National Library of Sweden, A 175
Liturgical miscellany
Austria, c. 1375
parchment
i, 756 leaves
300 × 200–210 mm
Latin, German
f. 12r contains two notes by Thomas Ebendorfer von Haselbach, theologian and historian at the university of Vienna as well as dean of the college of the church of St Mary at Perchtoldsdorf, the first on the respective obligations of the college and dean, written in 1445, and the second on the burning of Perchtoldsdorf by the Hungarians in 1446.
f. 12v: blank.
Notable feasts:
f. 16r: St Valentine (7 Jan.);
f. 17r: St Cunigunde (3 Mar.);
f. 17r: St Rupert (27 Mar.);
f. 19r: translation of St Nicholas (9 July);
f. 19r: St Henry (13 July);
f. 19v: translation of St Valentine (4 Aug.);
f. 20r: translation of St Cunigunde (9 Sep.);
f. 20r: translation of St Rupert (24 Sep.);
f. 20r: translation of St Virgil (26 Sep.; addition);
f. 20v: St Maximilian (12 Oct.);
f. 20v: St Coloman (13 Oct.);
f. 21r: St Virgil (27 Nov.).
The calendar also records a large number of feasts which are not otherwise typical for Passau, e.g. St Jovinus (2 Mar.), St Florentius (6 Apr.; cf. f. 9v), St Ubaldus (16 May; cf. f. 7r), St Brendan (17 May), St Albanus (21 June), St Louis of France (25 Aug.), St Verena and St Prisca (1 Sept.; cf. f. 5v and f. 10r), St Maternus (13 Spetember), St Himerius (12 Nov.), and St Longinus (1 Dec.). Several are feasts common in Bohemia - e.g. the translation of St Wenceslaus (4 Mar.), St Sigismund (1 May; festum fori), St Stanislaus ( rather than the translation of St Stephen, May 8), St Ladislaus (27 June; addition), St Procopius (4 Aug.; addition), and St Ludmilla (16 Sept.) - and several are common to a large number of German dioceses, e.g. St Polycarp (26 Jan.), St Germanus (31 July), and St Magnus (19 Aug.) The calendar also records, as an addition, a ‘Dedicacio in Mawrbach’ on May 17.
Each month also includes a cisiojanus for the month in question.
Secundo folio
Historia (del.) legenda de sancto TheobaldoSupport
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Holes from corner bosses and clasps on ff. 1–5 and f. 756. Occasional holes and traces of stitching, e.g. f. 162 and f. 717, with the thread preserved in several places, e.g. f. 332 and f. 562. The leaf between f. 403 and f. 404 torn out. The bottom edges and corners of ff. 284v–341 (approx. the extent of the ferial psalter) particularly dirty due to heavy use. On f. 542r, the ink has bled somewhat.Layout
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Two principal textualis hands can be distinguished, with possible further subdivisions (cf. for example f. 10v, and f. 13v).
The second main hand (Hand 3) is also found in Mathias Hendel's donation note on f. 407v beginning ‘Ego mathias dictus Hendel’, but he is possibly the scribe behind several of the hands; the other note mentioning him by name (f. 13v) is, for example, in a cursiva antiquior.
Hand 2
(ff. 1va, 2ra–6vb, 10vb, 13vb–15vb, 22ra–25rb, 25va–25vb, 26va–346ra, 349ra–394rb, 408ra–743vb, 744ra–756vb)Textualis.Additions
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Decorations
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Main text in black or brown ink; rubrics and instructions in red; capitals touched in red.
(f. 27ra): inhabited foliate opening initial ‘A’ over 11 lines in a purple and lilac floral pattern with white highlights and a border of green flower stems with flowers in blue and orange extending from the letter body. In the top counter space against a blue background, Christ wearing an orange mantle and carrying a book; in the bottom counter space against a blue background with a stylised floral pattern, a monk in a light yellow robe kneeling in prayer, surrounded by rocks and trees. (f. 408ra): penwork initial ‘I’ over 11 lines in blue with flourishing in red. (f. 47ra), (f. 70ra), (f. 71rb), (f. 133vb), (f. 141vb), (f. 162rb), (f. 170va), (f. 374vb), (f. 744ra): decorated initials over 4-11 lines in blue ink with various shapes inlaid in gold leaf and sgraffed patterns against a background of red pen-flourishing ((f. 162rb) and inverted colour scheme) and a border of red, blue, and gold pen-flourishing extending along the margin or between the columns and punctuated by flowers in red or blue or tendrils in gold. Initial missing on (f. 147ra). (f. 49ra), (f. 49vb), (f. 177ra), (f. 192ra): decorated initials over 4-6 lines in blue ink with various shapes inlaid in gold leaf with sgraffed patterns against a background of red pen-flourishing and a border of red pen-flourishing extending along the margins or between the columns ( (f. 177ra): inverted colour scheme). (ff. 1ra–26vb): plain initials over 2-3 lines in red ink. (ff. 1va–26vb): plain initials over 1 line in red ink. (ff. 27ra–72vb) (Q5-8), (ff. 133ra–44vb) (Q14), (ff. 157rb–192va) (Q16-18), (ff. 373va–384vb) (Q34), (ff. 744rb–755vb) (Q65): pen-flourished initials over 2-3 lines alternating in blue and red ink with flourishing in the contrasting colour. (ff. 73rb–131v) (Q9-13), (ff. 145vb–156rb) (Q15), (ff. 193va–372rb) (Q19-33), (ff. 388rb–742vb) (Q35-64): plain initials over 2-3 lines alternating in blue and red ink (between (ff. 328v–566v) and (ff. 388rb–401v) only red). Many, but far from all, of these also have flourishes in red, blue, black or brown ink. The blue and red flourishes are of a similar though not identical style as seen in the first type of pen-flourished initial, e.g. (f. 408ra); the black and brown flourishes are of a less careful and spikier style, e.g. (f. 196rb), (f. 364vb). Some of these may be later additions. (ff. 28rb–756vb): plain text initials in red or blue ink over 1 line. (ff. 4vb–756vb): on the top line in same ink as text, initials extending the length of ca 3 lines into the top margin, many with some flourishing in red.
