Language
Origin
Denmark, 16th century (1500 c.)
Physical description
Format: Non digital + Digital, reformatted digital
- Script: The main hand of the manuscript has written the text on ff. 2r-110v in a distinct gothic hybrid. A younger cursive hand has written the text on ff. 110v-112v .
- Collation: 14 quires: I: 7 (ff. 1-7, first leaf of quire glued to upper cover as pastedown), II: 8 (ff. 8-15), III: 8 (ff. 16-23), IV: 9 (ff. 24-32; f. 31 is added), V: 8 (ff. 33-40), VI: 8 (ff. 41-48), VII: 8 (ff. 49-56), VIII: 8 (ff. 57-64), IX: 8 (ff. 65-72), X: 8 (ff. 73-80), XI: 8 (ff. 81-88), XII: 8 (ff. 89-96), XIII: 8 (ff. 97-104), XIV: 8 (ff. 105-112). One quire missing between f. 56 and 57.
- Foliation: Foliated in ink in upper right corner by modern cataloguer.
- Columns: 1
- Lines: 24-25
Abstract
Notes
Literature
Nielsen, Lauritz: Danmarks middelalderlige Haandskrifter København, 1937. p. 144.
Otto, Alfred: Indledning Middelalderens danske Bønnebøger Copenhagen, 1946. p. XXIII.
Nielsen, Karl Martin: Haandskrifter Middelalderens danske Bønnebøger. V. Bind. Kommentar og Registre København, 1982. pp. 18-19.
Nielsen, Karl Martin : Tre jyske bønnebøger Festskrift til Peter Skautrup Århus, 1956. pp. 223-238.
Dahlerup, Pil: Den signede dag Liv og Lyst. Artikler og essays København, 1987. pp. 9-34.
Frederiksen, Britta Olrik: Til diskussion om den middelalderlige dagvises jordiske hjemsted og himmelske ophav Danske studier 1988 1988. 83 pp. 5-31.
Dahlerup, Pil: Dansk Litteratur. Middelalder. 1. Religiøs litteratur Copenhagen, 1998. pp. 127, 129, 464-465 . p. 29 (on Psalm 8), p. 127 (on Psalm 101/102/103?), pp. 464-465 (Prayer to Jesus Christ/Dagvisen)
Book binding
Binding: Blind-tooled brown calfskin binding, preserved decorated leather covering, Denmark contemporary with the manuscript. Rebinding, Sweden, Lund University library bindery, singed in pencil at the pastedown of lower cover: Restaurerat av Nils Knutsson 1963 . Size: 200 x 135 x 45 mm.
Brown calfskin binding over bevelled wooden boards. Leather covering from former binding preserved on the new cover. Two metal hook-clasp fastenings; lower fastening and engraved hooks from former binding. Rounded spine. Tight back with three raised double bands. Brown blind-tooled library cloth label at the tail of the back. Embroidered endbands of white linen. Former edge trimming preserved. Former endleaves preserved as separate pastedowns. Single flyleaf of parchment at the front, the upper half of the leaf missing. All along sewing on three raised cords.
The covers are blind-tooled with a triple fillets frame and divided in six double line fillet compartments. The compartments of the upper cover are decorated with stamps of animal and symbolic motifs: the Y-shaped foliated cross, a quadrangle griffin, a burning heart, a bird with forked tail and an eagle, and the lower cover compartments only with a repeated burning heart and eagle.
Decoration
The original decoration in red ink pen drawing is confined to 28 initials divided in three hierarchical levels or groups. The decoration is varied only in quantity and everything is undoubtedly executed after the main text and by the scribe himself.
Style: The decorative effect is emphasized by the frequent use of void details in the body of the letter and the grid-like disposition of the geometrical or filigranated patterns in the fillings. The decoration is repeated in Ms. A 42, Kungliga Biblioteket, Stockholm , and Ms. A 40, Kungliga Bibliotket, Stockholm , also known as Ingeborg Predbjørnsdatter s Tidebog .
The decoration of the 9 initials of the simples kind (ff. 8v , 15v , 17v , 47v , 86v , 95v , 99r , 104r , 109v ) is restricted to white void details of the letter itself and simple geometrical decoration of the area surrounding it, mostly ca. 5 lines in height. The initial (I) on f. 8v marks the first hymn of the Matins.
The 14 initials of medium size (ff. 22r , 24v , 26r , 42v , 65r , 73v , 77r , 83r , 89v , 101v , 102v , 103r , 108r ) are defined by a slightly larger size, 7-10 lines, but mainly by the use of extended pen flourishings along parts of the margin.
The initial (H) on f. 24v marks the first psalm in the Compline
the initial H on f. 26r marks the beginning of the Seven Penetentiel Psalms
the Æ on f. 89v initiates the first of the prayers to St Anne.
The three largest initials are of considerable size, 10 - 15 lines, with pen flourishes often in two directions framing parts of the written area. The initials mark major divisions of the text, the opening of the Little Office of Our Lady (f. 8r ), the opening of the prayer book (f. 33r ) and the first prayer to the Virgin (f. 66r ).
f. 8r Large initial (H) with quadratic and zig zag ornaments left blank, filling and surrounding area decorated with geometrical and filigranated pattern and filigranated pen flourish borders along left and upper margin.
f. 33r Large initial (W) with simple ondulated, floral and heart shaped ornaments left blank, filling and surrounding area decorated with geometrical pattern and filigranated pen flourish borders along left and upper margin.
f. 66r Large initial (M) with simple dotted line, zig zag, floral and heart shaped ornaments left blank, filling and surrounding area decorated with geometrical pattern and filigranated pen flourish borders along left and upper margin.
Two small initials in the added portion on ff. 110v and 111v are different in character, written in brown ink by the second scribe.
f. 110v Small initial (O) in brown ink with inscribed human face.
f. 111v Small initial (U) in brown ink with outspared ondulated and quadratical ornaments.
One- to two-line red lombards mark the beginning of each period.
There are pen flourished line-fillers in red.
The rubrics are written in red ink.
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- Shelfmark: Medeltidshandskrift 35
- Previous shelfmark: Bibl. Ms. H. L. a) 4:o 4, Bibl. Meckiana N:o XIX.
Identifiers (general)
urn:nbn:se:alvin:portal:record-14461 (nbn)
Identifiers (local)
alvin-record:14461 (alvin)
Licensing of the work
Public Domain Mark (No Known Copyright)