COLLECTION NAME:
Medieval Document Collection
Record
Identifier:
exwsms149_bk
Manuscript Identifier:
MS 149
Title:
Breviary Leaf
Alternative Title:
MS 149
Incipit:
draco committeret bellum, et Michael
Origin Date:
between 1475 and 1499
Origin Location:
Italy
Description:
Late fourteenth-century, Italian breviary leaf from a portion of the Nocturnes for the Feast of Saint Michael. The leaf contains quotations of Revelation 8:3-4 and Psalm 138:1. CAO III, 2843, 3215, 1491, 5029. The word M[ich]a[e]li occurs above the text on the recto -- a possible mistake as the feast traditionally occurs on the 29th of September.
Provenance:
Probably produced in Italy in the last quarter of the 15th century. Gift to Lydia Siedschlag, property of Special Collections, Waldo Library; previously MS 104, now MS 149.
Extent:
1 leaf
Subject:
Manuscripts, Latin--Italy
Subject:
Catholic Church--Liturgy--Texts--Early works to 1800
Subject:
Feast of Saint Michael and All Angels
Subject:
Breviaries
Subject:
Manuscripts, Medieval--Italy
Subject:
Manuscripts, Latin (Medieval and modern)--Michigan--Kalamazoo
Language:
lat
Dimensions:
570 x 415 mm (framed 660 x 490 mm)
Material:
parchment
Foliation:
lxxxix
Binding:
Excised from a large manuscript. Housed behind glass in a modern, decorative wooden frame; visible on both sides.
Decoration Description:
Three, 2-line blue-and-red and purple-and-red decorated initials. Bounding lines, ruling, versals, and rubrics in red.
Description of Hands:
Written in gothic southern textualis formata (rotunda).
Is Part Of:
Manuscript 149, Western Michigan University Special Collections
Is Part Of:
Medieval Document Collection
Publisher:
Western Michigan University
Date-Issued:
2015
Type:
Text
Format:
image/jp2
Is Referenced By:
René Jean Hesbert, and Renatus Prévost. Corpus antiphonalium officii. Rerum ecclesiasticarum documenta, 7-12. Roma: Herder, 1963.
Access Rights:
This leaf is in the public domain. Western Michigan University holds the right to the image and reproduction. The images that are provided here are for non-profit, educational use only. For all other uses please contact Special Collections, Western Michigan University.
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