Missale secundum usum fratrum ordinis beate dei genetricis Marie de Monte Carmeli.

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Catholic Church [Browse]
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Manuscript, Book
Language
Latin
Published/​Created
[France, between 1440 and 1476]
Description
274 leaves : parchment, illustrations ; 377 x 270 (235-240 x 163) mm bound to 396 x 290 mm.

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    Summary note
    Missal produced for the Carmelites of Nantes.
    Notes
    • Ms. codex.
    • Title from incipit, folio 7r.
    • Collation: Parchment ; fol. iii (2 modern paper, 1 parchment) + 274 + iii (1 parchment, 2 paper) ; catchwords ; modern foliation in pencil.
    • Layout: 25-33 lines per page in two columns ; ruled.
    • Decoration: Includes 2 full-page miniatures; 42 half-page or column miniatures; 23 historiated initials; 24 calendar illustrations. Calendar pages, Introits, and Proper Prefaces have borders decorated with floriate ornament. In the calendar, vignettes of the occupations of the month are within the lower border and Zodiac medallions in the side margins; KL initials are decorated. Minor initials of 2- to 3-lines decorated with gold or 1- to 2-line champide initials. Full descriptions of miniatures are held in the Index of Christian Art, Princeton University.
    Binding note
    Later binding. France, ca. 1800. Dark blue morocco over pasteboard; gold tooling along perimeter, board edges, and turn-ins; red silk pastedowns and endleaves; endbands ; edges gilt. Repaired in 1991 at the Conservation Center, Philadelphia.
    Language note
    Latin;
    Script
    Textualis semi-quadrata
    Contents
    • 1. fol. 1r-6r: [Graded calendar for Carmelite use]
    • 2. fol. 7r-97r: [Temporale, Advent through Passion Week]
    • 3. fol. 97r-100r: [Ordo of the Mass]
    • 4. fol. 111r-152v: [Temporale]
    • 5. fol. 153r-227v: [Sanctorale]
    • 6. fol. 227v-230v: [Votice Masses] Contains music.
    • 7. fol. 231r-247v: [Common of Saints]
    • 8. fol. 247v-259r: [Votice Masses]
    • 9. fol. 259r-262v: [Masses and prayers for the dead]
    • 10. fol. 262v-264v: [Benedictions]
    • 11. fol. 264v-266r: [Kyriale]
    • 12. fol. 266v-274r: [Sequences and 25 Prosae]
    Provenance
    Created for the Carmelites of Nantes. Later owned by Alexander Hamilton, 10th Duke of Hamilton. Sold from his collection in 1883 to the Königlich-Preussiche Museum. Sold by Sotheby's in 1889. Sold by Théophile Belin in 1896 to Henry Yates Thompson. Sold from his collection through Sotheby's. Sold to Robert Garrett in 1925 by Bernard Quaritch. His gift to Princeton University Library in 1942.
    Source acquisition
    Gift of Robert Garrett, 1942.
    References
    Medieval & Renaissance manuscripts in the Princeton University Library, volume 1, pages 53-60.
    Other format(s)
    Also available in an electronic version.
    Place name(s)
    France
    Other title(s)
    Missal of the Carmelites of Nantes, 1445-76
    OCLC
    1340430791
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