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Collection: Inscribed Illuminations and Inspirations: Manuscripts at Bridwell Library
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BRMS 3
Papal Bull confirming privileges and domains of the Benedictine Abbey of St. Pierre at Meobecq within the diocese of Bourges, France. The scribe set off the formal preamble in majestic elongated letters, and beneath the main text added the circular…
BRMS 122
This large folding triptych is a cartagloria, an illuminated manuscript bearing essential Latin texts for the Mass ceremony. The central miniature of the triptych replicates Leonardo da Vinci's fresco of the Last Supper at the Dominican Convent of…
BRMS 170
Devotional manuscript compiled for the followers of St. John of God (1495–1550), founder of the Order of the Brothers Hospitallers. It documents the devotional aspects of the order and includes prayers and orations. The majority of the volume is a…
BRMS 99
This 1815 Church of Scotland's Translations and Paraphrases, in Verse, of Several Passages of Sacred Scripture includes minute but easily legible lettering in roman and cursive in alternating verses that seems to have been engraved in copper rather…
BRMS 96
This processional was written for use by canons of the Praemonstratensian Order at the Basilica of St. Peter and St. Paul in Ilbenstadt, Germany, near Frankfurt am Main. Signed by the scribe Frater Jeremiah Moeller.
BRMS 167
German prayer book with gold and black gothic calligraphy and thirteen plates by Franz Heissig. The text includes prayers, meditations, and religious exercises.
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The texts bound together here include works by (or attributed to) three Doctors of the Church, two from the Western tradition (St. Isidore of Seville and St. Augustine) and one from the Eastern Church (St. John Chrysostom). As a group these texts…
BRMS 30
One of the most popular of all Muslim prayer books. Compiled in Morocco during the fifteenth century, this daily devotional text is still used both for private prayer and for recitation at public ceremonies. The text includes the ninety-nine…
BRMS 61
Later manuscripts of the Dala'il al-Khayrat traditionally included illustrations of Mecca and Medina. This copy also has a painted view of a mosque and Sword of Muhammed. Hand of Fatimah is on the fly leaf.
BRMS 169
A manuscript prayer book produced for Josephine Hofmainin by Joseph Jillich. It has a variety of decorative techniques including cut-outs, paste-ins, calligraphic headings, polychrome portraits, and engravings.
BRMS 155
Gradual produced, signed and dated by Spanish nun, Maria Dies de Oña for Cistercian Use in early sixteenth century. This contains approximately the first third of the liturgial year.
BRMS 93
Biblical history written by Peter Comestor, Chancellor of Notre Dame in Paris. In Bridwell Library's manuscript, several dates added by the scribe provide evidence that the entire manuscript was produced between March and August of 1466. An…
BRMS 94
A significant record of the essential role of memory in late-medieval piety, the Roseum memoriale provides summaries of each chapter of the Bible (omitting Psalms) in 1,194 short mnemonic verses. So as to insure memorization in the proper sequence,…
BRMS 98
Certified copy of original deposition taken in Orizaba, Mexico from seven Spanish Creole witnesses given to Bachiller Nicolás Miguel de Santa Cruz y Lara. The witnesses describe that people make pilgrimages to the church, Descalced Carmelites of a…
BRMS 113
In the Bulla aurea ("Golden Bull") of 1479, Pope Sixtus IV granted indulgences to all who donated to the Franciscan Order and to the Poor Clares, all visitors to Franciscan churches, and all who contributed to the maintenance of Franciscan…
BRMS 134
Soeur (Sister) Marie Julie de Saint Paul de Thomassin's commonplace book provides an intimate view of an eighteenth-century nun's values, interests, and activities. It includes general rules for monastic living, short histories of various religious…
BRMS 171
A hybrid liturgical manuscript and an unidentified printed psalter created for, and possibly by, Jacoba van Dyke. The manuscript is in both Latin and Dutch and decorated with illustrations from earlier Dutch manuscripts pasted onto the pages.
BRMS 4
In 1496 the Poor Clares at the Convento di Santa Chiara Novella in Florence commissioned the Ugolino Verino to write this "Life of St. Clare" in Italian so members of the order could read about their founder. This edition is an illuminated manuscript…
BRMS 92
Spiritual guide to the Mass with reflections and instructions for prayer and meditations. The end is a French translation of the Latin litany of the Mass. There are six plates by Hieronymus and Anton Wierix included that shows the continued…
Prothro B-281
First widely circulated English version of the Bible from the followers of John Wycliffe (c. 1330–1384). Initials throughout are illuminated.
BRMS 150
The 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…
BRMS 149
Manuscript consisting of 14 large composite painted images of the tenets of the Catholic faith, with explanation written in Dutch. Later owned by the Carmelite friars of Nijmegen in the Netherlands, this book was made for the religious instruction of…
BRMS 164
Records from the Convento de Santa Clara in Puebla, Mexico covering 150 years (1690–1858). Created in the 1690s as a large blank book, the convent overseer envisioned many more documents than those eventually included. Only half of the nearly three…
BRMS 80
This calligraphic prayer book written in German script was compiled for a Catholic family's private use. Neither the identity of its maker nor its place of origin has been identified. Although the design of the manuscript echoes printed books of the…
BRMS 117
The title of this German prayer manuscript, intended for the Catholic laity, translates loosely as "the spiritual alarm clock." The book contains prayers accompanied by illuminations.
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