Western Michigan University, MS 212

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Metadata

DS ID:

DS26333

Shelfmark:

MS 212

Title:

Bifolium from a Missal

Missal

Place:

Germany

Germany TGN

Date:

between 1300 and 1350

fourteenth century (dates CE) AAT

Language:

Latin

Latin WIKIDATA

Material:

parchment

Parchment AAT

Physical Description:

Extent: 1 bifolium; parchment; 345 x 438 mm

Note:

Layout: The text is written in 2 columns of 38 lines each, ruled in lead. The text is continuous across the leaves, indicating that this manuscript is the innermost sheet of a quire.
Script: Written in a Northern Gothic Textualis Formata hand, which aligns closest with the textus quadrata subtype.
Decoration: Litterae notabiliores mark the beginnings of lections, prayers, and chants. These initials, written in alternating red and blue ink, are very simple, large, elongated majuscules. Splashes of red ink mark the first letters of Bible verses.
Binding: The text is written in 2 columns of 38 lines each, ruled in lead. The text is continuous across the leaves, indicating that this manuscript is the innermost sheet of a quire.
Provenance: Purchased by Special Collections, Western Michigan University Libraries from Mackus Company, Chicago, Illinois, in 2023.
A bifolium fragment likely from a missal. It contains several passages from the Bible, identified by rubrics, interspersed with prayers and chants written in smaller letters. Based on the evidence of the script, the manuscript's origin is likely in Germany in the first half of the fourteenth century.

Keyword:

fragments (object portions)

Manuscripts, Medieval

Manuscripts, Latin

Missals

Early works

IIIF Manifest:

https://luna.library.wmich.edu/luna/servlet/iiif/m/WMUwmu~77~77~1222641~162641/manifest

Holding Institution:

Western Michigan University