COLLECTION NAME:
Medieval Document Collection
Record
Identifier:
exwsms106_unframed
Manuscript Identifier:
MS 106
Title:
Leaf from a Prayer Book
Alternative Title:
MS 106, unframed
Incipit:
exaltavit me et nunc exaltavit
Origin Date:
between 1275 and 1325
Description:
Portion of Psalm 26:6-9 from a prayer book with pen flourished initials, some faded.
Provenance:
Origin unknown. Evidence in text - the script and decoration - suggest late 13th - early 14th century. In pencil at the bottom of visible part of leaf: “1300-1350 A.D.” Notes on back of frame: “Religious Service Book” in ink; “Lowrie Collection” in pencil; sticker for Suzanne’s Art Centre, Kalamazoo, Michigan. Loaned by Gethsemani Abbey Library, Kentucky to Western Michigan University Library School through Jean Lowrie in 1974. Now permanently held by Special Collections.
Extent:
1 leaf
Subject:
Manuscripts, Latin (Medieval and modern)
Subject:
Manuscripts, Medieval
Subject:
Prayer books--Early works to 1800
Subject:
Textura (Gothic script)
Subject:
Decorated initials
Subject:
detached leaves
Language:
lat
Dimensions:
165 x 114 mm
Material:
parchment
Binding:
Housed in a frame (255 x 190mm), one side visible only.
Decoration Description:
Written in 1 column of 14 lines ruled in lead. 1 line initials alternating blue and red, some with contrasting red or blue pen flourishes. Some initials and decoration fading.
Description of Hands:
Text written in gothic textualis formata.
Is Part Of:
Medieval Document Collection
Is Part Of:
Manuscript 106, Western Michigan University Special Collections
Publisher:
Western Michigan University
Date-Issued:
2019
Type:
Text
Format:
image/tiff
Format-Extent:
26,344,604 bytes
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.
Leaf from a Prayer Book
