• Benedictional

Extent:
  • 99 leaves : parchment ; 215 x 155 mm. (145 x 90 mm.)
Date:
  • 1025-1050
Language:
Author:
  • Catholic Church
Abstract:
  • Liturgical texts in Latin. Garrett MS. 43 is a Benedictional probably dating from the second quarter of the 11th century. Written by two scribes in Late Carolingian minuscule. Many scholars have argued that the manuscript was produced at Lorsch Abbey (Reichabtei Lorsch), based on paleography or illumination in connection with the Udralicus Peccator group (London, British Library, Harley MS. 2970, and Munich, Bayerische Staatsbibliothek, MS. Clm. 23630) centered in Lorsch. But others have suggested Mainz as the possible place of origin. Later it may have been in Speyer, Johanneskirche. For full description, see Don C. Skemer, Medieval and Renaissance Manuscripts in the Princeton University Library (Princeton: Department of Art and Archeology and Princeton University Library, is association with Princeton University Press, 2013), vol. 1, pp. 66-68; Biblioteca Laureshamensis; Virtual Monastic Library of Lorsch, http://www.bibliotheca-laureshamensis-digital.de/
Contents:
  • fols. 1v-55r Benedictions for the Temporale. For use throughout the liturgical year from the 1st Sunday of Advent to the 25th Sunday after Pentecost.
  • fols. 55r-70v Benedictions for the Sanctorale.
  • fols. 70v-77v Benedictions for the Common of Saints.
  • fols. 77v-80r Benedictions for Church Dedications.
  • fols. 80r-99r Benedictions for Votive masses.
Description:
  • Ms. codex.
Binding note:
  • Medieval binding (11th century?), oak boards first covered in alum-tawed skin, and then covered over in a green silk fabric, perhaps in mid-15th century.
Source acquisition:
  • Gift of: Robert Garrett (1875-1961), Class of 1897. He purchased the manuscript in 1924 from the Leipzig bookseller Karl W. Hiersemann, and donated it to the Princeton University Library in 1941.
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