalters > Early works to 1800
Flanders > 15th century
Medieval and Renaissance Manuscripts in Beinecke Library
Baynton, William, 1717-1785 > Autograph
Betson, Thomas, -1516 > Ownership
Effeme Claude, Sister > Autograph
Shuckburgh-Evelyn, George Augustus William, Sir, 1751-1804
Waldyng, William > Autograph
Access And Usage Rights
- Access
- Public
- Rights
- The use of this image may be subject to the copyright law of the United States (Title 17, United States Code) or to site license or other rights management terms and conditions. The person using the image is liable for any infringement.
- Citation
- Ordinal for Brigittine Use. General Collection, Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Yale University.
Identifiers
- Catalog Record
- 16301754
- Object ID (OID)
- 33327803
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