Details

Subjects:

Carthusians -- Liturgy.
Catholic Church -- Prayers and devotions -- Early works to 1800.
Catholic Church.
Carthusians.
Funeral rites and ceremonies.
Funeral service -- Catholic Church.
Monastic and religious life -- Early works to 1800.
Monastic and religious life.
Gregorian chants -- Manuscripts.
Gregorian chants.
Liturgics.

Form/Genre:

Codices.
Manuals (instructional materials)
Rituals (liturgical books)
Gregorian chants.
Manuscripts, Latin.
Manuscripts, Renaissance.
Prayers and devotions.
Prayers.
Devotional literature.

Language:

Latin.

Summary:

A portable monastic libellus, or partial ritual book, describing the administration of rites to an ill monk, the burial rites of a monk or layperson, and the prayers, chants, and processions associated with them; the libellus demonstrates the role of the monks in ensuring proper burial for members of the lay community. The punctus flexus punctuation and the inclusion of St. Hugh of Lincoln, the second-most prominent saint (behind Bruno) in the Carthusian Order, suggest that the manuscript belonged to a Carthusian monastery. The mentions of St. Jerome and St. Katherine of Siena suggest the manuscript may have been tied to the Hieronymites of Fiesole. Includes a hymn in square notation on 4-line staves in red ink (f. 22r-25r).

Contents:

1. f.1r: Simbolum apostolorum.
2. f. 2r-6v: Quo monachus oleo infirmorum sit ungendus.
3. f. 6v-9v: [Litany]
4. f. 9v-21v: [Prayers for the dead]
5. f. 22r-25r: Credo quod redemptor meus vivit.
6. f. 25v-65v: Passiones.
7. f. 66r: [Additional prayers to Saint Bernard and Saint Augustine]

Notes:

Ms. codex.
Title supplied by cataloger (Les Enluminures).
Incipit: Cum autem frater egrotus morti propinquare putabitur congregat conventus... (f. 2r)
Explicit: ... iuxta erat monumentum posuerunt Jesum (f. 65v).
Collation: Parchment, 66; 1⁹(+1) 2-7⁸ 8⁹(+9); modern foliation in pencil, [1-66], upper right recto. Link to collation model at end of record.
Layout: Written in up to 20 long lines, ruled in lead.
Script: Written in a Gothic hybrid script.
Decoration: Gilt page edges; paragraph markers in red and blue ink, rubrics in red ink, initials of 1-7 lines alternating in red or blue ink.
Binding: Contemporary leather over wood boards, with metal clasp and catch (Les Enluminures).
Origin: Written in Italy, 1518 (f. 65v).

Local notes:

Lawrence J. Schoenberg & Barbara Brizdle Manuscript Initiative.

Penn Provenance:

Formerly owned by André Rooryck.
Sold by Les Enluminures (Chicago and Paris), 2008.

Cited as:

UPenn Ms. Codex 1239

Contributor:

Rooryck, André, former owner.

OCLC:

236102484

Web link:

The Lawrence J. Schoenberg and Barbara Brizdle Manuscript Initiative Fund Home Page

Collation model