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Missal

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Leuven, KU Leuven Bibliotheken Bijzondere Collecties, Ms. 1476

Birthe Verscuren, KU Leuven, 2023 (Born Digital)

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Additional information by Roos in't Velt, Vlaamse Erfgoedbibliotheken, 2024.

General Information

Title Missal
Shelfmarks Leuven, KU Leuven Bibliotheken Bijzondere Collecties, Ms. 1476
Former Shelfmarks Fragm. 579
Material Parchment
Date of Origin second half 12th century
Script, Hands

Praegothica in two moduli. One main hand, additions in later hands.

Original Condition

Page Height at least 235 mm
Page Width 159 mm
Height of Written Area 185 mm
Width of Written Area 110 mm
Number of Columns 1
Number of Lines at least 26
Line Height 7 mm
Ruling Full lead-point ruling

Current Condition

Extent 1 leaf and 1 bifolium
Dimensions 230 x 116 mm (f. 1); 227 x 160 mm (f. 2); 235 x 159 mm (f. 3)
More about the Current Condition
All leaves contain later-added annotations, possibly from the 16h century. Fol. [3]v contains a 16th-century pen drawing, depicting a type of Landsknecht or militia man.
A glued page (almost) completely covered 20 lines on f. [1]r and [2]v, rendering parts of the text difficult to read.
The fragments underwent conservation in 2009.

Book Decoration and Musical Notation

Description

Red rubrication; red colour stroking.

Content

  • Content Item
    • Text Language Latin
    • Title Missal
    • Content Description
      • fol. [1]: Reading from the book of Wisdom (Mass on the Feast of St John, 27 December); reading from the Apocalypse (Mass on the Feast of the Innocent Children, 28 December)
      • fol. [2]: Psalm 60:4; prayer on the Sunday before Ash Wednesday
      • fol. [3]: Annunciation according to Luke (1:26-38) (Mass on the Fourth Friday of Advent)
    • fol. [1]r

History

Provenance
The fragment was part the collection of Jozef-Maria De Smet (1916-1996). The fragment was acquired by Leuven University Library after De Smet's death in 1996.
Persons and Institutions Jozef-Maria De Smet (previous owner)

Host Volume

Title Account related to the city of Nivelles, kept by M. Berlo
Date of Origin/Publication Nivelles
Place of Origin/Publication 16th century
Persons M. Berlo (account keeper)
Remarks
The fragments were used as a cover for an account kept by one M. Berlo in Nivelles, according to later-added inscriptions. In the left lower corner of fol. [1]r, in pen: "Relié à un compte de Nivelles de M. Berlo". On fol. [1]v, in the lower margin and three times in inner margin: "Penser n’y fault / Berlo". The motto 'Penser n'y fault' appears several times across the leaf, and was possibly the motto used by M. Berlo's family.
Other inscriptions on the leaves refer to transactions that were possibly kept in the host volume. The inner margin of fol. [2]r contains the inscription "Memoire que j'ay delivret a l'homme qui faict nous serviettes ij piece de xxviij path. et ung vasieau de bledz au pris de ix palh. qui mont iij [...] Encoir le xviie jour d’octobre [...]" and "Encoire le nuictz del Toussainctes ung vaisieau de de bledz".
The outer margin of fol. [2]r contains the inscriptions "M. Johannes le Thieullier, l’an M Vc et xliiij [1544], ville de Liege, escript de l’age de xxix ans, le viiije jour de mars" and (possibly in the same hand as the annotation in the inner margin): "Memoire d’avoir achete des plummes V ½ l. pour chascun livre au pris de […] Encoire pour des plummes achatez par Marie [...] qui monte iij flor. vii [...] Encoire le penultime jour de may pour des plummes iiijxx ix livres la livre ii  path iij drs. qui monte ix flor. ix [...] xxxviij palh. viiij drs.".
There are several probationes pennae on fol. [2]v, among others: "Penser n’y fault / Berlo” and “Spes mea deus / Thieullier". On fol. [3]r in the lower right corner: "penser n’y fault" (twice). On fol. [3]v: "Jesus ma aima".
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