Psautier et bréviaire pour les brigittines de Mariënwater (Brabant, 1478)

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Psautier et bréviaire pour les brigittines de Mariënwater (Brabant, 1478)

0307

Manuscrit complet

1478

Mariënwater (Bois-le-Duc, Pays-Bas)

Contents:a Lunar or computus table (2 pp.) preceded by a chronological notice on its use by Joannes de Azwilre (priest and canon at Cologne, 13th c.), the calendar (12 pp.), psalms, the litany and prayers with short music notation. After the Psalter, one finds the hymn “Ave Maria Stella” (3 pp.), and at the end of the volume, another hymn “Trium deum in unum” (15 pp.), both with musical scores on 4 staves, the first one by a later hand.

Text and Decoration: Latin. Neat and very regular handwriting in “littera textualis” on 21 lines. Apart from numerous 2- and 3-line initials and lombards in red and blue or with decorative penwork, 21 large very fine initials from 6 to 11 lines with detailed penwork in red, blue, indigo and green ink. Decoration composed of long tendrils with small green dots in the margins and rozets filling up the initials, all patterns and details as well as the colours are very representative for the style of penwork of the manuscripts from the North-Brabant region, more particularly for the style of the scriptorium of Rosmalen.

Use: Calendar for the diocese of Liège (SS. Servatius, Lambertus and Hubertus). Own Use for Birgittine nuns (Translation of S. Birgitta, 28 May, her Birthday, July 23th and Canonization, October 7th). This prestigious Order was founded in 1344 by S. Birgitta of Sweden.

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215 x 255 mm

235 fol.

Parchemin

Arenberg Auctions

2025-06-14

Notice codicologique complète : https://www.my.arenbergauctions.com/fr/catalogue/detail/39079?page=1

Nicolas Ruffini-Ronzani, « Psautier et bréviaire pour les brigittines de Mariënwater (Brabant, 1478) », in GUARD : Guarantee Unpreserved Archives Remain Documented, Nicolas Ruffini-Ronzani et Sébastien de Valeriola (éds.), n° 0307, 2025, URL : https://guard.ulb.be/doku.php?id=notice:manuscrit:0307.