COLLECTION NAME:
Medieval Document Collection
Record
Identifier:
exwsms002_NB160_open
Manuscript Identifier:
Newberry / WMU MS 2
Title:
Dominican Sisters' Office Book, open
Alternative Title:
Newberry / WMU MS 2, open
Alternative Title:
Newberry Library. Manuscript. Case MS 160
Alternative Title:
Western Michigan University / Newberry Library. Joint Purchase. MS 2
Incipit:
seritor dirissime pietatis absterge
Author:
Catholic Church
Author:
Dominican Sisters
Origin Date:
between 1450 and 1469?
Origin Location:
Nuremberg (Germany)?
Description:
Manual or office book compiled for the Dominican nunnery containing liturgies and prayers open to ff. 8v-9r. Parchment stay between the gatherings.
Provenance:
Jointly purchased by Western Michigan University and the Newberry Library in 1996.
Extent:
leaves 8v-9r
Subject:
Catholic Church--Liturgy--Texts--Early works to 1800
Subject:
Catholic Church--Prayers and devotions--Latin--Early works to 1800
Subject:
Prayer books--Early works to 1800
Subject:
Gregorian chants
Subject:
Bookbinding--Specimens
Subject:
Music--Manuscripts
Subject:
Manuscripts, Latin
Subject:
Manuscripts, German
Language:
lat
Language:
ger
Dimensions:
19 cm
Material:
parchment
Foliation:
ff. 1r-58r
Binding:
Contemporary brown leather boards; two concentric double blind-ruled borders, filled with blind-stamped shell and flower ornaments; diapered center panel, lozenges containing blind-stamped flower and eagle ornaments; brass and leather strap-and-pin fastener; front and back pastedowns are parchment leaves; engraving of a saint's deathbed scene removed from another text and affixed to front pastedown. In a green cloth clamshell box, with green leather spine.
Decoration Description:
Text in black ink, 18 lines per page with headings, superscript corrections and underlining in red; 2 line inital initial in text on f. 8v, and 3 line initial in margin on 9r with single line intials alternating red and blue in text. On f. 8v, a catchword in brown and circled in red.
Description of Hands:
Written in Gothic liturgical book hand.
Is Part Of:
Newberry Library
Is Part Of:
Medieval Document Collection
Is Part Of:
WMU / NB Case MS 002, Western Michigan University Special Collections
Publisher:
Western Michigan University
Date-Issued:
2019
Type:
Text
Format:
image/tiff
Format-Extent:
68,253,396 bytes
Is Referenced By:
Newberry Library. "Dominican Sisters' office book." Newberry Online Catalog. https://i-share.car… (accessed: July 30, 2019).
Access Rights:
No copyright. Digital access provided by Western Michigan University Libraries.
Rights Statement:
Dominican Sisters' Office Book, open
