0 CE - 2025 CE
«
  Description
»
At the request of our partners, this object's IIIF manifest URL requires registration to view in vHMML Reading Room.
Country United States Library of Congress Authorities VIAF
City Trappist (Ky.) Library of Congress Authorities VIAF
Repository Abbey of Our Lady of Gethsemani Library of Congress Authorities VIAF
Shelfmark MS 17
Current Status In situ
Type of Record Manuscript
Extent 165 leaf(ves)
Century(ies) 16th century
Language(s) Latin
Genre(s) Antiphonaries
Feature(s) Border(s), Decorative; Coat(s) of arms; Decoration, Vegetative; Decoration, Zoomorphic; Illumination; Initial(s), Decorated; Initial(s), Historiated; Initial(s), Zoomorphic; Music; Portrait(s)
Notes

1 of 2 volumes, see AGOC 00013 Volume 2

Bibliography

Susan M. B. Steuer and E. Rozanne Elder, eds., Catalogue of the Manuscripts in the Dom Edmond Obrecht Collection of Gethsemani Abbey, Monastic Life 1 (2016).

HMML Proj. Num.

AGOC 00013 001

Permanent Link https://w3id.org/vhmml/readingRoom/view/500933
Processed By HMML
Surrogate Format Digital
Access Restrictions Registered
Rights http://www.vhmml.org/terms
Type of Record Manuscript
Extent 165 leaf(ves)
Collation

165 + 1

Binding

Bound in 16th-century blind-tooled leather over boards

Provenance

Commissioned by Abbess Mechtildis de Lechy of Herkenrode (Lìege) and produced by the abbey of Aulne-sur-Sambre

Condition Notes

Imperfect: wanting leaves

Type Manuscript
Part Location fol. 1r-165v
Place of Origin Belgium, Hainault
Century(ies) 16th century
Year Range 1544
Date Precise 1544 April 09
Support Parchment
Support Dimensions 58.5 x 39.5 cm
Page Layout 11 staves and long line text
Writing Space 47.5 x 28 cm
Catchwords Yes
Signatures Yes
Writing System Roman
Script(s) Gothic Textualis
Decoration

Decorative border including cameos of a man and woman and potrait of Abbess Mechtildis de Lechy, fol. 2r; cameo of a man and woman in decorative border, fol. 110r; appearence of the Virgin Mary to Bernard of Clairvaus, fol. 2r; Joseph in the well, fol. 110r

Notes

4-lines staves in red; square plainsong notation

Item Location fol. 1v-165v
Author Catholic Church Library of Congress Authorities VIAF
Title Antiphonary (Cistercian)
Uniform Title Antiphonary Library of Congress Authorities VIAF
Associated Name Cistercians Library of Congress Authorities VIAF
Associated Name Mechtildis, de Lechy, active 1519-1548 (Commissioner)
Language(s) Latin
Contents Detail

Temporal cycle

Country United States Library of Congress Authorities VIAF
City Trappist (Ky.) Library of Congress Authorities VIAF
Repository Abbey of Our Lady of Gethsemani Library of Congress Authorities VIAF
Shelfmark MS 17
Current Status In situ
Type of Record Manuscript
Extent 165 leaf(ves)
Century(ies) 16th century
Language(s) Latin
Genre(s) Antiphonaries
Feature(s) Border(s), Decorative; Coat(s) of arms; Decoration, Vegetative; Decoration, Zoomorphic; Illumination; Initial(s), Decorated; Initial(s), Historiated; Initial(s), Zoomorphic; Music; Portrait(s)
Notes

1 of 2 volumes, see AGOC 00013 Volume 2

Bibliography

Susan M. B. Steuer and E. Rozanne Elder, eds., Catalogue of the Manuscripts in the Dom Edmond Obrecht Collection of Gethsemani Abbey, Monastic Life 1 (2016).

HMML Proj. Num.

AGOC 00013 001

Permanent Link https://w3id.org/vhmml/readingRoom/view/500933
Processed By HMML
Surrogate Format Digital
Access Restrictions Registered
Rights http://www.vhmml.org/terms
Type of Record Manuscript
Extent 165 leaf(ves)
Collation

165 + 1

Binding

Bound in 16th-century blind-tooled leather over boards

Provenance

Commissioned by Abbess Mechtildis de Lechy of Herkenrode (Lìege) and produced by the abbey of Aulne-sur-Sambre

Condition Notes

Imperfect: wanting leaves

Type Manuscript
Part Location fol. 1r-165v
Place of Origin Belgium, Hainault
Century(ies) 16th century
Year Range 1544
Date Precise 1544 April 09
Support Parchment
Support Dimensions 58.5 x 39.5 cm
Page Layout 11 staves and long line text
Writing Space 47.5 x 28 cm
Catchwords Yes
Signatures Yes
Writing System Roman
Script(s) Gothic Textualis
Decoration

Decorative border including cameos of a man and woman and potrait of Abbess Mechtildis de Lechy, fol. 2r; cameo of a man and woman in decorative border, fol. 110r; appearence of the Virgin Mary to Bernard of Clairvaus, fol. 2r; Joseph in the well, fol. 110r

Notes

4-lines staves in red; square plainsong notation

Item Location fol. 1v-165v
Author Catholic Church Library of Congress Authorities VIAF
Title Antiphonary (Cistercian)
Uniform Title Antiphonary Library of Congress Authorities VIAF
Associated Name Cistercians Library of Congress Authorities VIAF
Associated Name Mechtildis, de Lechy, active 1519-1548 (Commissioner)
Language(s) Latin
Contents Detail

Temporal cycle

The institutions that have allowed their manuscripts and printed materials to be digitized and shared with the scholarly community through HMML generally retain certain rights associated with the digital images. By entering vHMML Reading Room, you agree to respect the vHMML Terms of Use, and will not copy or redistribute images of manuscripts or printed materials from HMML’s partner libraries without prior authorization from HMML. Misuse of images in vHMML Reading Room may lead to suspension of your account. We encourage you to share with HMML any publications referring to the manuscripts or printed materials in vHMML Reading Room.

Thank you for respecting the cultural heritage of the institutions and families that have opened their libraries to the world.
You must sign in to view the selected images.
Please Sign in or Register to continue.