Item Summary

Ms. Lectionary containing Gospel readings for the liturgical year, from Christmas Day (12.25) to Conception of the Virgin (12.8), written and illuminated in France, around 1500.

Descriptive Information

Title
Gospel lectionary, [ca. 1500].
Call Number
Garrett MS. 33
Identifier
ark:/88435/dc6108vq817
Language
Latin
Date Created
[ca. 1500].
Extent
168 leaves : parchment, illustrations ; 265 x 190 (182 x 111) mm
Provenance
Early provenance unknown. Number "307" in brown ink on verso of f. vi. Modern penciled number "19" encircled on ff. i, vi. Modern penciled note, "Hora B. Mariae Virginis / secundum usum Romanum" on verso of f. vi. Modern penciled notes, "S. Benedicto Expostico Regularis" and "Horae Beate Marie Virginis, cum Kalendarium [scratched out], on vellum: of the XIVth century, containing Twenty Large Miniatures, carefully finished, also a Rich Border to many leaves of Birds, Fruit, Flowers, Insects and a profusion of embellished capitals, the ... in brilliant gold and colors" on f. vii. William Bragge (1823-1884), F.S.A., of Shirle Hall, Sheffield; former owner of other manuscripts, HM 115, HM 1064, HM 1143, and HM 1149 in San Marino, Huntington Library; his sale (London, Sotheby's, 7 June 1876, lot no. 160); to Bernard Quaritch, Ltd., London bookseller. Penciled price of "$375.xx" on top left corner of verso of f. ii. Thomas Harrison Garrett (1849-1888) of Baltimore, Maryland, bookplate; to Robert Garrett (1875-1961), Class of 1897, of Baltimore, Maryland.
Source Acquisition
Gift of Robert Garrett, 1942.
References
Garrett MS. , Manuscripts Division, Department of Rare Books and Special Collections, Princeton University Library, pages 30-32
Ricci, S. de. Census of medieval and Renaissance manuscripts in the United States and Canada, volume 1, page 870
Green, p. 186 (no. 26 [vol. II, f. 7v: St. John the Evangelist with his symbol on Patmos])
Rights Statement
Copyright Not Evaluated
Notes
Layout: Parchment; single column of 18 lines, ruled 11 mm. apart; 265 x 190 (182 x 111) mm.
Decoration: Thirteen miniatures of 3-lines to 6-lines. Five historiated initials. Colors: red, pastel pink, gray, white, blue, gold as backgrounds of borders, square frames of miniatures.
Binding Note
Bound by the firm of William Townsend of Son in 19th-century English green morocco, with gilt design of rayed mandorla in center and quatrefoils in corners; rebacked; spine-title: "Evangelarium M.S. XV Cent."

Discovery Information

Subject
Lectionaries—France
Catholic Church—Prayers and devotions
Manuscripts, Latin (Medieval and modern)—New Jersey—Princeton

Physical Characteristics

File Count
370

Institutional Information

Collection
Medieval and Renaissance Mediterranean Manuscripts
IIIF Manifest URL

https://figgy.princeton.edu/concern/scanned_resources/7ba95d21-c08b-4108-8286-04b43e151e9a/manifest