Walters Ms. W.11, Missal

W.11

Missal

This Missal was created for Benedictine use in a church dedicated to Ambrose in the province of Ravenna, perhaps S. Ambrosii de Rancla (Ranchio) near Sarsina. The manuscript, which dates to the eleventh century, is striking for its two crucifixion images, one on fol. 7r, and another, drawn only in pen, on fol. 9r. Early musical notation in the form of neumes also appear throughout.

11th century CE

Ravenna, Italy

Book

Liturgical

The primary language in this manuscript is Latin.

Parchment

Parchment, yellowed from use

Foliation: i+263+i

17.0 cm wide by 28.0 cm high

9.4 cm wide by 20.5 cm high

1. Columns: 1
2. Ruled lines: 33

1. Title: Missal
2. Decoration note: Two full-page miniatures of the crucifixion, one in color and one only in ink; incipit page in silver and gold; occasional vegetal initials in ink (e.g. fol. 6v); rubrics in red; text in brown ink

fol. 7r:

1. 
2. Title: Crucifixion with Mary, John, and Evangelist symbols
3. Form: Full-page miniature

fol. 9r:

1. 
2. Title: Crucifixion with Mary, John, and kneeling saint
3. Form: Full-page miniature

The binding is not original.

Red velvet over mill boards; binding by Greul, Paris, ca. 1900

Created in Ravenna, perhaps S. Ambrosii de Rancla (Ranchio) near Sarsina, suffragan see of Ravenna, eleventh century

Léon Gruel collection, Paris, late nineteenth or early twentieth century; Gruel and Engelmann bookplate inscribed 'No. 954'

Henry Walters, Baltimore, purchased from Léon Gruel before 1931

Walters Art Museum, 1931, by Henry Walters' bequest

De Ricci, Seymour. Census of Medieval and Renaissance Manuscripts in the United States and Canada. Vol. 1. New York: H. W. Wilson Company, 1935, no. 111.

Baltimore Museum of Art. 2,000 Years of Calligraphy: A Three-Part Exhibition. Totowa, NJ: Rowman & Littlefield. 1965, 1972, no. 15.

Huglo, Michel. "Souvenirs 'enchantes' de la Walters Art Gallery". 54. Journal of the Walters Art Gallery. 1996:1-8,fig. 5 (fol. 37); p. 4.

Principal cataloger: Walters Art Museum curatorial staff and researchers since 1934

Cataloger: Herbert, Lynley

Editor: Herbert, Lynley

Conservators: Polidori, Elisabetta; Quandt, Abigail

Contributors: Emery, Doug; Herbert, Lynley; Tabritha, Ariel; Wiegand, Kimber

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