Item Summary

Illustracted collection of prayers.

Descriptive Information

Title
[Arma Christi and prayers]
Call Number
Taylor MS. 17
Identifier
http://arks.princeton.edu/ark:/88435/x920g1997
Publisher
[England], [between 1475 and 1500]
Language
Middle English
Date Created
1475-1500
Extent
15 leaves : parchment, illustrations ; 121 x 93 (100 x 75) mm bound to 126 x 102 mm.
Provenance
Unknown early provenance. Previously owned by Sir Thomas Phillips, and later by William Amherst Thyssen-Amherst. Sold from his collection in 1909 at Sotheby's where it was acquired by "Austen". Later owned by Mrs. Everly Thompson. Acquired in 1961 by John Howell Books. At a unknown date, Laurence C. Witten, acquired the manuscript and sold it on 11 April 1983 to Robert H. Taylor. His bequest to the Princeton University Library, 1985.
Source Acquisition
Gift of Robert H. Taylor, 1985.
References
Medieval & Renaissance manuscripts in the Princeton University Library, volume 1, pages 440-442.
Rights Statement
No Known Copyright
Contents
1. fol. 1r-8r: [Arma Christi]. Prayers and illustrations related to Christ, the Crucifixion and the Instruments of Passion.
2. fol. 9r-12r: Of the fyue woundes of our lorde. Prayers on the Five Wounds of Christ.
3. fol. 12v: To the gloryous vyrgyn Mary. Verse prayer in two quatrains to the Virgin Mary.
4. fol. 13v-15v: [Suffrages to St. George, St. Sebastian of Rome, and St. Margaret of Antioch].
Notes
Incipit: [Arma Christi] "Deuout prayers of the pasyon of god. O gloryous Ihesu redemer of mankynde ..." -- [Of the fyue woundes] "Of the fyue woundes of our lorde. Gracyous lorde for thy bytter passyon, Accepte my prayers þat I do repete, And on my soule take compassyon ..." -- [To the gloryous vyrgyn Mary] "To the gloryous vyrgyn Mary, Quene of heuen and moder of mercy. Blyssed mary moder vyrgynall, Integrate mayden sterre of þe se ..." -- [Suffrages to St. George] "O Blyssed martyr of god saynt George to the be gyuen laude and glory above all other knyghtes ..."
Explicit: [Arma Christi] "Fyue thousande also grete and small, Here is the nombre of them all. Thus endeth the prayers of passyon of our lorde Jhesu Cryst." -- [Of the fyue woundes] "Gracyously be my refuge and bote, And conforte in aduersyte." -- [To the gloryous vyrgyn Mary] "Socoure it from myn enmyes rage."
Ms. codex.
Title from printed catalog.
Collation: Parchment ; fol. ii + 15 + ii ; modern foliation in pencil.
Layout: 17-24 long lines per page ; ruled.
Decoration: 36 illustrations in dark red, reddish brown, pink, teal blue, green, and white. Four of the drawings occupy full pages (fols. 1r, 13r, 14r, 15r), while the rest are smaller. See the entry in Medieval & Renaissance manuscripts in the Princeton University Library, volume 1, pages 441-442 for detailed descriptions of the illustrations.
Origin: Third quarter of the 15th century.
Binding Note
Later binding. England, mid-19th century. Red morocco over pasteboard; gold-tooled, with marbled endpapers and flyleaves.

Discovery Information

Subject
Arma Christi—Early works to 1800
Jesus Christ—Passion—Art—Early works to 1800
Devotional objects—Catholic Church—Early works to 1800
Catholic Church—Prayers and devotions—Early works to 1800
Manuscripts, English (Middle)—England
Manuscripts, English (Middle)—New Jersey—Princeton
works of art
Art
illuminated manuscripts
Parchment (Paper)
Gold tooled bindings
Illustrated works

Physical Characteristics

File Count
42

Institutional Information

Collection
Medieval and Renaissance Mediterranean Manuscripts
IIIF Manifest URL

https://figgy.princeton.edu/concern/scanned_resources/b689d07d-7bcb-45f3-8201-c072f48fcfee/manifest