Missal (Use of Beauvais) Electronic version according to TEI P5.1 Fragmentarium - Digital Research Laboratory for Medieval Manuscript Fragments

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 Canberra The Australian National University Library Missal (Use of Beauvais) Late XIIIth century France (Beauvais ) English <note type="persons"/> <note type="description">This manuscript, a special gift to a church in the city of Beauvais, was written for Robert de Hangest, a canon, about 1285 A.D. At that time, Beauvais was one of the most important art centers in all Europe. The ornament in this leaf shows the first flowering of Gothic interest in nature. The formal hieratic treatment is here giving way to graceful naturalism. The ivy branch has put forth its first leaves in the history of ornament. The writing, likewise, is departing from its previous rigid character and displays an ornamental pliancy which harmonizes with the decorative initials.</note> </msItem> </msContents> <physDesc> <objectDesc form="Fragment"> <supportDesc> <support> <material>Vellum leaf from an illuminated medieval manuscript</material> </support> <extent> <dimensions type="leaf_orig"/> <dimensions type="written_orig"/> </extent> </supportDesc> <layoutDesc/> </objectDesc> <handDesc> <handNote> <p>Latin Text; Transitional Gothic Script  </p> </handNote> </handDesc> <decoDesc> <decoNote> <persName/> </decoNote> </decoDesc> <musicNotation/> </physDesc> <history> <summary/> <origin/> <provenance/> </history> <additional> <adminInfo> <recordHist> <source> <bibl type="printed">Description by: Otto F. Ege, Fifty Original Leaves from Medieval Manuscripts, Western Europe XII-XVI century, c1940, 47 - Leaf no. 15</bibl> </source> </recordHist> </adminInfo> </additional> </msDesc> </sourceDesc> </fileDesc> </teiHeader> <text> <body> <p/> </body> </text> </TEI>