Item Info

Script: Gothic bookhand
Language: Latin
Folio Number: ff. 64v-65r
Source: Rare Book Department
Notes:

This manuscript has been dated to ca. 1410.

Notes: The Annunciation
Notes: This miniature decorated a prayer of the Salutatione Angeli (the Angel's salutation), which refers to Gabriel's greeting to Mary, "Hail Mary , Full of Grace, the Lord is with you," which can be read on the scroll Gabriel holds in the miniature.

The manuscript was probably made in the diocese of Utrecht for a member of the military order of the Hospitallers of St. John (later called the Knights of Malta). This identification is based upon the feast of the Presentation of the Right Arm of St. John the Baptist (Nov. 21) in the calendar, which is unique to the Hospitallers, as well as the prominence of St. Augustine in the calendar, prayers and litany, as the Knights lived by the rule of St. Augustine. Furthermore, prayers within the manuscript were written in the masculine gender, indicating that this manuscript was made for a man.
Sirsi Catalog Key: 1609074
Country: Country:Netherlands
Region/County:Diocese of Utrecht
City/Town/Township:Arnheim ?

Creation Year (Single Year or Range Begin): 1415
Image Dimensions Width: 148 mm
ShelfMark: Lewis E 88
Creator Name: Masters of Zweder van Culemborg - Artist