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Missal : use of Sarum
Title
Missal : use of Sarum.
Created
South Weald, Essex, England, [circa. 1400-1410]
Physical Description
248 ff. : parchment ; 410 x 290 mm.
Language
Latin; English, Middle (1100-1500)
Notes
Layout: double columns of 36 lines each.
Script: Gothic liturgical book script with Anglicana features.
Decoration: rubricated; numerous red and blue initials with contrasting penwork. 15 large illuminated and gilt initials with bar borders and foliate sprays; 1 large illuminated initial with full border in the style of the workshop of Herman Scheere.
Music: music with square notes on a 4-line red staff.
Binding: full goatskin over oak boards; sewn on 7 double thongs. Chemise binding with chemise portion now trimmed and folded over inside boards.
Byname: South Weald Missal.
In Latin; list of feasts on back pastedown leaf in Middle English.
Provenance
Formerly owned by the Church of St. Peter, South Weald, Essex. Formerly owned by Henry Lymbur. Formerly owned by H. C. Pratt of Brentwood, Essex. Ex libris Martin Schøyen. Purchased on the James Marshall and Marie-Louise Osborn Fund, 2016.
Access and use
This material is open for research.
Summary
Manuscript, on parchment, of a lectern missal in the Use of Sarum. The calendar of saints preceding the liturgy lists some English saints, including an entry for Saint Thomas of Canterbury (December 29) which has been repeatedly crossed through.
Format
Archives or Manuscripts
Added to Catalog
May 22, 2017
References
Missal: Use of Sarum. James Marshall and Marie-Louise Osborn Collection, Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Yale University.
Cite as
Missal: Use of Sarum. James Marshall and Marie-Louise Osborn Collection, Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Yale University.
Subjects
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Genre/Form
Manuscripts, Medieval - England - 15th century.
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