(f. 26va): in place of an initial ‘A’, miniature of the annunciation over 11 lines: against a blue background, Gabriel with wings dotted with peacock eyes, dressed in a red robe, and holding a speech scroll reading ‘aue maria plena’; in front of him, the Virgin Mary, wearing a lilac robe and kneeling in prayer in front of a pulpet with an open book on it beneath a golden canopy inside a pink building; both figures with halos in gold. Next to the miniature is the beginning of the prayer Ave Maria written over 12 lines in alternating red and black letters. (27a): the coat of arms of Mathias Hendel (Gallulus); on a blue background, a green rooster with a golden comb, bill, wattle and feet, a white tail, and a golden cross on its back. For further description of the decoration, see Lindqvist Sandgren .
Binding
The binding consists of two parts: only the RCO is original; the LCO has been taken from a different medieval binding and added later; its wooden board is thinner and slightly smaller than that of the RCO. The original binding displays at least two contemporary layers: first, red leather over wooden boards. Over this, a second cover, of brown leather, has been added and is now glued down. The first layer of leather appears to cover a smaller area than the second, and the wooden board has been cracked in two and repaired. The two layers may correspond to the addition of several quires and reorganisation of the original structure which is revealed by the quire signatures. 5 double raised bands and endbands. Originally, two clasps and straps; centre and corner bosses. Spine (on red cover), in ink on a paper label: ‘Missale 180’; stamped in gold: ‘A 175’; in ink on a parchment label: ‘No 45’; in ink on a parchment label on top of the previous label: ‘e. 30. 5. ⟨4⟩ ’; in ink on a parchment label ‘ [--- 3 chars ---](e) 35 ’, and below, ‘137’.
RCO: a blind-tooled double-outline frame, inside of which two double-outline bands form the shape of an X. LCO: 3 bands of 4 blind-tooled parallel lines forming a frame, inside of which bands of 3 blind-tooled parallel lines form a pattern of lozenges; inside of these, blind-stamped flowers and medallions alternating between the Agnus Dei and a double-headed eagle.
Origin
Austria, c. 1375. In a verse on f. 13r, the compiler of the manuscript, Mathias Gallulus (Mathias Hendel), chaplain of Duke Leopold III of Austria and dean of the college of St Mary's church at Perchtoldsdorf (Perchtoldsdorf, Austria), describes his text-collecting activities, his reasons for compiling the texts, and states that the book was finished in the year 1375, having taken two years to complete. In his donation note on f. 407v, Mathias Hendel states that he gathered material for the book for thirty years or more.
Provenance
On f. 407v, Mathias Gallulus records his donation of the manuscript to the church of St Mary at Perchtoldsdorf and its dean on April 13, 1382 (‘lxxxii’). It was still in the possession of the church at Perchtoldsdorf in 1445/1446, when Thomas Ebendorfer von Haselbach (d. 1464), theologian and historian at the university of Vienna as well as dean of the college of St Mary's church at Perchtoldsdorf, added a couple of notes on f. 12r.
The manuscript was most likely taken as spoils of war during the Thirty Years' War. It is listed on p. 67 (no. 1) in Vossius's catalogue of 1651 (U 202:1), as no. 137 in Jaches's catalogue of 1695 (U118:10), as no. 35 (recording also the former signum 137) in Jaches's catalogue of 1698 (U 122), as Theol. in fol. no. 45 in the catalogue of 1734 (U 125e), and as e.30.5, no. 4, in Hammarsköld's catalogue of the 19th century (U 133). The signum ‘180’ found on the Spine has not been identified.
- Lehmann (1936), pp. 56–80.
- Odenius (1959), pp. 110–114.
- Hedlund (1980), pp. 13–14.
- VL, p. 1286.
- Schubert (1997), p. 33.
- Kurras (2001), p. 39.
