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BRMS 19

Title

Subject

Catholic Prayers and Devotions - Breviary

Description

This 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.

Source

BRMS 19. [Breviary. Roman Use]. [Northern Italy, ca. 1400]. Illuminated manuscript on vellum. From the Ruth and Lyle Sellers Medical Collection

Publisher

Bridwell Library Special Collections

Date

Rights

Please cite Bridwell Library Special Collections, SMU, as the source of this file. A high-resolution version of this file may be obtained by contacting Special Collections (bridsc@smu.edu).

Relation

ScriptureWorship

Format

Displayed as .jpg

Language

Type

Illuminated breviary manuscript on vellum

Collection

Inscribed Illuminations and Inspirations: Manuscripts at Bridwell Library

Citation

“BRMS 19,” Bridwell Library Special Collections Exhibitions, accessed March 8, 2026, https://bridwell.omeka.net/items/show/1829.