Book/Printed Material Melk Missal.
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Title
- Melk Missal.
Summary
- This missal, which dates to the late-12th or early 13th century, was made for the Benedictine abbey of Melk (or, possibly, Seitenstetten) in Lower Austria, as indicated by the inclusion of the patron saints of Melk, Peter and Paul, and Cholomannus (folio 212 recto). The surviving volume of a multi-volume missal, the manuscript contains only the ordinary of the mass and the "summer part," with the temporale running from Holy Saturday through the Sunday after Trinity Sunday and the sanctorale beginning with the feast of Primus and Felicianus (June 9) and ending with Saint Andrew (November 30). Most notable about the manuscript are its skilled pen drawings, including two full-page miniatures depicting Christ in Majesty and the Crucifixion, as well as 16 ornate initials, three of which are by the artist known as Gottschalk of Lambach.
Names
- Gottschalk, active 1170?-1204 Artist.
Created / Published
- [place of publication not identified] : [publisher not identified], [1175 to 1225]
Headings
- - Austria--Niederösterreich
- - 1175 to 1225
- - Benedictines
- - Illuminations
- - Miniatures (Illuminations)
- - Missals
- - Prayers
- - Saints
Notes
- - Title devised, in English, by Library staff.
- - "Walters Ms. W.33"--Note extracted from World Digital Library.
- - Original resource extent: 288 folios : parchment ; 17 x 26.5 centimeters.
- - Original resource at: Walters Art Museum.
- - Content in Latin.
- - Description based on data extracted from World Digital Library, which may be extracted from partner institutions.
Medium
- 1 online resource.
Source Collection
- Illuminated Manuscripts from Europe
Digital Id
Library of Congress Control Number
- 2021667944
Online Format
- compressed data
- image