COLLECTION NAME:
Medieval Document Collection
Record
Identifier:
exws_nb_MS6_Obit_bk
Manuscript Identifier:
Newberry / WMU MS 6
Title:
Obit book of the Parish Church of Saint-Martin and Saint-Magne in Nangis
Alternative Title:
Martyrologe de Nangis terres de l'eglise de Nangis
Alternative Title:
Newberry Library. Manuscript. Case MS 212
Alternative Title:
Western Michigan University / Newberry Library. Joint Purchase. MS 6
Origin Date:
1285?
Origin Location:
Nangis (France)
Description:
Register of anniversary days when services are to be performed for the dead. Mainly comprised of a calendar which mentions for each day the names of the donors to be honored by a mass, or the names of the relevant saints honored locally. Some of the donors listed have been crossed out, their donation having expired, and other prestigious families such as the Montmorency-Bouchard family, have been respectfully preserved. The register also contains various prayers and a list of the land owned by the parish church of Nangis. Last two leaves damaged by worms with some loss of text.
Provenance:
Written in Nangis, France over the period of the late 13th to early 16th centuries. Jointly purchased by Western Michigan University and the Newberry Library in 2007.
Extent:
37 unnumbered leaves
Subject:
Catholic Church--France--Nangis--Prayers and devotions--Early works on 1800
Subject:
Necrologies--Early works to 1800
Subject:
Church records and registers--France--Nangis--Early works to 1800
Subject:
Benefactors--France--Nangis--Registers--Early works to 1800
Subject:
Fasts and feats--Catholic Church--Early works to 1800
Subject:
Devotional calendars--Catholic Church--Early works to 1800
Subject:
Manuscripts, Latin (Medieval and modern)
Subject:
France--Church history--Sources
Subject:
Manuscripts (document genre)--France--Nangis--1285-1599
Language:
lat
Language:
fre
Dimensions:
202 x 147 mm (written space 150 x 118 mm), bound to 212 x 156 mm
Material:
parchment
Collation:
37 + ii (paper, laid in); 1² 2⁸ 3-5⁸ 6⁴ (-4)
Foliation:
ff. 1v-37v
Binding:
Contemporary binding of tawed leather over beveled wooden boards; marks from a clasp once on edge of front cover; inscription on front cover: Martyrologe de Nangis terres de l'eglise de Nangis.
Decoration Description:
"KL" symbols for each month in large red letters. Written in long lines; ruled in plummet for 24 lines.
Description of Hands:
Written in a gothic hand in red and light brown ink with some later entries in black ink by a wide variety of hands.
Is Part Of:
Newberry Library
Is Part Of:
Medieval Document Collection
Is Part Of:
Manuscript 006, Western Michigan University Special Collections
Publisher:
Western Michigan University
Date-Issued:
2019
Type:
Text
Format:
image/tiff
Is Referenced By:
Newberry Library. "[Obit book of the Parish Church of Saint-Martin and Saint-Magne in Nangis]." Newberry Online Catalog. https://i-share.car… (accessed: August 20, 2019)
Access Rights:
No copyright. Digital access provided by Western Michigan University Libraries.
Rights Statement: