Leaf for the feast of the Assumption from a Missal
Manuscript Cutting
ca. 1320-1330 (made)
ca. 1320-1330 (made)
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This leaf comes from a Missal and contains part of the mass for the feast of the Assumption (15 August, when the Virgin Mary's body was assumed into Heaven after her death. A Missal was a service book containing the texts necessary for the performance of the Mass together with ceremonial directions. The historiated initial 'F' shows four angels lifting the Virgin into Heaven.
Object details
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| Title | Leaf for the feast of the Assumption from a Missal |
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| Brief description | Leaf from a Missal with a historiated initial showing the Assumption, Umbria, ca.1320-1330. |
| Physical description | Recto: Introit for the Assumption of the Virgin: 'Gaudeamus omnes in Domino...' Verso: Historiated initial F showing the Assumption of the Virgin. Incipit: Famulorum tuorum domine delictis... Reading from the Book of Wisdom (Libri Sapientiae) Ecclesiaticus 24:11-18 (rest of the text continues on missing page): 'In omnibus requiem quaesivi...' Mass for the feast of the Assumption of the Virgin Mary (15 August). 26 lines on 2 columns. |
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| Content description | Angels carry the Virgin Mary into Heaven after her death. |
| Production type | Unique |
| Object history | Part of a group of 'illuminations' bought from Spithower in Rome on 18 December 1860 (now Museum nos 1487-1537). Cuttings from the same manuscript in the V&A collection: Museum nos 1489, 1490, 1491, 1492, 1493, 1494, 1495. |
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| Summary | This leaf comes from a Missal and contains part of the mass for the feast of the Assumption (15 August, when the Virgin Mary's body was assumed into Heaven after her death. A Missal was a service book containing the texts necessary for the performance of the Mass together with ceremonial directions. The historiated initial 'F' shows four angels lifting the Virgin into Heaven. |
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| Accession number | 1489 |
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| Record created | June 30, 2009 |
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