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Missal – Fragment

Parchment · 1 leaf · 1001 – 1100 CE · France; the neumes possibly added in England · 69 x 138 mm

F-difx

Cambridge, Magdalene College, Pepys Library, PL 2981, p.15, no.52
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Missal (Fragment), Cambridge, Magdalene College, Pepys Library, PL 2981, p.15, no.52 (https://fragmentarium.ms/overview/F-difx)
Scholarly descriptions
  • Rosamond McKitterick and Joyce Irene Whalley, Catalogue of the Pepys Library at Magdalene College Cambridge. Volume 4, Music, Maps and Calligraphy. Woodbridge: Brewer, 1989.
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This document is part of the following projects:
Century
11th century
Text Language
Latin
Script Type
Carolingian Minuscule
Liturgica
Missal
Persons
Pepys, Samuel, 1633-1703 (Previous Owner)
Wanley, Humphrey, 1672-1726 (Describer)
Places
Origin: England
Origin: France
Summary

The Pepys Library holds a number of manuscript and printed book fragments.  In 1700 these fragments were deliberately collected and arranged by Samuel Pepys into his ‘Calligraphical’ albums, with added written commentary by Pepys’s associate Humfrey Wanley.  The appearance of the fragments in the album is much like a scrapbook, and they are arranged in a chronological order to demonstrate how handwriting styles changed over time.  An image of the whole page of the album on which each fragment appears is also displayed, to show the arrangement of the fragments in their wider context.

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↗ Contact the Pepys Library for enquiries concerning the reproduction of these images.
↗ The digitisation of this image was funded by a Digital Resources Award from Cambridge Digital Humanities.
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