COLLECTION NAME:
Medieval Document Collection
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WMUwmu~77~77
Medieval Document Collection
Collection
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Identifier:
exwsms023_bk
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exwsms023_bk
Identifier
false
Manuscript Identifier:
MS 023
manuscript_identifier
MS 023
Manuscript Identifier
false
Title:
Preces Monialis
title
Preces Monialis
Title
false
Alternative Title:
Prayer Book for Nuns
alternate_title
Prayer Book for Nuns
Alternative Title
false
Incipit:
In sacratissima ac iocundissima, auriflua et excellentissima vigilia pascalis sollempnitatis que
incipit
In sacratissima ac iocundissima, auriflua et excellentissima vigilia pascalis sollempnitatis que
Incipit
false
Origin Date:
1500?
date_original
1500?
Origin Date
false
Origin Location:
Germany
location__creation_site_
Germany
Origin Location
false
Description:
Fifteenth or early sixteenth-century German prayerbook for nuns containing meditations and prayers based on office and mass texts of the Easter and Easter season liturgy in Latin and Eastfalian, a dialect of Low German spoken near the River Elbe.
description
Fifteenth or early sixteenth-century German prayerbook for nuns containing meditations and prayers based on office and mass texts of the Easter and Easter season liturgy in Latin and Eastfalian, a dialect of Low German spoken near the River Elbe.
Description
false
Provenance:
Written for private devotion in a Cistercian convent in the fifteenth or early sixteenth century. Vernacular was initially identified as Ripuarian Low German with Rhenish influences, characteristic to the upper Rhineland; see Waddell, "The Vidi aquam and the Easter Morning Procession: Pages from the Prayerbook of a Fifteenth-Century Cistercian Nun," Liturgy OCSO 21:3 (1987), 4-5. This identification has been clarified as Eastfalian, a dialect spoken in the area around the River Elbe. The convent in which it was written is with high probability the Cistercian convent Medingen near Lüneburg where more than a dozen parallel Easter prayer-books were written, identified by Dr. Henrike Laehnemann in correspondence on March 29, 2012. Folios 241v-242v feature a lengthy colophon, "Scripto et finito libro... Gaudia mansura confert nobis hic dies iubilosa et diliciosa." Given by J. Christian Bay to the Abbey of Gethsemani in the early twentieth century; front pastedown notes: "Gift from our good friends, Mr. J. Christian Bay, Chicago Ill."
provenance
Written for private devotion in a Cistercian convent in the fifteenth or early sixteenth century. Vernacular was initially identified as Ripuarian Low German with Rhenish influences, characteristic to the upper Rhineland; see Waddell, "The Vidi aquam and the Easter Morning Procession: Pages from the Prayerbook of a Fifteenth-Century Cistercian Nun," Liturgy OCSO 21:3 (1987), 4-5. This identification has been clarified as Eastfalian, a dialect spoken in the area around the River Elbe. The convent in which it was written is with high probability the Cistercian convent Medingen near Lüneburg where more than a dozen parallel Easter prayer-books were written, identified by Dr. Henrike Laehnemann in correspondence on March 29, 2012. Folios 241v-242v feature a lengthy colophon, "Scripto et finito libro... Gaudia mansura confert nobis hic dies iubilosa et diliciosa." Given by J. Christian Bay to the Abbey of Gethsemani in the early twentieth century; front pastedown notes: "Gift from our good friends, Mr. J. Christian Bay, Chicago Ill."
Provenance
false
Explicit:
et fluenta divine gracie conserva
explicit
et fluenta divine gracie conserva
Explicit
false
Secundo Folio:
ut miserabiliorem
secundo_folio
ut miserabiliorem
Secundo Folio
false
Extent:
380 leaves
extent
380 leaves
Extent
false
Subject:
Liturgies
subject
Liturgies
Subject
false
Subject:
Cistercians--Prayers and devotions
subject
Cistercians--Prayers and devotions
Subject
false
Subject:
Catholic Church--Liturgy--Texts--Manuscripts
subject
Catholic Church--Liturgy--Texts--Manuscripts
Subject
false
Subject:
Manuscripts, Latin--Germany
subject
Manuscripts, Latin--Germany
Subject
false
Subject:
Manuscripts, Low German
subject
Manuscripts, Low German
Subject
false
Subject:
Cistercian nuns
subject
Cistercian nuns
Subject
false
Subject:
Metal clasps (Binding)
subject
Metal clasps (Binding)
Subject
false
Subject:
Bosses (Binding)
subject
Bosses (Binding)
Subject
false
Language:
lat
language
lat
Language
false
Language:
nds
language
nds
Language
false
Dimensions:
160 x 100 mm
section_title_english
160 x 100 mm
Dimensions
false
Material:
paper
book_type
paper
Material
false
Collation:
1-6⁸, 7⁸ wants 4, 8⁸, 9⁸ wants 8, 10⁸ wants 1, 11-26⁸, 27¹º wants 1 and 9, 28-30⁸, 31⁸ wants 6, 7, and 8, 32⁸ wants 3, 33-40⁸, 41⁸ wants 6 and 7, 42-46⁸, 47¹º wants 1, 48¹º + 1 after 10.
