https://bridwell.omeka.net/items/browse?advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=44&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Latin&sort_field=Dublin+Core%2CCreator&sort_dir=d&output=atom2024-03-28T21:27:42-04:00Omekahttps://bridwell.omeka.net/items/show/1941This magnificently illuminated Missal was censored in the sixteenth century by order of Henry VIII (1491–1547). Unable to resolve his religious, political, and personal conflicts with Pope Clement VII and Pope Paul III, the king broke with the Roman Church and decreed in 1538 that all mention of the papacy should be removed from England's service books.]]>2022-11-26T12:54:29-05:00
]]>https://bridwell.omeka.net/items/show/1885Illuminated manuscript with psalms to be recited over the course of a week. There are large gilt initials and an illuminated portrait of King David. This Psalter highlights the quality of manuscript illumination which is conservative. Evidently created for a nun in a local convent, the manuscript bears a colophon indicating that it was completed in Nuremberg on February 3, 1496.]]>2022-11-26T12:54:28-05:00
]]>https://bridwell.omeka.net/items/show/1884Single leaf from a German blockbook showing an illustration from the Book of Revelation. Woodblock print with hand coloring. Blockbook's lively apocalyptic imagery, derived from earlier manuscripts, provided Dürer’s generation of artists with useful iconographic models.]]>2022-11-26T12:54:28-05:00
]]>https://bridwell.omeka.net/items/show/1843Example of "Paris Vulgate" tradition, single-volume with books in canonical sequence. As was typical of the Paris Vulgate tradition, the only spaces allotted for illustrations were the interiors of the initials, which received either a portrayal of the author of the biblical book or a concise depiction of the book's central narrative.]]>2022-11-26T12:54:27-05:00
]]>https://bridwell.omeka.net/items/show/1831This illuminated manuscript is a missal which contains all of the prayers, hymns, and biblical passages read by the priest during the celebration of the Latin Mass throughout the year. The "Use of Sarum" refers to the Anglo-Saxon and Norman liturgy codified in the eleventh century by St. Osmund, Bishop of Sarum (Salisbury). There is musical notation in black ink on red four-line staves and illumination throughout.]]>2022-11-26T12:54:27-05:00
]]>https://bridwell.omeka.net/items/show/1830This illuminated manuscript is a missal which contains all of the prayers, hymns, and biblical passages read by the priest during the celebration of the Latin Mass throughout the year. It features Bohemian saints such as St. Wenceslaus, in the calendar. Included are red and blue decorated initials with ornate pen work extensions in purple or mauve filling the margins. Various prefaces set to plainchant are provided with musical notation in three-line staves.]]>2022-11-26T12:54:27-05:00
]]>https://bridwell.omeka.net/items/show/1829This portable breviary, used by a Franciscan friar in Italy during the fifteenth century, includes a calendar for the use of Rome with later handwritten additions indicating the feasts of several Franciscan saints. Illuminated with northern Italian gold initials on red, blue, and green grounds with foliate decoration, gold bezants, and pen work extensions, the volume is written in a tiny gothic script and includes both text and music.]]>2022-11-26T12:54:27-05:00
]]>https://bridwell.omeka.net/items/show/1828Breviaries consisted of psalms, antiphons, lectionary, martyrology, and other features. This breviary for Benedictine Use includes calendrical notes that point to a composition date circa 1431 and also includes an indulgence approved in 1431 by Pope Eugenius IV (1383–1447, r. 1431–1447). An early inscription places the manuscript in the Benedictine monastery of Santa Justina at Padolirone, near Padua, Italy.]]>2022-11-26T12:54:27-05:00
]]>https://bridwell.omeka.net/items/show/1823This manuscript contains excerpts from the gradual and antiphony used in Diocese of Béziers in Languedoc in southern France.]]>2022-11-26T12:54:27-05:00
BRMS 58. Die XXVIII. Aprilis Festum S. Aphrodisii primi Episcopi Bilterrensis martyris & civitatis patroni. [Béziers, France, ca. 1730]. Manuscript on paper.
