A LEAF FROM A SACRAMENTARY, in Latin, decorated manuscript on vellum [southern Germany or Austria, second half 12th century] A handsome example of Romanesque script: a leaf from a Sacramentary — the part of the Roman Missal which contains the prayers and directives for Mass, and a number of sacramental formulas, but does not include the readings of the Mass. 289 x 216mm. 23 lines in a fine formal angular Romanesque bookhand. The text begins '[solidita]te tue dilectionis instituis' and ends 'ad maiestatis tue', containing the prayers and directives for Mass from the Second to the Seventh Sunday after Trinity. 5 large initials in red with decorative flourishes, rubrics and smaller initials in red (some browning and staining). This example of well-developed and conscious Romanesque reveals great regularity in line and spacing and there was evidently no pressure on the scribe as to space. The form, angularity and spacing of the letters is reminiscent of a leaf from another Sacramentary now at the J. Paul Getty Museum in Los Angeles, Ms. Ludwig V 3 — also southern German and dating from the third quarter of the 12th century.
A LEAF FROM A SACRAMENTARY, in Latin, decorated manuscript on vellum [southern Germany or Austria, second half 12th century] A handsome example of Romanesque script: a leaf from a Sacramentary — the part of the Roman Missal which contains the prayers and directives for Mass, and a number of sacramental formulas, but does not include the readings of the Mass. 289 x 216mm. 23 lines in a fine formal angular Romanesque bookhand. The text begins '[solidita]te tue dilectionis instituis' and ends 'ad maiestatis tue', containing the prayers and directives for Mass from the Second to the Seventh Sunday after Trinity. 5 large initials in red with decorative flourishes, rubrics and smaller initials in red (some browning and staining). This example of well-developed and conscious Romanesque reveals great regularity in line and spacing and there was evidently no pressure on the scribe as to space. The form, angularity and spacing of the letters is reminiscent of a leaf from another Sacramentary now at the J. Paul Getty Museum in Los Angeles, Ms. Ludwig V 3 — also southern German and dating from the third quarter of the 12th century.
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