Title
Preview
Image Approximate Date
ca. 1425
Creation Date
2015
Source
Accession 1500, Medieval Manuscript Collection
Description
Capitulary. Single folio on vellum, southern France or Italy, ca. 1425: 245 x 172 mm (written area approx. 185 x 130 mm). Double column, 16 lines. An unusual compilation, the capitulary contains the various benedictions and capitula (“chapters”) to be chanted during monastic offices. This leaf preserves chapters and prayers for Advent. Decoration: six large initials in alternating red and blue with intricate contrasting penwork, sometimes extending up and down the margins, else simple rubrication. A very grand, legible leaf with soiling and there, especially in the edges of the outer margins-a book well used, in other words-but impressive.
Dimensions
245 x 172 mm (written area approx. 185 x 130 mm)
Collection Location
Louise Pettus Archives and Special Collections
Rights
Information concerning copyright must be secured in writing from the Director of the Louise Pettus Archives.
Language
Latin
Media Type
Folio
Identifier
Accession 1500- Med MS 19A
Notes
Capitulary—a civil or ecclesiastical ordinance; also: a collection of ordinances. [Mish, Frederick C., ed. Webster's Ninth New Collegiate Dictionary. Springfield, MA: Merriam-Webster, Inc., 1990.]
