COLLECTION NAME:
RIT CARY GRAPHIC ARTS COLLECTION
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RIT~1~1
RIT CARY GRAPHIC ARTS COLLECTION
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Filename:
cc20190605_16
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cc20190605_16
Filename
false
Identifier:
cc20190605_16
identifier
cc20190605_16
Identifier
false
Title:
Breviarium: fragment
title
Breviarium: fragment
Title
false
Creator:
Catholic Church
creator
Catholic Church
Creator
false
Subject:
Breviaries - Illustrations
subject
Breviaries - Illustrations
Subject
false
Subject:
Illumination of books and manuscripts, Medieval
subject
Illumination of books and manuscripts, Medieval
Subject
false
Subject:
Manuscripts, Medieval
subject
Manuscripts, Medieval
Subject
false
Summary:
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.
description
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
false
Summary:
In script
description
In script
Summary
false
Summary:
Breviaries were seldom owned by laymen. They were service books and contained the Psalter with the versicles, responses, collects and lections for Sundays, weekdays, and saints' days. Other texts could be included. A Breviary, therefore, was lengthy and usually bulky in format. Miniature copies like the one represented by this leaf are rare. The angular gothic script required a skilled calligrapher. It would be difficult for a modern engrosser to match, even with steel pens, the exactness and sharpness of these letters formed with a quill by a 13th century scribe. Green was a decorative color added to the palette in the late 13th century in many scriptoria. The medieval formulae for making it from earth, flowers, berries, and metals are often elaborate and strange. This manuscript was written on fine uterine vellum, i.e., the skin of an unborn calf. It evidently had hard use, or may have been buried with its owner. This vellum leaf was created in France.
description
Breviaries were seldom owned by laymen. They were service books and contained the Psalter with the versicles, responses, collects and lections for Sundays, weekdays, and saints' days. Other texts could be included. A Breviary, therefore, was lengthy and usually bulky in format. Miniature copies like the one represented by this leaf are rare. The angular gothic script required a skilled calligrapher. It would be difficult for a modern engrosser to match, even with steel pens, the exactness and sharpness of these letters formed with a quill by a 13th century scribe. Green was a decorative color added to the palette in the late 13th century in many scriptoria. The medieval formulae for making it from earth, flowers, berries, and metals are often elaborate and strange. This manuscript was written on fine uterine vellum, i.e., the skin of an unborn calf. It evidently had hard use, or may have been buried with its owner. This vellum leaf was created in France.
Summary
false
Digital Publisher:
Rochester Institute of Technology - RIT Libraries - Cary Graphic Arts Collection
digital_publisher
Rochester Institute of Technology - RIT Libraries - Cary Graphic Arts Collection
Digital Publisher
false
Contributor:
Ege, Otto F.
contributor
Ege, Otto F.
Contributor
false
Date of Original:
1270 approximate
date
1270 approximate
Date of Original
false
Date of Digitization:
2019
date_of_digitization
2019
Date of Digitization
false
Broad Type:
still image
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still image
Broad Type
false
Specific Type:
manuscript (documents)
type
manuscript (documents)
Specific Type
false
Digital File Format:
jpeg
format
jpeg
Digital File Format
false
Physical Format:
books
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books
Physical Format
false
Dimensions of Original:
11 x 7 cm
dimensions_of_original
11 x 7 cm
Dimensions of Original
false
Language:
Latin
language
Latin
Language
false
Original Item Location:
PORTFOLIO BOX 1-16
relation
PORTFOLIO BOX 1-16
Original Item Location
false
Digital Project:
2019_027_manuscripts
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2019_027_manuscripts
Digital Project
false
Catalog Record:
catalog_record
https://albert.rit.edu/record=b1426762
Catalog Record
false
Place:
France
coverage
France
Place
false
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.
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.
Rights
false
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.
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.
Notes
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Other Title:
Breviary. Fragments. Late 13th century
other_title
Breviary. Fragments. Late 13th century
Other Title
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