Beginning of the Canon of the Mass

Dublin Core

Identifier

BB_Missa_0002
Lat. 239 = alfa.W.5.2, fol. 146

Coverage

Modena, Italy

Subject

Catholic Church, Liturgy

Title

Beginning of the Canon of the Mass

Table Of Contents

Incipit, recto: Te igitur clementissime pater...
Explicit, verso: ...in cælum ad te deum patrem//[suum omnipotentem...]

Format

Codex; 314 leaves ; parchment; 280 x 220 (170 x 135) mm

Description

Script: Textualis rotunda in two columns of 31 lines. Decoration, recto: half-page miniature of the Crucifixion; 1 eight-line historiated initial, inhabited borders on four sides with medallions depicting prophets, symbols of the four Evangelists, and marks of ownership.

Creator

Giorgio d'Alemagna (active 1441-1479) and others

Publisher

Ferrara, Italy

Language

Latin

Date

ca. 1449-1457

Provenance

Leonello d'Este (1407-1450), Duke of Modena and Marchese of Ferrara, and Borso d'Este (1413-1471), Duke of Ferrara, patrons.

Relation

Type

Text: Canon

Bibliographic Citation

H.J. Hermann, La minatura estense, cura, apparati e note di Federica Toniolo ; introduzione di Giordana Mariani Canova ; traduzione di Giovanna Valenzano (Modena: Panini, 1994), p. 139, note 57.

Files

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Citation

Giorgio d'Alemagna (active 1441-1479) and others , “Beginning of the Canon of the Mass,” Broken Books, accessed March 29, 2024, https://brokenbooks.omeka.net/items/show/86.