Walters Ms. W.915.1-3, Beaupré Antiphonary fragments Three Fragments Principal cataloger Randall, Lilian M.C. Cataloger Herbert, Lynley Editor Herbert, Lynley Copy editor Dibble, Charles Contributor Emery, Doug Contributor Herbert, Lynley Contributor Noel, William Contributor Tabritha, Ariel Contributor Toth, Michael B. Contributor Wiegand, Kimber Conservator Jewell, Stephanie Conservator Quandt, Abigail The Walters Art Museum

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 Three fragments salvaged from a volume of the Beaupré Antiphonary that was damaged in June 1865 during a fire that spread to Sotheby and Wilkinson in London. Six other fragments are known to exist in other collections: two leaves at the Victoria and Albert Museum (Department of Prints, Drawings, and Paintings, nos. 7939-7940); two in Brussels at the Bibliothèque Royale Albert I (nos. 3634.1-2); one in Bordeaux in the Trésor de la Cathédrale Saint-André (Collection Marcadé, no. 101); and one in Nuremberg at the Germanisches Nationalmuseum, Graphische Sammlung (Bredt 71). For full cataloging on the Beaupré Antiphonary, see the entries on the more intact volumes of the manuscript, W.759-762. Baltimore The Walters Art Museum W.915.1-3 The primary language in this manuscript is Latin. 1r - 3r Three Fragments

Medium to heavy-weight calf parchment, very well selected and prepared

 Foliation: Fragments0.0 0.0 Sizes vary, as the fragments are irregular in shape, therefore these measurements refer to the maximum outer dimensions the fragments : W.915.1: 15.1 x 11.0 cm; W.915.2: 13.6 x 15.3 cm; W.915.3: 14.9 x 13.0 cm Three historiated initials Initial "S" with the martyrdom of St. Stephen Office of the Nativity of St. Stephen Historiated initial "S," 3 lines plus 3 staves high Initial "H" with St. Stephen adored by a nobleman and a nun Office of the Nativity of St. Stephen Historiated initial "H," 2 lines plus 2 staves high Initial "Q" with St. John the Evangelist in his grave Office of the Nativity of St. John the Evangelist Historiated initial "Q," 3 lines plus 3 staves high Ca. 1290 CE Hainaut Illuminated in Hainaut by the scribe Johannes in 1290, for abbess Beatrix of Grammont (1269-93/94 CE), at Sainte-Marie of Beaupre Revisions and additions; after 1476 presumably for abbess Jacquemine Hendricx and in eighteenth century for last abbess Angeline de Lossy Abbey seized during French Revolution, volumes sold in 1797 Acquired by John Ruskin in 1850-53 Sotheby and Wilkinson sale, London, 19 February 1863, lot 742 London, June 1865, fire from house next to Sotheby and Wilkinson spread and destroyed three of the volumes, of which nine cut-out initials survive Sir Walter Oakenshott, England, before 1970 Judith Chantry, England, before 1998 Nancy Bell, Oxford, England, acquired as gift from Judith Chantry in 1998 The Walters Art Museum, 2004, by purchase Relevant Works Randall, Lilian M.C., "The Fragmentation of a Double Antiphonal from Beaupré." In Interpreting and Collecting Fragments of Medieval Books, eds. Linda L. Brownrigg and Margaret M. Smith, Proceedings of the Seminar in the History of the Book to 1500, Oxford 1998 (Los Altos Hills, 2000), 210-229. Randall, Lilian M. C. "Three Newly Acquired Illuminated Initials from the Beaupre Antiphonary (W.915)." Journal of the Walters Art Museum 62 (2004): 203-207. 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 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 Biography Judaism Talmud Collection of Sermons Notable Notable binding Liturgical Devotional Scriptural Theological Legal Historical Scientific Scientific -- Medical Literary -- Prose Literary -- Poetry Philosophical Astrological Sufi English Antiphonary Christian Flemish Historiated initial Illumination Miniature Painting Walters Art Museum Flanders 13th century Liturgy Austria