DPL Reed MMF51

Missal, Latin. Southern Germany or Austria, late twelfth century

Single leaf. 347 by 235mm. Single column, 24 lines, ruled in leadpoint, written space 250 by 175mm; gothic liturgical hand.

Text: Part of the Sanctoral with Masses for SS. Lawrence (10 August), Tiburtius (11 August) and Hippolytus (13 August), and for the vigil and the feast itself of the Assumption of the Virgin Mary (15 August).
Decoration: Seven-line initial in divided and leafy design; rubrics in red, capitals touched in red; 1-, 2- and 3-line initials in red.
Provenance: From a 173-leaf missal of Cistercian origin, owned by Arnold Mettler (1867–1945) and sold on 30 November 1948 to Otto Ege (1888–1951). The Reed leaf is one of four leaves acquired from Ege by Esther Rosenbaum (d. 1980) and sold at Sotheby's, 25 April 1983, lot 16, to Quaritch. The Reed leaf is f. xxviiii, purchased from Quaritch, catalogue 1056 (1985), no. 63.
References: Manion, Vines, de Hamel no. 113; Reed Early Bibles no. 24.
Shelfmark: RMM Fragment 51.

Description reproduced from Medieval and Renaissance Manuscripts in New Zealand Collections (London, 1989) by permission of the authors (Christopher de Hamel, Margaret Manion, and the family of Vera F. Vines).