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Harley MS 7026/1, ff 1-20
- Record Id:
- 041-001614262
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 040-001614261
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100000002016.0x0000d0
- LARK:
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Harley MS 7026/1, ff 1-20
- Title:
- Lectionary, imperfect ('Lovell Lectionary').
- Scope & Content:
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Contents:
ff. 2v-3r: A genealogy of the barons of Holland accompanies with three obits written into banners. This family tree was certainly commissioned by Joseph Holland, previous owner of this volume as the last banner specifies (f. 3v): 'Joseph Holand, de interiori Templo London, natus apud Weare, in Com' Devoniae, invenit istum librum decimo quinto die Junii Anno Domini 1600 et propter amorem et reverentiam fundatoris preservari procuravit'.
ff. 4r-20v: The Lovell Lectionary (imperfect).
Decoration:
Large miniature in colours of the patron, Lord Lovell (f. 4v). Smaller miniatures or historiated initials with full inhabited borders, including heraldry, animals, angels, saints, busts, and men or hybrids, in colours and gold (ff. 5r, 6r, 7v, 9v, 10r, 11r, 12r, 13r, 14r, 15r, 16r, 17r, 18r, 19r, 20r). Small miniatures in colours and gold, two with partial borders (ff. 7r, 8r, 9r). Large initials in colours and gold. Line fillers in colours and gold.
The artist of the principal miniature and additional later illustrations is believed to be John Siferwas, according to the signature on f. 4v. His name occurs in the Sherborne Missal (Additional 74236) with 'Illuminator'. Two other hands have also been identified as illuminators responsible for the borders (see Scott, Later Gothic Manuscripts (1996), II, pp. 63-4).
The coat of arms belonging to the Benedictine Abbey of the Blessed Virgin Mary at Glastonbury (f. 10r) suggests that the Lectionary was produced at the Abbey (Ibid., p. 64).
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Project / Collection:
- Harley Collection
- Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-002045828
040-001614261
041-001614262 - Is part of:
- Harley MS 1-7661 : Harley Manuscripts
Harley MS 7026/1 : A lectionary (the 'Lovell Lectionary'), with added pages from a Missal and a genealogy of the barons of Holland
Harley MS 7026/1, ff 1-20 : Lectionary, imperfect ('Lovell Lectionary'). - Hierarchy:
- 032-002045828[7036]/040-001614261[0001]/041-001614262
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: Harley MS 1-7661
- Record Type (Level):
- Item
- Extent:
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A part of Harley MS 7026/1.
- Digitised Content:
- http://www.bl.uk/manuscripts/FullDisplay.aspx?ref=Harley_MS_7026/1 (digital images currently unavailable)
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- Languages:
- Latin
- Scripts:
- Latin
- Start Date:
- 1395
- End Date:
- 1415
- Date Range:
- c 1400-c 1410
- Era:
- CE
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- Physical Characteristics:
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Materials: parchment.
Dimensions: 475 x 310 mm (text space: 290 x 190 mm).
Script: Gothic.
- Custodial History:
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Origin: England, S. (probably Glastonbury).
Provenance:
The Benedictine abbey of the Blessed Virgin Mary at Glastonbury: its arms (f. 10r) [for the Lectionary]. Illuminated by John Siferwas, Dominican, limner: inscribed 'ffrater Johes Siferwas' ? (f. 4v).
John (d. 1408), 5th Lord Lovell of Titchmarsh (near Thrapston in Northamptonshire), married Maud de Holland (d. 1423): given as a gift to Salisbury Cathedral: his image with the inscription 'Orate pro anima domini iohannis lovell qui hunc librum ordinavit ecclesie cathedrali Sarum pro speciali memoria sui et uxoris' (f. 4v); the Lovell arms and livery badge of a padlock throughout, identified in a 17th-century hand.
The cathedral church of St Mary, Salisbury: found and acquired by Holland on 15 June, 1600 (inscription cited above and below).
Joseph Holland (d. 1605), of the Inner Temple: inscription 'Manuscriptum hoc Aclesiae Cathedrali Sarum ordinavit Johannes Dominus Lovell, et obiit 9. Henrici 4. A[nn]o D[omi]ni 1408' (f. 1r); also 'Invenit postea Josephus Holland de interiori Templo decimo quinto Die Junii A[nn]o D[omi]ni 1.6.0.0. et propter amorem et reverentiam Fundatoris preservari, procuravit' (f. 1r); and family tree (ff. 1r, 2v-3r); inscription 'Joseph Holand. Decino Quinto Junii Anno Domini 1600' and further added family tree (f. 4r); inscribed 'Jospehn Holand 1600' (f. 20v) (Holland signs his name repeatedly, e.g. ff. 4r, 8r, 10r). The genealogy probably added by him (ff. 2v-3r).
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)