Radnor missal, 1300 - 1399
Abstract
This is a German missal from about the fourteenth century, which includes a Cantus; the Blessing of the Paschal Candle with the Litany; the Blessing of the Candle; the Order for the Feast of the Purification of the Blessed Virgin Mary and the Blessing of the Candles; the Order for the Blessing of the Branches on Palm Sunday; and the Blessing of Salt and Water with the Litany.
Dates
- Creation: 1300 - 1399
Extent
1 volumes
Language of Materials
Latin
Custodial History
Written around the fourteenth century, probably in Southern Germany. The three quires very possibly were removed from a larger volume to serve as a liber ritualis for the special occasions listed. The text is devoid of any identifying marks. Early provenance unknown.
Other related names
- Radnor High School, former owner
- Radnor High School, donor
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Given to Bryn Mawr College by Radnor High School, Radnor, Pennsylvania, 14 November 1984.
Physical Description
Parchment support.
Original beveled oak boards with dark brown leather covering half the board vertically from the spine forward. Spine repaired with more recent leather. Metal clasps; bottom leather strap missing.
32; 274 x 207 mm bound to 275 x 214 mm
One or two columns, eighteen to twenty-three lines, ruled in black ink with double and single vertical and single horizontal bounding lines, full length; remains of prickings visible at outer margins; written area: 205 x 147 mm
Written by a single scribe in a large, liturgical gothic hand.
Three three-line initials in blue with red penwork designs marking major text divisions; one- to two-line initials alternating red and blue, some with pen flourishes; rubrication throughout; four-line musical staves with the fa line red and do line yellow; germanic neumes written in the one note basic virga symbol.
Modern foliation in pencil in upper right recto.
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