collation
1-6⁸, 7⁸ wants 4, 8⁸, 9⁸ wants 8, 10⁸ wants 1, 11-26⁸, 27¹º wants 1 and 9, 28-30⁸, 31⁸ wants 6, 7, and 8, 32⁸ wants 3, 33-40⁸, 41⁸ wants 6 and 7, 42-46⁸, 47¹º wants 1, 48¹º + 1 after 10.
Collation
false
Foliation:
ff. 38, foliated: (1), 2-380
features
ff. 38, foliated: (1), 2-380
Foliation
false
Binding:
Bound in tooled sixteenth-century calf over boards. Metal bosses and clasps lacking, portions of leather straps remain, fastening back to front.
binding
Bound in tooled sixteenth-century calf over boards. Metal bosses and clasps lacking, portions of leather straps remain, fastening back to front.
Binding
false
Decoration Description:
f. 62v: Simple black ink drawing of rising sun, washed with red, blue, yellow, and green. Initials: 1- to 8-line crudely drawn pen flourished initials in red, blue, and green passim, one-line single color initials in red passim.
decoration
f. 62v: Simple black ink drawing of rising sun, washed with red, blue, yellow, and green. Initials: 1- to 8-line crudely drawn pen flourished initials in red, blue, and green passim, one-line single color initials in red passim.
Decoration Description
false
Description of Hands:
Written in various hands, primarily in gothic hybrida, gothic cursiva after f. 361r.
description_of_hands
Written in various hands, primarily in gothic hybrida, gothic cursiva after f. 361r.
Description of Hands
false
Is Part Of:
Manuscript 23, The Obrecht Collection of Gethsemani Abbey, Trappist Kentucky.
original_manuscript
Manuscript 23, The Obrecht Collection of Gethsemani Abbey, Trappist Kentucky.
Is Part Of
false
Publisher:
Western Michigan University
contributing_institution
Western Michigan University
Publisher
false
Date-Issued:
2013
date_digital
2013
Date-Issued
false
Type:
Text
type
Text
Type
false
Format:
image/jp2
format
image/jp2
Format
false
Is Referenced By:
Medingen Ms HHL = US-Cah (Harvard Houghton Library), Ms. Lat. 395, http://hcl.harvard.…
bibliography
Medingen Ms HHL = US-Cah (Harvard Houghton Library), Ms. Lat. 395, http://hcl.harvard.edu/libraries/houghton/collections/early_manuscripts/bibliographies/Lat.cfm;
Is Referenced By
false
Is Referenced By:
Lähnemann, Henrike. "Bilingual Devotion. The Relationship of Latin and Low German in Prayer Books from the Lüneburg Convents, in: Mysticism and Devotion in Northern Germany in the late Middle Ages," ed. by Elizabeth Andersen et al. (Brill's Companions to Christian Tradition) 2013.
bibliography
Lähnemann, Henrike. "Bilingual Devotion. The Relationship of Latin and Low German in Prayer Books from the Lüneburg Convents, in: Mysticism and Devotion in Northern Germany in the late Middle Ages," ed. by Elizabeth Andersen et al. (Brill's Companions to Christian Tradition) 2013.
Is Referenced By
false
Is Referenced By:
Schlotheuber, Eva. "Intellectual Horizons. Linguistic Competence and Spiritual Instruction in Northern German Convents." Mysticism, 15; Medingen Manuscripts, http://research.ncl…
bibliography
Schlotheuber, Eva. "Intellectual Horizons. Linguistic Competence and Spiritual Instruction in Northern German Convents." Mysticism, 15; Medingen Manuscripts, http://research.ncl.ac.uk/medingen/public_extern/.
Is Referenced By
false
Rights:
Copyright 2013 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, Digitization Center: lib-dc@wmich.edu
rights_management
Copyright 2013 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, Digitization Center: lib-dc@wmich.edu
Rights
false