[Missal]

Author
Catholic Church [Browse]
Uniform title
Format
Manuscript, Book
Language
Latin
Published/​Created
[Germany], [between 1000 and 1200]
Description
136 leaves : parchment, paper ; 280 x 215 (195 x 155-165) mm bound to 278 x 225 mm.

Details

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Former owner
Donor
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Related name
Library of Congress genre(s)
Rare books genre
Summary note
Temporale with intercalated Sanctorale; season prefaces often included with the first Mass of each liturgical season.
Notes
  • Ms. codex.
  • Title from printed catalog.
  • Later table of contents on 5 folios at the beginning. Calendar which lacks March-June (fol. 1v-4r), prayers of exorcism and benediction of salt and water for the blessing of holy water (fol. 4v), and Common of the Saints followed by gospel sequences and lections for use in the Commons of the Saints (fol. 132r-136v).
  • Collation: Parchment ; fol. v (later blue paper) + 137 ; foliation in red ink ; modern foliation in pencil.
  • Layout: 27-28 long lines per page.
  • Description: Rubricated ; 2-4 line red initials ; stress marks ; watermarks on later blue pages.
  • Origin: Southwestern Germany or the Rhineland in the late 11th or 12th century.
Binding note
Germany, 12th century and later. Pigskin (hair-side out) over beech boards (12-13 mm thick). Endbands. Brass clasp.
Language note
Latin;
Script
Carolingian miniscule.
Provenance
Purchased in 1806 by Andreas Wunder who added 5 blue paper leaves listing the contents. He donated the manuscript to the Gössweinstein parish church. Later owned by the Bateman family of Derbyshire, William Bateman and his son Thomas. Sold from their collection at Sotheby's in 1893. Purchased by Bernard Quaritch who sold it to Robert Garrett on 27 September 1900. Garrett placed the manuscript on deposit (no. 1449) at the Princeton University Library and donated it to the Library in 1942.
Source acquisition
Gift; of Robert Garrett, Princeton Class of 1897, 1942.
References
Medieval & Renaissance manuscripts in the Princeton University Library, volume 1, pages 41-43.
Other format(s)
Also available in an electronic version.
Place name(s)
Germany.
Other title(s)
Sacramentarium Gregorianum
Title from print catalog
  • Notated missal
OCLC
1090575389
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