Gospel Lectionary — 12th century, middle; Spanish, North

Title

Gospel Lectionary — 12th century, middle; Spanish, North

Shelfmark

MS. Lyell 88

Place of origin

Spanish, North

Date

12th century, middle

Language

Latin

Contents

Form

codex

Support

parchment

Physical extent

ii+152 leaves (fol. 35 is double, fol. i–ii, 159–60 are flyleaves, modern foliation skips from 130 to 140)

Decoration

Fol. 1r, interlacing ink-drawn initial framed in red with background in pale yellow and red inside and blue outside. First words of the text written in large capitals in alternating lines of red and blue. On fol. 13r, the heading is in large rustic capitals, with alternate words in red and brown, and the initial is in red and blue, with the first four words in large red and blue capitals. Smaller initials on fols. 1v-7v are in gold, outlined in red. Later initials are in red (mostly) or brown, occasionally with some decoration in ink (or blue), sometimes accompanied by yellow wash. (Pächt and Alexander i. 876, pl. LXV)

Musical notation

Square notation on drypoint lines. The parts in the passions are indicated by c, s and +

Binding

19th century German binding in stiff parchment.

Acquisition

Chosen as one of the hundred manuscripts bequeathed to the library by Lyell in 1948.

Provenance

Bookplate of Wilfred Merton [1888–1957], 1921.

Bought by James Lyell in July 1942 from Davis and Orioli.

With the MS. is a note in Lyell’s hand: This came at one time from Ludwig Rosenthal of Munich and was so identified to me by Dr. Ettinghausen in his employ at the time from marks in binding.