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Hymnal commentaries, in Latin, decorated manuscript on paper [Italy, fourteenth century]
Estimate
3,000 - 5,000 GBP
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Description
- Paper
44 leaves, 210mm. by 148mm., complete, collation: i-iv10, v4, single column, up to 48 lines in brown ink in a rounded gothic script, one 2-line red initial on fol.3r, one large initial 'P' (50mm. high), with red penwork tracery infill and extensions into margin on fol.1r, many small holes in first four leaves (now restored with modern paper), purple spotting throughout, edges a little bumped and frayed, slightly trimmed with losses to marginalia, nineteenth-century marbled pasteboards, vellum spine
Provenance
provenance
Bergendal MS.79; bought by Joseph Pope from Galassia Gutenberg in December 1985: Bergendal catalogue no.79; Stoneman, 'Guide', p.197.
Catalogue Note
text
The manuscript includes commentaries on a number of hymns: fol.1r: "Primo dierum omnium quo ..."; fol.5r: "Nocte surgentes vigilemus ..."; fol.5v: "Ecce iam noctis ..."; fol.6r: "Iam lucis orto ..."; fol.7r: "Nunc sancte nobis spiritus"; fol.9r: "Te lucis ante terminum ..."; fol.10r: "Splendor paterne glorie ..."; fol.14r: "Rerum creator optime rector ..."; fol.18r: "Aeterna coeli gloria ..."; fol.25r: "Vexilla regis prodeunt fulget"; fol.26r: "Pange lingua gloriosi ..."; fol.32v: "Beata nobis gaudia ..."; fol.33r: "Ave maris stella Dei ..."; fol.39v: "Aeterna Christi munera".