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Leaf from a Breviary

Psalm 37 (Fer. 2 per annum)

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Victoria, B.C., University of Victoria Libraries, Fragm.Lat.30

Alexander Wolffe, University of Victoria, 2022 (Born Digital)

Remarks by the Editor

Description completed as part of coursework for an undergraduate-level manuscript studies class with Dr. Adrienne Williams Boyarin (University of Victoria), December 2022.

General Information

Title Leaf from a Breviary
Shelfmarks Fragm.Lat.30
Former Shelfmarks Accession No. U988.27.1
Material Parchment
Place of Origin Spain or Italy?
Date of Origin 1451-1550
Script, Hands

Southern Textualis, single hand.
General Remarks

A large single parchment leaf cut from a Breviary, including the end of Pslam 37 (Vulgate) and antiphonal notes. Some discoloration around edges of leaf, holes visible on one edge from previous binding.

Original Condition

Page Height 505 mm
Page Width 355 mm
Number of Columns 1
Number of Lines 15
Ruling red ink (margins) and lead point (lines)
Numbering

The number '115' in top right corner of recto. 

Current Condition

Extent 1 leaf
Dimensions 505 x 355 mm
More about the Current Condition

Single leaf from larger book.

Book Decoration and Musical Notation

Description

Alternating blue and red initials, along with decorative red margins.

Content

  • Content Item
    • Text Language Latin
    • Title Breviary leaf
    • Content Description

      Leaf shows the last lines of Psalm 37 (Vulgate), along with the Gloria and antiphonal response.
    • recto
    • Remarks

      Exact text, including antiphonals, found in Breviarum romanum ex decreto sacrosanti Concilii Tridentini restitutum S. Pii 5. Pontificis Maximi, jussu editum Clementis 8. et Urbani 8. auctoritate recognitum cum officiis sanctorum ...: Pars hiemalis a dominica prima adventus usque ad dominicam primam quadragesimae, from 1833 (p. 55). 

History

Origin

Spain or Italy?
Provenance

Donated by Dr. Sydney W. Jackman to the Legacy Art Gallery in Victoria, British Columbia. Transferred to University of Victoria Special Collections in 2021.
Persons and Institutions Sydney W. Jackman, Legacy Art Gallery
Remarks

Origin is likely Spain or Italy (based on script).

Bibliography

  • Cantus: A Database for Latin Ecclesiastical Chant -- Inventories of Chant Sources. Directed by Debra Lacoste (2011-), Terence Bailey (1997-2010), and Ruth Steiner (1987-1996). Web developer, Jan Koláček (2011-). https://cantus.uwaterloo.ca/. Accessed 2 Nov. 2022.

     https://cantus.uwaterloo.ca/

  • Chiesa Cattolica. Breviarum Romanum Ex Decreto Sacrosanti Concilii Tridentini Restitutum S. Pii 5. Pontificis Maximi, Jussu Editum Clementis 8. Et Urbani 8. Auctoritate Recognitum Cum Officiis Sanctorum ...: Pars Hiemalis a Dominica Prima Adventus Usque Ad Dominicam Primam Quadragesimae. Internet Archive. Naples: ex typographia Orsiniana, 1833. https://archive.org/details/bub_gb_FyFo3ngoWu4C/page/n11/mode/2up.

     https://archive.org/details/bub_gb_FyFo3ngoWu4C/page/n11/mode/2up.

  • “Psalmi - Chapter 37 with Iuxta Hebraica, Iuxta Septuaginta, and Douay-Rheims Translations.” Latin Vulgate Old Testament Bible - Psalms 37, 2012. https://vulgate.org/ot/psalms_37.htm.

     https://vulgate.org/ot/psalms_37.htm.

  • “Liber Psalmorum.” Clementine Vulgate Project, October 2022. https://vulsearch.sourceforge.net/html/Ps.html.

     https://vulsearch.sourceforge.net/html/Ps.html.
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