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The Beauvais Missal [Fragment] Public Deposited

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Contents
  • Language: Latin. Incipit: // a me. Alleluya Domine refugium factus es nobis. Explicit: Gloria in excelsis deo. Collecta //. Folio range: [1]r-v
Owning Institution
  • Loyola University Chicago Archives & Special Collections. Chicago, IL.
Call Number
  • BX1749.P47 T52 1470
Source Identifier
  • xau_002_001
Keywords
  • Illumination
  • Christian
  • France
  • Missal
  • Musical notation
  • Liturgy
  • Fragment
Description
  • A leaf from a Missal produced in northern France late in the thirteenth century for use at the Cathedral of Beauvais.
Alternate Identifier
  • HL 15 (Gwara Handlist Number)
Provenance
  • The provenance of the Beauvais Missal is narrated by Lisa Fagin Davis. This leaf shares a Loyola University Chicago call number with an Aquinas leaf (Gwara Handlist 40). The two leaves were acquired together. Gift of Edward J Mandula, S.J., to Milford Seminary. Loyola purchased the Milford collection in 1972.
Source Metadata Identifier
Date Created
  • 13th century
Language
  • Latin
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Place of Origin
  • Beauvais, France
Title
  • The Beauvais Missal [Fragment]
Physical Description
  • Physical type: Fragment. Fragment type: Detached. Classification: Leaf (untrimmed). Support material: Parchment. Extent: 1. Page dimensions (in mm): 287 x 202. Written area (in mm): 198 x 138, column width 61mm. Script: Gothic. Script type: Praescissa. Layout: Two columns of text with music. Number of columns: 2. Number of lines: 11. Decoration: Two-line initials in gold, blue, pink, and orange, extending into vine tendrals in the margins. Two-line penwork majuscules in text ink. Rubrication. Musical notation: Square notation on four red-colored staff lines.
Bibliographic Citation
Time Period
  • Circa 1290
Contributors
  • Records created or enhanced by the Peripheral Manuscript Project’s Description team, led by Dr. Elizabeth K. Hebbard and Dr. Sarah L. Noonan.
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