COLLECTION NAME:
Medieval Document Collection
Record
Identifier:
exws_nb_ms004_bk
Manuscript Identifier:
Newberry / WMU MS 4
Title:
In festo corpus xpi [christi] ad us[um] d[om]i[nic]i
Alternative Title:
In festo corpus xpi ad usum dominici
Alternative Title:
Breviary (Dominican)
Alternative Title:
Newberry Library. Manuscript. Case MS 198
Alternative Title:
Western Michigan University / Newberry Library. Joint Purchase. MS 4
Incipit:
In festo corpis xpi [christi] ad v[espera]s An[tiphona]
Incipit:
In festo corpus xpi ad usum dominici
Author:
Catholic Church
Origin Date:
approximately 1490
Origin Location:
Germany
Description:
German breviary in Latin, for use by the Dominicans, probably produced around 1490 in the Upper Rhine region of Germany, or Northern Switzerland, as indicated by handwriting style, and saints’ days included in calendar. Breviary contains prayers for Mass, and the Office of the Dead (Dominican Rite).
Provenance:
Date suggested by style of handwriting and capital flourishes, and by calendar arrangement: i.e., ms. includes feasts of St. Dionysius and the Conception of the Virgin as single celebrations, first celebrated as such in 1481 and 1491, respectively; but lacks the observance of the feast of St. Servatius as a single celebration, a practice which dates from 1498, thus suggesting possible range of dates between 1481 and 1498. Jointly purchased by Western Michigan University and the Newberry Library in 2003.
Explicit:
Logos Xhrist[us].
Secundo Folio:
Sacerdos in eternu[m] xps [christus] d[omin]us s[e]c[un]d[u]m ordine[m] melchisedechi panem [et] uinam obtulit
Extent:
131 leaves, bound
Subject:
Dominicans--Prayers and devotions--Early works to 1800
Subject:
Catholic Church--Prayers and devotions--Early works to 1800
Subject:
Catholic Church--Liturgy--Texts--Early works to 1800
Subject:
Prayer books--Germany--Early works to 1800
Subject:
Devotional literature, Latin (Medieval and modern)--Germany--Early works to 1800
Subject:
Illumination of books and manuscripts--Germany--Early works to 1800
Subject:
Manuscripts, Latin
Language:
lat
Dimensions:
160 x 105 mm
Material:
parchment
Foliation:
ff. 1r-131v
Binding:
Contemporary dyed red calf over wooden boards; blind-stamped rhomboid (diamond-shaped) centerpiece within triple-ruled blind rectangular borders on upper and lower boards; center rhomboids each contain four small blind-stamped cloverleaf medallions within double borders; remnants of two pair of brass clasps and catches; vellum pastedowns; missing spine reveals three double rows of sewing bands in heavy cord. In light tan cloth-covered clamshell box; gold-stamped brown calf box label: "Brevier. Handschrift um 1490."
Decoration Description:
Calendar in red and black, with large red and blue capitals at head of each page, most with interlacing pen flourishes in blue; following calendar is a table for computing the date of Easter each year, in red and black, with folded fore-edge; and two diagrams for assigning Dominical Letters and Golden Numbers, also in red and black.
Description of Hands:
Text in a single hand, in a southwestern German "bastarda" script in black ink; leaves lightly ruled in brown; large red and blue capitals, some pen-flourished, or decorated with flowers, leaves, plumes, or trailing branches; smaller red and blue initials throughout text; captions and section numbers in red.
Additions and Marginalia:
Upper margin of recto of leaf [103] contains a small pen-and-ink drawing in red, blue and brown ink, of two birds atop a pair of acanthus leaves, pecking a berry.
Is Part Of:
Newberry Library
Is Part Of:
Medieval Document Collection
Is Part Of:
Manuscript 004, Western Michigan University Special Collections
Publisher:
Western Michigan University
Date-Issued:
2019
Type:
Text
Format:
image/jp2
Is Referenced By:
Newberry Library. "In festo corpis xpi [christi] ad us[um] d[om]i[nic]i [manuscript] [ca. 1490]." Newberry Online Catalog. https://i-share.car… (accessed: August 1, 2019)
Rights Statement:
Rights Status:
No Copyright - United States
Access Rights:
Digital reproduction published by Western Michigan University and made available for private study, scholarship or research use under applicable U.S. Law. Access to digital reproductions provided by Special Collections at Zhang Legacy Collections Center, Western Michigan University.