Collection of illuminated manuscript leaves
This collection of individual leaves taken from illuminated manuscripts represents works created from the 12th through 15th centuries. The bulk of the collection consists of leaves from various Books of Hours (books with prayers for private devotions) written in Latin or Dutch. Also included are single leaves from Bibles, a Dutch religious calendar, a French epistolary, and a book of homilies by St. Augustine. There is also a illuminated miniature of St. Peter. On the four Dutch manuscripts, see Rudy, Kathryn M. "Images, Rubrics and Indulgences on the Eve of the Reformation." Pages 443-479 in The Authority of the Word: Reflecting on Image and Text in Northern Europe, 1400-1700, edited by C. Brusati, K. A. E. Enenkel, and W. S. Melion (Leiden: Brill, 2012), and also Gura, David T., A Descriptive Catalogue of the Medieval and Renaissance Manuscripts of the University of Notre Dame and Saint Mary's College (Notre Dame, Indiana: University of Notre Dame Press), page 397.
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Liturgical prayers
A leaf featuring liturgical prayers surrounded by a historiated boarder, including the image of a woman and an angel. -
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Book of Hours
A vellum leaf from a Dutch Book of Hours which includes a fully illuminated and historiated border of red and blue inks and an eight-line historiated initial “0”. -
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In Evangelium Iohannis tractatus, homilies XXV-XXVI
Augustine, of Hippo, Saint, 354-430A leaf from St. Augustine's In Evangelium Iohannis tractatus, including the text of homilies XXV-XXVI. -
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St. Peter miniature
An illustration of a figure presented as an archbishop, likely St. Peter, holding a city (possibly Bologna). -
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Bible: Matthew 2
A vellum leaf containing the text of Matthew 2:1-11 and featuring decorative initial letters. -
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Bible: Luke 1
A vellum leaf containing the text of Luke 1:46-55 and featuring decorative initial letters. -
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Epistolary: Matthew 27
A leaf from an epistolary featuring musical annotation and the text of Matthew 27:60-64. -
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Book of Hours
A vellum leaf from a Latin Book of Hours. The leaf contains 1/4 panel borders, 1-line and 2-line decoratored initials, and decorated line endings all of liquid gold and tempera. -
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Liturgical Calendar
A vellum leaf featuring a liturgical calendar with decorative text, initial letters, and three-sided border all in red and blue inks. -
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Litany of Saints (Book of Hours)
A vellum leaf from a Latin Book of Hours. The leaf contains 1/4 panel borders of flowers and tree trunks in liquid gold and tempera. -
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Wounds of Christ (Book of Hours)
A vellum leaf from a Dutch Book of Hours. The recto and verso have decorated borders, two- and five-line decorated initials, and an angel in the margin of the recto showing wounds on his hands and feet all in red and blue inks. -
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Agnus Dei (Book of Hours)
A vellum leaf from a Dutch Book of Hours. The recto and verso have decorated borders; the recto contains a six-line historiated initial “S” depicting the head of Christ, the symbol of the “agnus dei” (lamb of God) in the margin, and two two-line decorated initials all in red and blue inks. -
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Bible: 1 Kings
A vellum leaf containing the partial text of 1 Kings (1 Samuel). The text contains an illuminated zoomorphic initial “F” with a long marginal extender. There is also a decorated letter beginning the first chapter of 1 Kings (1 Samuel).