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Title

Dominican prayer book

Authors

• Catholic Church

Call number

Ms. Codex 1561
(3420 Walnut Street, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19104-6206., University of Pennsylvania, Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts)

Alternate identifiers

• bibid: 9946518133503681
• http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/501946166
• http://hdl.library.upenn.edu/1017/d/medren/4651813

Publisher

University of Pennsylvania

Language

Latin with rubrics in German and later additions in Latin and German

Origin

Date

between 1455 and 1475, 16--?

Place

Bamberg?, Germany

Summary

Prayer book made for use in a community of Dominican nuns in southern Germany. The 15th-century portion (f. 1r-135v) includes prayers concerning the Cross and the Virgin (with brief mention of Saint Dominic and the Dominican saints, Peter Martyr, Thomas Aquinas, and Vincent Ferrer); prayers for particular occasions; portions of the Office, including prayers from Matins and Compline; portions of the daily chapter as observed by Dominicans; the Hours of the Virgin in the Dominican Use, including rubrics referring to nuns and their prioress (f. 52r-53r) in Compline; the Office of the Dead in the Dominican Use, with chant notation; the Penitential Psalms and Litany, and additional psalms. The 17th-century (possibly early 18th-century) portion (f. 136v-216r) includes the liturgy for death and burial, with chant notation; the commendation of souls, including a litany with later Dominican saints (Hyacinth, Rose of Lima, and possibly Raymond of Peñafort, Louis Beltran, and Pius V) and the full text of Psalm 118; the Penitential Psalms again with prayers, additional prayers in German, and prayers for the dead. Notes in the margins of the 15th-century pages show that the parchment pages have been trimmed, perhaps for binding with the 17th-century additions (for example, f. 49v-50r). One set of metallic index tabs flush to the page edges appears in the parchment leaves only; another set of parchment index tabs that extend beyond the page edges were added throughout after the addition of the paper leaves.

Notes

• Ms. codex.
   
• Title supplied by cataloger.
   

Extent

236 leaves : parchment 108 x 83 (83 x 62) mm. and paper 109 x 85 mm. bound together to 116 x 96 mm

Foliation

Parchment and paper, i + 235; [1-139 (parchment, with paper glued to both sides of f.137, 139), 140-216 (paper), 217-235 (blank paper)]; modern foliation in pencil, upper right recto.

Support

Parchment and paper

Binding

Late 17th- or early 18th-century leather over wooden boards, covers cracked along hinges and upper cover detached; two leather clasps with brass fasteners attaching to pins on the upper board, lower clasp detached.

Layout

Written in 16 long lines and frame-ruled in faint ink (f. 1r-135v); square musical notation on 4-line staves (f. 62r-106r, 132r-134v, red staves; 137r-150r, 182r-182v, black staves).

Decoration

5-line initials in blue with red penwork (f. 1r, 128r); 1- and 2-line initials, alternately red and blue, throughout; rubrics and staves in red.

Script

Written in a 15th-century hybrid script (f. 1r-135v) and 17th-century cursive script (f. 136r-216r).

Provenance

• Sold by Les Enluminures (Paris & Chicago), 2010.
   

Subjects topical

• Catholic Church--Liturgy--Texts
• Dominicans--Liturgy
• Dominican sisters
• Monastic and religious life of women--Liturgy
• Breviaries--Specimens
• Gregorian chants--Manuscripts

Genres

• Codices
• Breviaries
• Gregorian chant
• Litanies
• Prayer books
• Finding tabs
• Manuscripts, Latin--15th century
• Manuscripts, Latin--17th century
• Manuscripts, German--17th century
• Manuscripts, Renaissance
• Manuscripts, European

Keywords

• 15th century
• 17th century
• German
• Germany
• Breviary
• Liturgy
• Devotion
• Paper

Licenses

• Text

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Table of contents

• fol. 1r — Prayers from the Office, daily chapter, and mealtimes, f. 1r
• fol. 13v — Little Office of the Blessed Virgin Mary, Dominican Use, through Vespers, with Vespers antiphons for some feasts, f. 13v
• fol. 49v — Prayers, including prayers accompanying the Gradual Psalms, f. 49v
• fol. 51v — Die Complet, f. 51v
• fol. 62r — Officium pro defunctis, with chant notation, f. 62r
• fol. 108r — Septem Psalmi poenitentiales cum Litaniis, followed by an alternate litany for the dead, f. 108r
• fol. 128r — Psalms 22-25, 27-30, followed by prayers, including two added in another hand, f. 128r
• fol. 136r — Liturgy for Death and Burial, with chant notation, f. 136r
• fol. 151r — Ordo commendationis animae, including litany, f. 151r
• fol. 172r — Penitential psalms with prayers for the dead, f. 172r
• fol. 188r — German prayers, in 34 numbered sections, f. 188r
• fol. 210v — Prayers on the Sacrament, f. 210v
• fol. 211v — Prayers for the dead in Latin and German, f. 211v

