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Missal (fragment)
Title
Missal (fragment).
Created
Rouen, France, [ca. 1450]
Physical Description
ff. 1 : parchment ; 290 x 215 mm
Language
Latin
Notes
Script: written in two styles of gothic bookhand: a larger gothic for portions spoken by the priest and a smaller gothic for antiphons and responses.
Decoration: one five-line initial in pink with white penwork on gold grounds infilled with multi-colored ivy leaves; full bar border in gold decorated with ivy leaves; seven one- and two-line dentelle initials; rubrics in red.
In Latin.
Provenance
Purchased from King Alfred's Notebook. Purchased by Otto F. Ege from Thomas Thorp, cat. 178 (1935), no 782.
Access and use
This material is open for research.
Summary
Manuscript fragment on parchment of a missal from Rouen containing a portion of the Mass of the Virgin in Advent.
Format
Archives or Manuscripts
Added to Catalog
August 25, 2016
References
Rouen Missal (fragment). General Collection, Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Yale University.
Cite as
Rouen Missal (fragment). General Collection, Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Yale University.
Subjects
Subjects (Local Yale)
Genre/Form
Manuscripts, Medieval - France - 15th century.
Missals.
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