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Title

Monastic ritual and Passion sequence

Other related names

• Rooryck, André, former owner

Call number

Ms. Codex 1239
(3420 Walnut Street, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19104-6206., University of Pennsylvania, Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts)

Alternate identifiers

• bibid: 9943699083503681
• http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/236102482
• http://hdl.library.upenn.edu/1017/d/medren/4369908

Publisher

University of Pennsylvania

Language

Latin

Origin

Date

1518

Place

Italy

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).

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).
   

Extent

66 leaves : 161 x 110 (106 x 73) mm. bound to 168 x 115 mm

Collation

Parchment, 66; 1⁹(+1) 2-7⁸ 8⁹(+9); modern foliation in pencil, [1-66], upper right recto.

Support

Parchment

Binding

Contemporary leather over wood boards, with metal clasp and catch (Les Enluminures).

Layout

Written in up to 20 long lines, ruled in lead.

Script

Written in a Gothic hybrid script.

Provenance

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

Subjects topical

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

Genres

• Codices
• Manuals (instructional materials)
• Rituals (liturgical books)
• Gregorian chant
• Manuscripts, Latin--16th century
• Manuscripts, Renaissance

Keywords

• 16th century
• Song book
• Christian
• Liturgy
• Italy
• Italian
• Instructional materials

Licenses

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Table of contents

• fol. 1r — Simbolum apostolorum, f. 1r
• fol. 2r — Quo monachus oleo infirmorum sit ungendus, f. 2r
• fol. 6v — Litany, f. 6v
• fol. 9v — Prayers for the dead, f. 9v
• fol. 22r — Credo quod redemptor meus vivit, f. 22r
• fol. 25v — Passiones, f. 25v
• fol. 66r — Additional prayers to Saint Bernard and Saint Augustine, f. 66r