COLLECTION NAME:
Medieval Document Collection
mediaCollectionId
WMUwmu~77~77
Medieval Document Collection
Collection
true
Identifier:
exwsms161_bk
resource_identifier
exwsms161_bk
Identifier
false
Manuscript Identifier:
MS 161
manuscript_identifier
MS 161
Manuscript Identifier
false
Title:
Leaves from a Breviary
title
Leaves from a Breviary
Title
false
Alternative Title:
Breviary Wrappers
alternate_title
Breviary Wrappers
Alternative Title
false
Alternative Title:
MS 161
alternate_title
MS 161
Alternative Title
false
Origin Date:
ca. 1275-1300
date_original
ca. 1275-1300
Origin Date
false
Origin Location:
Germany
location__creation_site_
Germany
Origin Location
false
Description:
A small personal collection of excerpts unbound until modern times, and which once protected the leaves of MS 160. The original structure is uncertain and missing an unknown number of leaves between f. 2 and f. 3. The four leaves are from a monastic breviary and include the following feasts: Barbara (4 December), beginning imperfectly; Lucy (13 December); Apostle Thomas (21 December), Agnes (21 January), beginning imperfectly; Vincent (22 January); Conversion of Paul (25 January); second feast of Agnes (28 January), short fragment, ending imperfectly.
description
A small personal collection of excerpts unbound until modern times, and which once protected the leaves of MS 160. The original structure is uncertain and missing an unknown number of leaves between f. 2 and f. 3. The four leaves are from a monastic breviary and include the following feasts: Barbara (4 December), beginning imperfectly; Lucy (13 December); Apostle Thomas (21 December), Agnes (21 January), beginning imperfectly; Vincent (22 January); Conversion of Paul (25 January); second feast of Agnes (28 January), short fragment, ending imperfectly.
Description
false
Provenance:
“Based on the evidence of the script, this was written in Germany at the end of the 13th century. The text, although fragmentary, suggests that these leaves were from a monastic rather than secular, breviary (one nocturn with four lessons are provided for the feast of St. Lucy). Possibily waste leaves never used for a manuscript (see the backward two-line red “n” on f. 4). They were used as a wrapper for this copy of extracts from the Golden Legend and sermons by Jacobus de Vorgaine by the fifteenth or early 16th century, when the contents were recorded in the lower margin of f. 1. The writer listed the contents as “Legends” of St. Barbara and St. Lucy, ignoring that these leaves were originally from a breviary, and emphasizing the content that was in keeping with the manuscript these leaves were being used to protect. Belonged to Joseph Pope (1921-2010) of Toronto, investor banker and prominent collector of medieval manuscripts, where it was Bergendal Collection MS 24 (described in Pope, 1999, and online, Bergendal Collection). Purchased by Pope from Sam Fogg, London, October 1993.” --from dealer description. Purchased by Western Michigan University Special Collections from Les Enluminures (TM 579).
provenance
“Based on the evidence of the script, this was written in Germany at the end of the 13th century. The text, although fragmentary, suggests that these leaves were from a monastic rather than secular, breviary (one nocturn with four lessons are provided for the feast of St. Lucy). Possibily waste leaves never used for a manuscript (see the backward two-line red “n” on f. 4). They were used as a wrapper for this copy of extracts from the Golden Legend and sermons by Jacobus de Vorgaine by the fifteenth or early 16th century, when the contents were recorded in the lower margin of f. 1. The writer listed the contents as “Legends” of St. Barbara and St. Lucy, ignoring that these leaves were originally from a breviary, and emphasizing the content that was in keeping with the manuscript these leaves were being used to protect. Belonged to Joseph Pope (1921-2010) of Toronto, investor banker and prominent collector of medieval manuscripts, where it was Bergendal Collection MS 24 (described in Pope, 1999, and online, Bergendal Collection). Purchased by Pope from Sam Fogg, London, October 1993.” --from dealer description. Purchased by Western Michigan University Special Collections from Les Enluminures (TM 579).
Provenance
false
Manuscript Parts:
Once used as a wrapper for MS 160.
manuscript_parts
Once used as a wrapper for MS 160.
