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France (Limoges); Middle 15th Century. Latin Text; Angular Gothic Script.

The provenance of this manuscript is clearly designated as Limoges because of the inclusion of certain parts of the masses proper to this diocese, and because of the…

Italy; Middle 15th Century. Latin Text; Rotunda or Round Gothic Script, square rhetorical neumes.

Epistolaries are among the rarest of liturgical manuscripts. Their text consists of the Epistles and Gospels with lessons from the Old Testament for…

France; Middle 15th Century. Latin Text; Angular Gothic Script.

Books of Hours, beautifully written, enriched with burnished gold initials, and adorned with miniature paintings, were frequently the most treasured possessions of the devout and…

France; Middle 15th Century. Latin Text; Lettre de Somme. Jerome, the father of the Latin Church and translator of the Bible, shows in his writing his active participation in the controversies of his day (c. 332 to 420 A.D.). With the frequent use of…

Italy; Middle 15th Century. Latin Text; Rotunda Book Hand, square notations.

This Psalter was written by Carthusian monks. Of all the orders the Carthusian was the smallest and most austere. The membership never exceeded one per cent of those…

Germany; Middle 15th Century. Latin Text; Angular Gothic Script.

The Missal, written for the convenience of the priests, combined the separate books formerly used in different parts of the service; namely, the Oratorium, Lectionarium,…

Italy (Florence); Middle 15th Century. Latin Text; Rotunda Gothic Script, square notations.

A Gradual contains the appropriate antiphons of a mass sung by the choir of the Latin Church on Sundays and special holidays. The text was furnished…

France; Middle 15th Century. Latin Text; Angular Gothic Script.

It is generally no great task to assign these illuminated Books of Hours to a particular country or period. The treatment of the ivy spray with the single line stem and rather sparse…

Northern France; Middle 15th Century. Latin Text; Angular Gothic Script.

This Book of Hours shows definite characteristics of the manuscript art of France and the Netherlands of about 1450 A.D. It was probably one of many copies prepared for sale…

Italy; Early 15th Century. Latin Text; Rotunda Gothic Script, Gregorian Notation.

The chanting of hymns during ecclesiastical rites goes back to the beginning of Christian services. Antiphonal or responsive singing is said to have been introduced…