Creator

Unknown

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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

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.]

Keywords

Capitulary, Advent, Folio, Vellum

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