COLLECTION NAME:
RIT CARY GRAPHIC ARTS COLLECTION
Record
Filename:
cc20190605_21
Identifier:
cc20190605_21
Title:
Hymnal
Subject:
Hymns - Illustrations
Subject:
Liturgics
Subject:
Liturgies
Subject:
Musical notation
Subject:
Music - Manuscripts - Illustrations
Subject:
Gregorian chants - Illustrations
Subject:
Illumination of books and manuscripts, Medieval
Subject:
Manuscripts, Medieval
Summary:
1 column, 7 staves; Written in an angular Gothic script in brown ink with Gregorian musical notation; 4-line staves in red with Gregorian notation. 2-line initial [R] in red ink on gold ground, infilled with gold and blue foliage and with blue, red, and gold extenders along inner margin into top and bottom margins.
Summary:
fol. 1
Summary:
Former owner names: Otto F. Ege
Summary:
Recto bottom right corner contains "21" in a modern hand in pencil.
Summary:
Previous manuscript description provided by Otto F. Ege (included below) has been superseded by description by Scott Gwara (2013). The Ege description is retained here for reference: "Ms. This manuscript leaf is part of a collection of medieval manuscript leaves selected to illustrate the art of the manuscript during the period of its greatest development and influence. They have been taken from books written in various European scriptoria by Benedictine, Franciscan, Carthusian, Dominican, and other orders of monks. Many are enriched with handsome borders, initial letters, and line-endings rendered in color. Twenty-five are illuminated with burnished gold or silver. The texts include the Bible, various church service books, the writings of the Church fathers, and some of the Classics."
Summary:
Previous manuscript description provided by Otto F. Ege (included below) has been superseded by description by Scott Gwara (2013). The Ege description is retained here for reference: "At important festival services such as Christmas and Easter these small hymnals were generally used by the laymen as they walked in procession to the various altars. Much of the material incorporated in the hymnals was based on folk melodies. Hymns, like the other chants of the Church, varied according to their place in the liturgy. Their melodies are frequently distinguished by a refrain which was sung at the beginning and at the end of each stanza. The initial letter design of this leaf persisted with little or no change for a long period, but the simple pendant spear was used as a distinctive motif for not more than twenty-five years. This leaf was created in France."
Digital Publisher:
Rochester Institute of Technology - RIT Libraries - Cary Graphic Arts Collection
Date of Original:
1525 approximate
Date of Digitization:
2019
Broad Type:
still image
Specific Type:
fragments (object portions)
Digital File Format:
jpeg
Physical Format:
parchment (animal material)
Dimensions of Original:
170 x 110 mm
Language:
Latin
Original Item Location:
PORTFOLIO BOX 1-21
Digital Project:
2019_027_manuscripts
Place:
France - Poissy- Abbey of St. Louis
Rights:
RIT Libraries makes materials from its collections available for educational and research purposes pursuant to U.S. Copyright Law. You are free to use this Item in any way that is permitted by the copyright and related rights legislation that applies to your use. It is your responsibility to obtain permission from the copyright holder to publish or reproduce images in print or electronic form.
Notes:
Folio from a manuscript broken by Otto F. Ege.
Notes:
Leaf from Otto Ege HL 21.
Notes:
Parent manuscript described in Scott Gwara, Otto Ege's Manuscripts (De Brailes, 2013).
Notes:
The manuscript leaves of this collection were accumulated and selected and most of the accompanying information was prepared over a period of forty years by the late Otto F. Ege, Dean of the Cleveland Institute of Art and Lecturer on the History of the Book at the School of Library Science, Western Reserve University. Each leaf is matted and accompanied by a descriptive letterpress label.
Other Title:
Hymnarium: fragment