]]>https://bridwell.omeka.net/items/show/1822Tiny decorated book features fifteen miniatures and ten vignettes of the Labors of the Months in the calendar, each set within pinnacled Gothic niches with decorated margins. Illuminated near St. Omer near the Franco-Flemish border, the Sellers Hours was produced for Sarum Use, featuring particular texts and devotions to local saints preferred by English owners.]]>2022-11-26T12:54:27-05:00
BRMS 13. [Book of Hours. Use of Sarum]. [Flanders or Northern France (St. Omer?), ca. 1325–1330]. Illuminated manuscript on vellum. From the Ruth and Lyle Sellers Medical Collection
]]>https://bridwell.omeka.net/items/show/1821Produced in Flanders for use in England, this richly illuminated manuscript includes a set of eight illustrations of scenes from the Infancy of Christ, such as the Annunciation and the Nativity, which traditionally introduced the eight sections of the book's principal reading, the Hours of the Virgin Mary. The illustrations reflect the influence of the "Boucicaut Master."]]>2022-11-26T12:54:27-05:00
]]>https://bridwell.omeka.net/items/show/1820The scribe who transcribed the text of this Book of Hours signed his name on folio 111 recto as "Biagio di Piero di Jacopo da Fiesole." The manuscript features four full-page illuminations and one large historiated initial, each highlighted with gold.]]>2022-11-26T12:54:27-05:00
BRMS 14. [Book of Hours. Use of Rome]. [Florence or Fiesole, ca. 1480]. Illuminated manuscript on vellum, signed by Biagio di Piero di Jacopo da Fiesole. From the Ruth and Lyle Sellers Medical Collection
]]>https://bridwell.omeka.net/items/show/1818This manuscript was illuminated by a Flemish-trained artist of great skill. The program of illustration found in this manuscript is extensive, consisting of twenty large miniatures with trompe-l'oeil borders, twenty-four small miniatures of saints, and numerous illuminated initials.]]>2022-11-26T12:54:27-05:00
BRMS 16. [Book of Hours. Use of Rome]. [France (Tours?) or Flanders, ca. 1525]. Illuminated manuscript on vellum. From Ruth and Lyle Sellers Medical Collection
]]>https://bridwell.omeka.net/items/show/1816Early modern manuscript Book of Hours illustrated with pen-and-ink drawings of scenese from the Passion and the Life of the Virgin. Three versions of prayers are included in calligraphy without corrections or insertions. The illustrations were likely based on a suite of Flemish or Dutch prints.]]>2022-11-26T12:54:27-05:00
]]>https://bridwell.omeka.net/items/show/1813Comprised primarily of Latin prayers to the Virgin Mary, this Italian manuscript ends with a transcription of an indulgence that was promulgated by Pope Leo X on February 18, 1516. This indulgence granted remission of sins to those who recited the Pater Noster (Lord's Prayer) thirty-three times with prayer beads known as the Corona domini (Crown of the Lord) and includes an illustration of the form of the Corona domini.]]>2022-11-26T12:54:27-05:00
]]>https://bridwell.omeka.net/items/show/1797The fifty ink drawings in this volume, all finished in watercolor with Latin captions, provided students with a visually engaging introduction to religious instruction. Pages 1-4 illustrate a basic catechism. Pages 5-10 instruct on how to properly approach the sacrament of confession. Remaining pages provide a visual catalogue of sins with a few additional instructions.]]>2022-11-26T12:54:27-05:00
]]>https://bridwell.omeka.net/items/show/1758Breviaries consisted of psalms, antiphons, lectionary, martyrology, and other features. This breviary for Benedictine Use includes calendrical notes that point to a composition date circa 1431 and also includes an indulgence approved in 1431 by Pope Eugenius IV (1383–1447, r. 1431–1447). An early inscription places the manuscript in the Benedictine monastery of Santa Justina at Padolirone, near Padua, Italy.]]>2022-11-26T12:54:26-05:00
]]>https://bridwell.omeka.net/items/show/1757The missal is a Christian service book that provides the texts necessary for the celebration of the Mass by a priest. It includes chants, prayers, scriptural readings, and directions (rubrics) written in red. The presence of location specific saints localize this manuscript to Bohemia, maybe Prague. Included are red and blue decorated initials with ornate pen work extensions in purple or mauve filling the margins. Various prefaces set to plainchant are provided with musical notation in three-line staves.]]>2022-11-26T12:54:26-05:00
]]>https://bridwell.omeka.net/items/show/1756This portable breviary, used by a Franciscan friar in Italy during the fifteenth century, includes a calendar for the use of Rome with later handwritten additions indicating the feasts of several Franciscan saints. Illuminated with northern Italian gold initials on red, blue, and green grounds with foliate decoration, gold bezants, and pen work extensions, the volume is written in a tiny gothic script and includes both text and music.]]>2022-11-26T12:54:26-05:00
]]>https://bridwell.omeka.net/items/show/1755Book is in complete condition which is rare but also shows the widespread and prolonged use of the item. Early missals like this one were printed without notation for the owner to fill in.]]>2022-11-26T12:54:26-05:00
]]>https://bridwell.omeka.net/items/show/1751Extremely colorful and resplendent with burnished gold leaf, the tiny book features fifteen miniatures and ten lively vignettes of the Labors of the Months in the calendar, each set within pinnacled Gothic niches and surrounded in the margins by elaborate decorative motifs and fantastical hybrid creatures. Illuminated in the vicinity of St. Omer near the Franco-Flemish border, the Sellers Hours was produced for Sarum Use, featuring particular texts and devotions to local saints preferred by English owners, including a rare memorial to St. Thomas Becket of Canterbury and an illustration for devotion to the English martyr Thomas, Earl of Lancaster.]]>2022-11-26T12:54:26-05:00
]]>https://bridwell.omeka.net/items/show/1750Although the original owner and talented illuminator of this Book of Hours both remain unknown, the scribe who transcribed the text signed his name on folio 111 recto as "Biagio di Piero di Jacopo da Fiesole." The manuscript features four full-page illuminations and one large historiated initial, each highlighted with gold.]]>2022-11-26T12:54:26-05:00
]]>https://bridwell.omeka.net/items/show/1748This remarkable manuscript was illuminated by a Flemish-trained artist of great skill. It was produced after 1519, as it contains a commemoration and accompanying miniature of St. Franciscus de Paulo, who was canonized by Leo X that year. The program of illustration found in this manuscript is extensive, consisting of twenty large miniatures with trompe-l'oeil borders, twenty-four small miniatures of saints, and numerous illuminated initials.]]>2022-11-26T12:54:26-05:00
]]>https://bridwell.omeka.net/items/show/1726Example of one-volume portable Bibles popular in the thirteenth century. Includes decorated initials and filigree pen work in the margins.]]>2022-11-26T12:54:25-05:00
]]>https://bridwell.omeka.net/items/show/1715Produced in Flanders for use in England, this richly illuminated manuscript includes a set of eight illustrations of scenes from the Infancy of Christ, such as the Annunciation and the Nativity, which traditionally introduced the eight sections of the book's principal reading, the Hours of the Virgin Mary.]]>2022-11-26T12:54:25-05:00