Evangelistary-Missal (the 'St Maurice d'Agaune Missal'), in Latin.
Manuscript
ca. 1175-1200 (made)
ca. 1175-1200 (made)
| Place of origin |
Foliation: parchment. 65ff.
Number of lines: 23 lines.
Language: Latin.
Script: proto-Gothic book script.
Textual content:
ff. 1r-24v, 26r-41v, 25r-v: Readings from the Gospels.
ff. 42r-44r: Spurious privilege for St Maurice, an account of the endowment by Charlemagne of the abbey, with a spurious bull of Pope Adrian.
ff. 44r-49r: Prayers for Holy Saturday and Easter Sunday.
ff. 49v, 56r-60v: Prefaces for Mass.
ff. 50r-55r: Readings from the Gospels with Secret and prayers.
ff. 60v-63v: Readings from the Gospels.
ff. 64v-65r: Stray bifolium with readings from the Gospels.
Decoration: 2 illuminated initials:
f. 48v: Gospel for Easter Sunday. 4-line red initial D with infill of symmetrical scrolling stem and red leaf, with white curling leaves over them, ground of pale blue, bounded by frame of red line.
f. 50r: Pentecost. 5-line red initial D with infill of foliate design pale blue ground bounded by frame of a red line, from which emerges at top left a dragon’s torso.
Series of large initials in red and blue.
Binding: medieval and 19th-century, England. Medieval wooden board with the outer surface varnished. Quires sewn with coarse help string onto three split leather things. 19th-century niche cut in the cover which held a 12th-century walrus ivory (now V&A 259-1867).
Number of lines: 23 lines.
Language: Latin.
Script: proto-Gothic book script.
Textual content:
ff. 1r-24v, 26r-41v, 25r-v: Readings from the Gospels.
ff. 42r-44r: Spurious privilege for St Maurice, an account of the endowment by Charlemagne of the abbey, with a spurious bull of Pope Adrian.
ff. 44r-49r: Prayers for Holy Saturday and Easter Sunday.
ff. 49v, 56r-60v: Prefaces for Mass.
ff. 50r-55r: Readings from the Gospels with Secret and prayers.
ff. 60v-63v: Readings from the Gospels.
ff. 64v-65r: Stray bifolium with readings from the Gospels.
Decoration: 2 illuminated initials:
f. 48v: Gospel for Easter Sunday. 4-line red initial D with infill of symmetrical scrolling stem and red leaf, with white curling leaves over them, ground of pale blue, bounded by frame of red line.
f. 50r: Pentecost. 5-line red initial D with infill of foliate design pale blue ground bounded by frame of a red line, from which emerges at top left a dragon’s torso.
Series of large initials in red and blue.
Binding: medieval and 19th-century, England. Medieval wooden board with the outer surface varnished. Quires sewn with coarse help string onto three split leather things. 19th-century niche cut in the cover which held a 12th-century walrus ivory (now V&A 259-1867).
Object details
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| Object type | |
| Title | Evangelistary-Missal (the 'St Maurice d'Agaune Missal'), in Latin. |
| Materials and techniques | Ink and pigments on parchment. Wooden boards. |
| Brief description | Manuscript, Missal, Switzerland, ca. 1175-1200. |
| Physical description | Foliation: parchment. 65ff. Number of lines: 23 lines. Language: Latin. Script: proto-Gothic book script. Textual content: ff. 1r-24v, 26r-41v, 25r-v: Readings from the Gospels. ff. 42r-44r: Spurious privilege for St Maurice, an account of the endowment by Charlemagne of the abbey, with a spurious bull of Pope Adrian. ff. 44r-49r: Prayers for Holy Saturday and Easter Sunday. ff. 49v, 56r-60v: Prefaces for Mass. ff. 50r-55r: Readings from the Gospels with Secret and prayers. ff. 60v-63v: Readings from the Gospels. ff. 64v-65r: Stray bifolium with readings from the Gospels. Decoration: 2 illuminated initials: f. 48v: Gospel for Easter Sunday. 4-line red initial D with infill of symmetrical scrolling stem and red leaf, with white curling leaves over them, ground of pale blue, bounded by frame of red line. f. 50r: Pentecost. 5-line red initial D with infill of foliate design pale blue ground bounded by frame of a red line, from which emerges at top left a dragon’s torso. Series of large initials in red and blue. Binding: medieval and 19th-century, England. Medieval wooden board with the outer surface varnished. Quires sewn with coarse help string onto three split leather things. 19th-century niche cut in the cover which held a 12th-century walrus ivory (now V&A 259-1867). |
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| Production type | Unique |
| Object history | (1) Written in (or for) the abbey of St Maurice d'Agaune (Canton of Valais, Switzerland) in the last quarter of the 12th century, as suggested by the inclusion of the spurious privilege for St Maurice d'Agaune within the liturgical text. (2) Acquired by the South Kensington Museum in 1867 from the dealer John Webb, with an ivory inserted into the board of the binding. |
| Associated object | 259-1867 (Part) |
| Bibliographic references |
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| Other number | KRP.A.60 - NAL Pressmark |
| Collection | |
| Library number | MSL/1980/174 |
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| Record created | August 2, 2018 |
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