Walters Ms. W.757, Leaf of a missal with the Crucifixion and Canon of the Mass Missal fragment Cataloger Dutschke, Consuelo Cataloger Herbert, Lynley Cataloger Sciacca, Christine Cataloger Walters Art Museum curatorial staff and researchers since 1934 Editor Herbert, Lynley Contributor Bockrath, Diane Contributor Davis, Lisa Fagin Contributor Emery, Doug Contributor Hamburger, Jeffrey Contributor Klemm, Elizabeth Contributor Noel, William Contributor Tabritha, Ariel Contributor Toth, Michael B. Contributor Valle, Chiara Conservator Owen, Linda Conservator Quandt, Abigail The Walters Art Museum

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 This leaf once belonged to a small missal, and was created in the late eleventh or early twelfth century. The distinct style of its miniature suggests it was made in Southern Germany, or possibly in the Tyrol region of Austria, where line drawing in colored inks had developed into a regional style. The recto depicts the Crucifixion, and the later redrawing of Christ, especially apparent in his face and feet, suggests it had been worn down through pious touch. On the verso is found the opening text for the Canon of the Mass, introduced by a historiated initial "T" containing a standing man wearing a short skirt. That the manuscript was well-used is attested to both by the heavy wear to the parchment, and by the two original manuscript tabs that were created as page markers for this important text and image. Baltimore The Walters Art Museum W.757 The primary language in this manuscript is Latin. 1r - 1v Missal fragment Verso has the beginning of the Canon of the Mass, incipit "Te igitur...;" contemporary marginal addition reads "Clemens alexandrinus;" later fourteenth-century marginal addition begins "et antistite nostro..."

Well-finished but worn medium weight parchment; original knotted vellum tabs remain on side and bottom of page

 Foliation: Not applicable22.3 14.5 17.0 10.0 Pregothic bookhand with opening three lines in majuscule script; later marginal note in Gothic script One full-page miniature, pen drawn in red and brown ink, with accent colors of green, pink, and yellow; one historiated initial (9 lines) drawn in brown ink; some verse capitals in red; rubric and text in black ink Crucifixion Full-page miniature Initial "T" (Te igitur) supported by a skirt-clad man Canon of the Mass Historiated initial "T," 9 lines Late 11th or early 12th century CE South Germany (or Austrian Tyrol?) Originally part of a missal, southern Germany or Austrian Tyrol, late eleventh or early twelfth century Robert E. Hecht collection, Baltimore, MD, before 1955 Purchased from Robert E. Hecht, December 1955 Museum purchase Relevant Works Miner, Dorothy. "Since de Ricci - Western Illuminated Manuscripts Acquired since 1934: A Report in Two Parts: Part 1." Journal of the Walters Art Gallery 29-30 (1966):68-103, pp. 86-87, figs. 12-13. Faye, C. U. and W. H. Bond. Supplement to the Census of Medieval and Renaissance Manuscripts in the United States and Canada. New York, 1962, p. 199, no. 573. "Bulletin Codicologique." Scriptorium 26 (1972): 130-246, p. 208, no. 402. Art Medicine Museum Poetry Script Muhammad, the Prophet Kashmiri Horses Walters Art Museum Document Astrology Devotion History Legal Literature -- Poetry Literature -- Prose Liturgy Philosophy Science Science -- Medicine Scripture Sufism Theology Mineralogy Logic Geography Geomancy Cosmology Cartography Fortune-telling Koran Qur`an Firman Palimpsest Prayer Bible Gospels Psalter Missal Lectionary Book of Hours Antiphonary Homilary Processional Horologion Breviary Hymnal Chronicle Maghreb Sub-Saharan (West) Africa Turkey Afghanistan Central Asia Egypt England India Iran Iraq Pakistan Germany France Austria Netherlands Ethiopia Armenia Flanders Greece Mamluk Mughal Ottoman Ottonian Armenian Byzantine Abbasid Qajar Rajput Christian Arabic Austrian Dutch Egyptian Fatimid German Indian Islamic Persian Safavid Timurid Turkish Umayyad English French Flemish Ethiopian Carolingian Calligraphy Colophon Headpiece Illumination Illustration Medallion Miniature Ornament Painting Early Abbasid script Ragini Romanesque Gothic Watermark Grotesques Historiated initial Inhabited initial White-vine lettering Textura Batarda Humanistic Uncial Accordion book Album Book Codex Manuscript Heraldry Saint's Life Drawing Grisaille Binding New Abbasid style Musical notation Russia Romania Charter Russian Genealogy Mass book Prayer book Gospel Lectionary Psalter-Hours Treatise Grammar Gloss Pontifical Private devotional text Gradual Protective scroll Scroll 10th century 11th century 12th century 13th century 14th century 15th century 16th century 17th century 18th century 19th century 20th century 8th century 9th century Block book Caroline minuscule Central Arab lands (Near East) Chart English secretary hand Kufic Gothic book hand Original binding Treasure binding Gospel Book Spanish Spain Italian Italy Coptic Scrapbook American United States Maryland Historical Society Friendship book Friendship Liturgical Devotional Scriptural Theological Legal Historical Scientific Scientific -- Medical Literary -- Prose Literary -- Poetry Philosophical Astrological Sufi English Missal Austrian Christian German Drawing Grotesques Historiated initial Illumination Manuscript Miniature Walters Art Museum Austria Germany 11th century 12th century Liturgy