Arma Christi prayer roll.

Published/Created:

[Netherlands],
[ca. 1500]

Physical Description:

1 roll : parchment ; 940 x 172 mm.

Related Links:

https://pre1600ms.beinecke.library.yale.edu/docs/pre1600.ms1187.htm

Notes:

Purchased from Richard Linenthal (Sotheby's London sale, 2014 July 8, lot 48) on the Edwin J. Beinecke Book Fund, 2014.
Layout: single column of text.
Script: gothic.
Decoration: Rubricated. Initials in red or blue. Large miniature at head of roll containing a bust of Christ wearing a crown of thorns, displaying his stigmata, and surrounded by the "arma Christi" (also known as the Instruments of the Passion). On a blue ground in gold frame. One large decorated initial immediately below miniature. Text accompanied by decorated borders on both sides.
Binding: section of leather sewn to top of scroll. Accompanied by seventeenth-century? fabric case with fabric and metal appliqués.

Abstract:

Manuscript roll, on parchment, in a single hand, illuminated, containing the "Arma Christi" poem and other prayers, in Dutch, including prayers ascribed to Popes Sixtus IV and Alexander VI. The prayers are preceded by a rubric instructing readers to kneel as they recite the prayers in order to obtain an indulgence.

Topics:

Illumination of books and manuscripts, Medieval
Indulgences--Early works to 1800
Manuscripts, Medieval--Connecticut--New Haven
Medieval and Renaissance Manuscripts in Beinecke Library

Topics:

Netherlands--Religious life and customs--Early works to 1800

Topics:

Alexander VI, Pope, 1431-1503
Catholic Church--Prayers and devotions--Dutch
Jesus Christ--Passion--Art
Jesus Christ--Passion--Prayers and devotions
Jesus Christ--Passion--Prayers and devotions--Early works to 1800
Sixtus IV, Pope, 1414-1484

Language:

Dutch; Flemish

Genre:

Drawings--Netherlands--15th century
Manuscripts, Medieval--Netherlands--15th century

Format:

Mixed Material

Content Type:

Archives or Manuscripts

Rights:

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Access Restrictions:

Public

Call Number:

Beinecke MS 1187

Orbis Record:

12269259

Orbis Barcode:

39002104623518

Yale Collection:

Beinecke Library

Digital Collection:

General Collection, BRBL, Yale University

oid pointer:

15504632

Citation:

Arma Christi Prayer Roll.

Extent of digitization:

Complete work digitized.

OID:

15502542

PID:

digcoll:4028686