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Source Description
This manuscript, created in the twelfth century, contains eighty-one early Christian hymns, accompanied by a commentary supposedly written by St. Hilarius. The margins of the first folios of the manuscript are illuminated with five bishops, likely meant to represent five famous hymn-writers: Hilarius, Ambrose, Prudentius, Sedulius, and Gregory. Due to extreme flaking of the text and pigments, the manuscript could not be digitized at this time.
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Document identity
localId
32674
label
Hymnal with Commentary
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obj
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object
citationUrl
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1
Source metadata
id
32674
sourceUrl
contentType
object
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normalized
title
Hymnal with Commentary
description
This manuscript, created in the twelfth century, contains eighty-one early Christian hymns, accompanied by a commentary supposedly written by St. Hilarius. The margins of the first folios of the manuscript are illuminated with five bishops, likely meant to represent five famous hymn-writers: Hilarius, Ambrose, Prudentius, Sedulius, and Gregory. Due to extreme flaking of the text and pigments, the manuscript could not be digitized at this time.
provenance
Spain, ca. 1130-1150; Spain, nineteenth century (?) [stamp on verso of front flyleaf, partially effaced, but with crown visible and inscription ""Enagenado por""; list of hymns with notes in Spanish on fols. 73r-76v]; Léon Gruel, Paris [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Henry Walters, Baltimore [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
date
ca. 1130-1150 (Medieval)
citationUrl
rightsUri
CC0
language
en
genreSpecific
illuminated manuscripts
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1
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1
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import
dimensions
units
cm
width
21
height
14
dimensionsRaw
Folio H: 8 1/4 x W: 5 1/2 in. (21 x 14 cm)
Source extras
style
Romanesque
med
ink and pigments on parchment covered with non-original red velvet binding
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none
collection_ids
MSS
MED
exhibition_ids
314
Single page context
seq
1
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0
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photo
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d1dd02b0bec73e88