Details

Subject(s)

• Antiphonaries—15th century [Browse]
• Hymns, Latin—15th century [Browse]
• Manuscripts, Latin (Medieval and modern)—Germany [Browse]
• Manuscripts, Latin (Medieval and modern)—New Jersey—Princeton [Browse]
• Illumination of books and manuscripts [Browse]

Former owner

• Kane, Grenville, 1854-1943 [Browse]

Related name

• Princeton University. Library. Manuscript. Kane MS. 10. [Browse]

Library of Congress genre(s)

• Hymnals [Browse]

Notes

• First responsory for Matins on the feast of John the Baptist from the Sanctorale of an Antiphonary: “Fvit homo missus a deo cui nomen iohannes erat ... [verse, begins on verso] Erat iohannes in deserto ...” Second responsory begins, “Descendit angelus ||”
• Script: Textualis quadrata,
• Decoration: The first responsory opens with a 2-line red and blue parti-colored initial F extending along the left margin in red and blue; within the arms of the initial is a blue roundel containing the Agnus Dei, and surrounded by four green roundels rimmed in gold, each containing approximations of a heraldic beast (eagle displayed, lion passant, unicorn repassant reguardant, and leopard repassant).

Binding note

One parchment leaf, now enclosed in a frame.

Provenance

Kane MS. 10 originated in the Upper Rhine valley, although for some reason de Ricci believed that it was of Venetian origin. This leaf was once folio 126; the number was written in ink in an early modern hand in the middle of the top margin, but was subsequently partially erased. Early provenance is unknown. The letter E is written in pencil in the lower right corner of the recto, and on the verso lower margin is a number in pencil “0 4121” and “11” in the upper right corner. The leaf was acquired by Grenville Kane (1854-1943), of Tuxedo Park, N.Y. The Kane Collection was acquired by the Princeton University Library from Kane's heirs in February 1946.

References

Medieval & Renaissance manuscripts in the Princeton University Library, volume 2, page 18.

Cite as

Kane MS. 10, Manuscripts Division, Department of Rare Books and Special Collections, Princeton University Library.

OCLC

1101130390

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