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Leaf From The Hours Of Catherine, France, Recto, Unknown

Sacred Leaves Manuscript Collection

This leaf is from an entire sequence of Hours dedicated to Saint Catherine, the patron saint of nurses, maidens, millers, students, wheelwrights and philosophers.

Leaf From A Missal, Italy, Recto, Unknown

Sacred Leaves Manuscript Collection

The recto of the leaf seen here begins the feast day of St. Lawrence on August 10, indicating it came from the Sanctoral section of a Missal. This leaf depicts St. Lawrence in the historiated initial C. His attributes include a gridiron, representing his grisly martyrdom, and a quill, symbolizing the role he played in the preservation of the Early Church's documents.

Margareta Von Schwangau An Ihren Mann, 18. Mai 1445, Margareta Von Schwangau

Essays

This particular work has been extracted from Classen's Frauen in der deutschen Literaturtgeschichte.

Antiphonal [Hu 2]

Medieval Manuscripts

• Country of origin: Italy
• Date: ca. 1440
• Dimensions: ca. 560 x 410 mm
• Citations: none
• Provenance: Otto Ege; S. Herbert McVitty
• Other: neumes, red and blue lettering and decoration

Leaf, January Calendar, Bruges, Southern Netherlands, Unknown

Sacred Leaves Manuscript Collection

The Calendar is usually the first section of a Book of Hours. Like modern calendars, it contains 365 days of the year divided into twelve months, but it ephasizes feast days. The days in red, known as Red Letter Days, denote major feast days such as Epiphany in January. Lesser feast days such as that of Pope Gregory in March are written in brown ink. To the left of the fest days appear two vertical columns of numbers and letters. The numbers, known as the Golden Numbers, assist one in locating Sundays.

Leaf With Ending Of Prime, All Of Terce, And Opening To Sext, Hours Of The Holy Spirit, Bruges, Belgium, Recto, Unknown

Sacred Leaves Manuscript Collection

This particular leaf begins mid-Prime, opens Terce on the recto and opens Sext on the verso. The leaf differs from the usual text in that all of the Hours skip the first versicles and responses to begin with the hymn. Each Hour has an individual hymn, but shares the final versicle, response, and oratio.

Leaf With Ending Of Prime, All Of Terce, And Opening To Sext, Hours Of The Holy Spirit, Bruges, Belgium, Verso, Unknown

Sacred Leaves Manuscript Collection

This particular leaf begins mid-Prime, opens Terce on the recto and opens Sext on the verso. The leaf differs from the usual text in that all of the Hours skip the first versicles and responses to begin with the hymn. Each Hour has an individual hymn, but shares the final versicle, response, and oratio.

Leaf, February Calendar, Bruges, Southern Netherlands, Unknown

Sacred Leaves Manuscript Collection

The Calendar is usually the first section of a Book of Hours. Like modern calendars, it contains 365 days of the year divided into twelve months, but it ephasizes feast days. The days in red, known as Red Letter Days, denote major feast days such as Epiphany in January. Lesser feast days such as that of Pope Gregory in March are written in brown ink. To the left of the fest days appear two vertical columns of numbers and letters. The numbers, known as the Golden Numbers, assist one in locating Sundays.

Annunciation: Manuscript Leaf From A Book Of Hours, Catholic Church

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Manuscript leaf on vellum: 166 x 110 mm, color illustrations, illuminations

Annunciation miniature from Matins, the first hour of the Office of the Virgin. From a book of hours produced in the mid-15th century. Floral border on shell gold surrounds miniature of Gabriel kneeling before Mary on recto; floral border on left side of verso outlined in red next to 16 lines of gothic script in black ink with illuminated initials and line-fillers.

Pages From The Past. History Of The Written Word. Various Leaves - No. 9 "Sermones" Of Simon De Cremona, Simon De Cremona

Sacred Leaves Manuscript Collection

No abstract provided.

Leaf From Lauds, Hours Of The Virgin, Southern Netherlands, Recto, Unknown

Sacred Leaves Manuscript Collection

Lauds is associated with the Visitation, an event in the life of the Virgin when she journeyed to the house of her cousin, Elizabeth, and learned that Elizabeth could give birth to John the Baptist. The leaf contains the end of Psalm 62, and a foliate initial "D" opens Psalm 66. Psalm 66 was prayed to ensure the longevity of the church. There is no rubric calling for a division between the two Psalms; the scribe has merged Psalm 62 and 66 in order to treat them as one Psalm.

Leaves From Lauds, Hours Of The Virgin, Southern Netherlands, Verso, Unknown

Sacred Leaves Manuscript Collection

Lauds is associated with the Visitation, an event in the life of the Virgin when she journeyed to the house of her cousin, Elizabeth, and learned that Elizabeth could give birth to John the Baptist. The leaf contains the end of Psalm 62, and a foliate initial "D" opens Psalm 66.

Speculum Historiale, Vincent Of Beauvais

Sacred Leaves Manuscript Collection

One signature of eight leaves, comprising Lib. 30 (c.8 to c.26) of the Speculum historiale, the most widely disseminated part of the author's Speculum Maius.

Leaf From Matins, Office Of The Dead, Southern Netherlands, Recto, Unknown

Sacred Leaves Manuscript Collection

The Office of the Dead in Books of Hours is textually identical to that in the breviary. This allowed the layman to recite the same prayers as the clergy during the funeral service of a loved one.

Leaf From Matins, Office Of The Dead, Southern Netherlands, Verso, Unknown

Sacred Leaves Manuscript Collection

The Office of the Dead in Books of Hours is textually identical to that in the breviary. This allowed the layman to recite the same prayers as the clergy during the funeral service of a loved one.