Decorations

• fol. 1r — Decorated initial, Initial E, f. 1r
• fol. 3r — Finding tab, f. 3r
• fol. 3v — Finding tab, f. 3v
• fol. 11r — Finding tab, f. 11r
• fol. 11v — Finding tab, f. 11v
• fol. 13r — Finding tab, f. 13r
• fol. 13v — Finding tab, f. 13v
• fol. 20r — Finding tab, f. 20r
• fol. 20v — Finding tab, f. 20v
• fol. 28r — Finding tab, f. 28r
• fol. 28v — Finding tab, f. 28v
• fol. 42r — Finding tab, f. 42r
• fol. 42v — Finding tab, f. 42v
• fol. 50r — Finding tab, f. 50r
• fol. 50v — Finding tab, f. 50v
• fol. 57r — Musical notation, f. 57r
• fol. 59r — Musical notation, f. 59r
• fol. 62r — Finding tab, f. 62r
• fol. 62r — Musical notation, f. 62r
• fol. 62v — Finding tab, f. 62v
• fol. 63r — Musical notation, f. 63r
• fol. 63v — Musical notation, f. 63v
• fol. 64r — Musical notation, f. 64r
• fol. 64v — Musical notation, f. 64v
• fol. 65r — Musical notation, f. 65r
• fol. 65v — Musical notation, f. 65v
• fol. 66v — Musical notation, f. 66v
• fol. 67r — Musical notation, f. 67r
• fol. 68r — Musical notation, f. 68r
• fol. 69v — Musical notation, f. 69v
• fol. 70v — Musical notation, f. 70v
• fol. 71r — Musical notation, f. 71r
• fol. 72v — Musical notation, f. 72v
• fol. 73r — Finding tab, f. 73r
• fol. 73v — Finding tab, f. 73v
• fol. 73v — Musical notation, f. 73v
• fol. 74r — Musical notation, f. 74r
• fol. 74v — Musical notation, f. 74v
• fol. 75r — Musical notation, f. 75r
• fol. 75v — Musical notation, f. 75v
• fol. 76r — Musical notation, f. 76r
• fol. 76v — Musical notation, f. 76v
• fol. 77r — Musical notation, f. 77r
• fol. 77v — Musical notation, f. 77v
• fol. 78v — Musical notation, f. 78v
• fol. 80v — Musical notation, f. 80v
• fol. 81r — Musical notation, f. 81r
• fol. 82v — Musical notation, f. 82v
• fol. 83r — Finding tab, f. 83r
• fol. 83v — Finding tab, f. 83v
• fol. 83v — Musical notation, f. 83v
• fol. 84r — Musical notation, f. 84r
• fol. 84v — Musical notation, f. 84v
• fol. 85r — Musical notation, f. 85r
• fol. 85v — Musical notation, f. 85v
• fol. 86r — Musical notation, f. 86r
• fol. 86v — Musical notation, f. 86v
• fol. 87r — Musical notation, f. 87r
• fol. 87v — Musical notation, f. 87v
• fol. 88r — Musical notation, f. 88r
• fol. 90v — Musical notation, f. 90v
• fol. 92r — Musical notation, f. 92r
• fol. 93v — Musical notation, f. 93v
• fol. 94r — Musical notation, f. 94r
• fol. 95r — Finding tab, f. 95r
• fol. 95r — Musical notation, f. 95r
• fol. 95v — Musical notation, f. 95v
• fol. 96r — Musical notation, f. 96r
• fol. 96v — Musical notation, f. 96v
• fol. 97r — Musical notation, f. 97r
• fol. 97v — Musical notation, f. 97v
• fol. 98r — Musical notation, f. 98r
• fol. 98v — Musical notation, f. 98v
• fol. 99r — Musical notation, f. 99r
• fol. 99v — Musical notation, f. 99v
• fol. 100r — Musical notation, f. 100r
• fol. 100v — Musical notation, f. 100v
• fol. 101r — Musical notation, f. 101r
• fol. 101r — Finding tab, f. 101r
• fol. 101v — Musical notation, f. 101v
• fol. 101v — Musical notation, f. 101v
• fol. 128r — Decorated initial, Initial D, f. 128r