Manuscript Parts
false
Extent:
4 leaves, not conjugate
extent
4 leaves, not conjugate
Extent
false
Subject:
Manuscripts, Latin (Medieval and modern)
subject
Manuscripts, Latin (Medieval and modern)
Subject
false
Subject:
Manuscripts, Medieval--Germany
subject
Manuscripts, Medieval--Germany
Subject
false
Subject:
Catholic Church--Liturgy--Texts--Early works to 1800
subject
Catholic Church--Liturgy--Texts--Early works to 1800
Subject
false
Subject:
Wrappers (Binding)--Germany
subject
Wrappers (Binding)--Germany
Subject
false
Subject:
Textura (Gothic script)
subject
Textura (Gothic script)
Subject
false
Subject:
Breviaries
subject
Breviaries
Subject
false
Subject:
Saints
subject
Saints
Subject
false
Subject:
Decorated initials
subject
Decorated initials
Subject
false
Language:
lat
language
lat
Language
false
Dimensions:
190 x 140 mm
section_title_english
190 x 140 mm
Dimensions
false
Material:
parchment
book_type
parchment
Material
false
Collation:
ii (paper) + [4] + ii (paper)
collation
ii (paper) + [4] + ii (paper)
Collation
false
Binding:
Bound in modern red leather in 1993 by Donald Taylor of Toronto. Spine lettered in gilt, “Fragmentum Breviarii, s. XIII.” Gatherings interleaved by paper stubs, with modern cloth slipcase. Previously used as a “loose wrap” for the four folios containing excerpts from Jacobus de Vorgaine’s Legenda aura and Sermones de tempore, removed by the Bergendal Collection and bound separately as MS 160. First two and last two flyleaves are modern paper.
binding
Bound in modern red leather in 1993 by Donald Taylor of Toronto. Spine lettered in gilt, “Fragmentum Breviarii, s. XIII.” Gatherings interleaved by paper stubs, with modern cloth slipcase. Previously used as a “loose wrap” for the four folios containing excerpts from Jacobus de Vorgaine’s Legenda aura and Sermones de tempore, removed by the Bergendal Collection and bound separately as MS 160. First two and last two flyleaves are modern paper.
Binding
false
Decoration Description:
Two 2-line intials in red with simple red pen florishes. Paragraph markers in red. A few small worm holes in the margins. Modern foliation in pencil top outer corner recto. All leaves are darkened and soiled, although ff. 1-2 are legible, especially at the edges. F. 3 damaged in the inner margin with some loss of text, part of f. 3 and ff. 3v-4v are mostly illegible due to damp. Prickings top margin. Majuscules touched in red.
decoration
Two 2-line intials in red with simple red pen florishes. Paragraph markers in red. A few small worm holes in the margins. Modern foliation in pencil top outer corner recto. All leaves are darkened and soiled, although ff. 1-2 are legible, especially at the edges. F. 3 damaged in the inner margin with some loss of text, part of f. 3 and ff. 3v-4v are mostly illegible due to damp. Prickings top margin. Majuscules touched in red.
Decoration Description
false
Description of Hands:
2 columns of about 32-33 lines in mostly undetectable ruling. Traces of single vertical bounding lines in ink or lead remain between the columns. Written by two scribes in a gothic bookhand.
description_of_hands
2 columns of about 32-33 lines in mostly undetectable ruling. Traces of single vertical bounding lines in ink or lead remain between the columns. Written by two scribes in a gothic bookhand.
Description of Hands
false
Is Part Of:
Medieval Document Collection
original_manuscript
Medieval Document Collection
Is Part Of
false
Is Part Of:
Manuscript 160, Western Michigan University Special Collections
original_manuscript
Manuscript 160, Western Michigan University Special Collections
Is Part Of
false
Is Part Of:
Manuscript 161, Western Michigan University Special Collections
original_manuscript
Manuscript 161, Western Michigan University Special Collections
Is Part Of
false
Publisher:
Western Michigan University
contributing_institution
Western Michigan University
Publisher
false
Date-Issued:
2019
date_digital
2019
Date-Issued
false
Type:
Text
type
Text
Type
false
Format:
image/jp2
format
image/jp2
Format
false
Is Referenced By:
Pope, Joseph. One Hundred and Twenty-Five Manuscripts. Bergendal Collection Catalogue, Toronto, 1999.
bibliography
Pope, Joseph. One Hundred and Twenty-Five Manuscripts. Bergendal Collection Catalogue, Toronto, 1999.
Is Referenced By
false
Rights:
Copyright 2019 Western Michigan University, Kalamazoo, Michigan, all rights reserved. The digital version is available for educational use under 'Fair Use' guidelines. For additional permission and further information contact the WMU Libraries.
rights_management
Copyright 2019 Western Michigan University, Kalamazoo, Michigan, all rights reserved. The digital version is available for educational use under 'Fair Use' guidelines. For additional permission and further information contact the WMU Libraries.
Rights
false