- Breviary, [13--].
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- 1 v. (455 leaves) : parchment, ill.
- Date:
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- [13--].
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- Catholic Church
- Abstract:
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- Ms. Breviary. Part I (ff. 1r-436r) was written in Italy after 1303. Its illumination, though more characteristic of the late 13th century, suggests that the book was produced in Bologna. Part II (ff. 440r-454v), which consists of liturgical additions of the offices of the Corpus Christi, Thomas Aquinas, and Ursula of Cologne, was written and flourished in the late 14th century. Includes a manuscript indulgence of Pope Urban VI (1378-1389) on front pastedown, undated (late 14th century).
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- Decoration: (ff. 4r-436r): One 8-line historiated initial for Psalm 1 (f. 10). Four 7-line historiated initials for Psalms 38 and 109 (ff. 27r, 68v), and collects of Dominic of Bologna and Archangel Michael in Sanctorale (ff. 362v, 392r). Five 6-line historiated initials for Psalms 26, 52, 68, 80, and 97 (ff. 20v, 33r, 39v, 47v, 54v), and for 1st Sunday of Advent in Temporale (f. 89v). Two 4-line decorated initials for psalm 21 (f. 18r) and beginning of Sanctorale (f. 263v). Colors of blue, slate blue, rose, pink, olive green, orange, and gray; burnished gold for balls, nimbi, and crowns, and occasionally for infillings of historiated initials; swarthy flesh of figures highlighted with white and green. The illumination of tiny historiated initials shows typical Bolognese work around 1300. (ff. 4r-436r): 4-line blue KL initials with red penwork in calendar (ff. 4r-9v). 2-line initials in blue or red, with penwork of the opposite color, for regular psalms, and for chapters, collects, and lessons of the Divine Office. 1-line initials in blue or red for versals. The penwork is typically Italian in execution for the early 14th century. (ff. 440r-454v): Red initials with brown penwork. 4-line red initials for Vespers psalm antiphon of Corpus Christi (f. 440r). 3-line red initials for Vespers psalm antiphon, chapter, and hymn of Thomas Aquinas (ff. 447r, 447v), and 1st lesson of Ursula of Cologne (f. 453r). 2-line red initials.
- Layout: Parchment; two columns of 26 lines, ruled 3 mm. apart; 125 x 90 (78 x 55) mm.
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- 15th-century, Italian, wooden boards with brown calf stamped with overall pattern of interlocking horseshoes enclosing twenty-eight annular dots in central panel, and rosettes in borders, on front and back; hold for pin in center of back cover. Small sections of leather ripped off; one section on front cover, reveals indentation and three holes for the clasp.
- Provenance:
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- Late medieval note, largely erased, "Istum breviarium de ..." in top margin of f. 455r. Valentinus Camertis (?), a Dominican, ca. 1580 (de Ricci); his name in upper right corner of the first calendar page, f. 4r, "Magistri Valentini Camertis (?) ordinis predicatorum". Early modern provenance unknown. Robert Garrett (1875-1961), Class of 1897, of Baltimore, Maryland; his bookplate on f. 1r.
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- Gift of Robert Garrett, 1942.
- Contributor:
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- Princeton University. Library. Manuscript. Garrett MS. 42.
- References:
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- De Ricci, v. 1, p. 872
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