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COLLECTION Identifier: MS Lat 417

Catholic Church leaves from Latin liturgical books

Overview

Single leaves and bifolia from manuscript missals, breviaries, and choir books, mostly removed from bindings.

Dates

  • Creation: 1000-1599

Creator

Language of Materials

Collection materials are in Latin.

Conditions Governing Access

Access requires permission of the curator.

Extent

.5 linear feet (1 portfolio box)

Single leaves and bifolia chiefly from noted missals, breviaries, and choirbooks (graduals and antiphonaries). Most items are probably German or Austrian, and were removed from 17th-century bindings. Other items are Italian.

Arrangement

The order of items in this collection is arbitrary. Generally there are 2 items per folder.

Physical Location

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Immediate Source of Acquisition

93M-43. This collection came to Harvard already assembled, evidently from a German or Austrian source. Nothing further about this source is known. Most of the items show evidence that they formerly served as outer covers or other parts of the binding of printed or manuscript books. Some items preserve the titles of these books, variously in German or Latin, some dated in the 1600s. Items 16, 25, 26, 27, 29, 30 are marked "Salzburg" in a modern hand in pencil.

Processing Information

Processed by: J. F. Coakley.

Creator

Title
Catholic Church. Catholic Church leaves from Latin liturgical books, circa 1000-1599: Guide.
Author
Houghton Library, Harvard College Library
Description rules
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Language of description
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EAD ID
hou01948

Repository Details

Part of the Houghton Library Repository

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