Fragment. Golden Legend, Jacobus De Voragine

Medieval Manuscript Fragments

No abstract provided.

French Missal, Author Unknown

Medieval Manuscript Fragments

No abstract provided.

Breviary [Hu Codex 3]

Medieval Manuscripts

• Country of origin: Italy
• Date: 15th century
• Citations: Bond, W. H. Supplement to the Census of Medieval and Renaissance manuscripts in the United States and Canada, no.1
• Provenance: McVitty

Leaf From Matins, Office Of The Dead, Paris, France, Verso, Unknown

Sacred Leaves Manuscript Collection

The Office of the Dead is usually the last section in a Book of Hours. Due to its specialized function in funerary services, this section was not read daily. The text of this leaf is written in black ink, with red rubrics which indicate that the recto begins with the response and versicle from lesson four, followed by lesson five.

Leaf From Matins, Office Of The Dead, Paris, France, Recto, Unknown

Sacred Leaves Manuscript Collection

The Office of the Dead is usually the last section in a Book of Hours. Due to its specialized function in funerary services, this section was not read daily. The text of this leaf is written in black ink, with red rubrics which indicate that the recto begins with the response and versicle from lesson four, followed by lesson five.

Fragment, Livy, Giacomo Curlo

Medieval Manuscript Fragments

No abstract provided.

La Presse, V. 48 N. 52 (December 15, 1931), La Presse

La Presse

La Presse volume 48 number 52, Edition Americaine.

Pages 7A and 8A missing.

Calendar From Book Of Hours; Use Of Paris, Catholic Church

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Manuscript on vellum (13 unnumbered leaves), bound: color illustrations, illuminations; 167 x 135 mm, bound to 172 x 140 mm

Calendar of saints' feast days from a French Book of Hours, use of Paris, which was evidently intact in the late 18th century when the descriptive note on the original first flyleaf was handwritten and dated 4 February 1792 by one 'Rouxeau', priest of Le Loroux-Bottereau. Rouxeau is assumed to be Julien-Pierre Rouxeau (1734-1811); the calendar as currently bound includes the 19th century bookplace of H. Arthur Baker.

Date is estimated from the 18th century owner's handwritten comment: "Ces heures, …

Rb 001 Guide To Burbank-Fraser Collection On Arthritis, Rheumatism And Gout, John P. Mcgovern Historical Collections & Research Center

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The Burbank/Fraser Collection contains over 3,600 volumes, including books, pamphlets, bound reprints, and translations. With publications ranging from a sixteenth century manuscript to the modern works of John Talbott and Charles Short, this collection documents the changing regimens for rheumatic diseases and the foundations of the modern specialty of rheumatology. With publications from over 20 countries, the collection offers innumerable opportunities for research on the history of the rheumatic diseases and the cross-cultural transference of medical information. The collection equals 337.4 linear with titles that date from 15th Century to the early 20th Century. See more at RB 001.

Bowl With Incised Peony Decor, Unknown

Morehead State University Art Collection

An Chinese bowl created during the Ming Dynasty.

The Fall Of King Arthur Of Britain In Giovanni Boccaccio’S On The Downfall Of The Famous, Giovanni Boccaccio, Christopher Berard, Morris Tichenor

Humanities Program Faculty Publications

Translated by:

Christopher Berard and Morris Tichenor

Giovanni Boccaccio (1313–75), born in Certaldo, Tuscany, is best remembered today as the Father of Italian Prose owing to the immense popularity of his Decameron (c.1349–51), a collection of one hundred short stories (written in Italian prose) that are embedded in a narrative frame of a storytelling game undertaken by seven young women and three young men who fled Florence for Friesole in hopes of escaping the Black Death. During the Renaissance (1400–1600), however, Boccaccio was best remembered for his De casibus virorum illustrium [On the Downfalls of Famous Men] (c.1360). …

Breviary [Manuscript Leaf, Hu 3]

Medieval Manuscripts

• Country of origin: France
• Date: ca. 1350
• Citations: Bond, W. H. Supplement to the Census of Medieval and Renaissance manuscripts in the United States and Canada, no. 9
• Provenance: McVitty (Ege)
• Other: red and blue lettering and decorations, illumination. Note written at top of side 1: "Following the octave of Easter" [translation].

A breviary is a book containing the hymns, offices, and prayers for the canonical hours, to be recited daily by clerics in religious orders.

Missal (Hu 6)

Medieval Manuscripts

• Country of origin: Germany.
• Date: ca. 1320.
• Dimensions: 450 x 310 mm.
• Citations: Bond & Faye, no. 12.
• Provenance: Otto Ege, S. Herbert McVitty.

Hymnal (Saraknoc'), Cilician Kingdom, Sis, Part 1, Unknown

Sacred Leaves Manuscript Collection

This Armenian manuscript is a Hyman, or Saraknoc. This Hymnal contains a colophon, which details the place of origin and the name of the scribe, artist, and sometimes patron. This particular Hymnal contains ten canons, all marked by an elaborately decorated headpiece, each rich with organic decoration and burnished on gold ground.

Hymnal (Saraknoc'), Cilician Kingdom, Sis, Folio 107, Recto, Unknown

Sacred Leaves Manuscript Collection

This Armenian manuscript is a Hyman, or Saraknoc. This Hymnal contains a colophon, which details the place of origin and the name of the scribe, artist, and sometimes patron. This particular Hymnal contains ten canons, all marked by an elaborately decorated headpiece, each rich with organic decoration and burnished on gold ground.