http://makingrenmanuscripts.exhibits.library.upenn.edu/files/original/a77164fc9c5fbfc7862242e94c0a70ee.png 4a87ce4bb8b17604050374ee265c5cb9 http://makingrenmanuscripts.exhibits.library.upenn.edu/files/original/2ab9444b754ecc01639d16f26cf8b735.png fb26fa8aad6091a2f511a8d960ca6b00 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource 6. Showcasing Salvation; Innovating for the Liturgy Subject The topic of the resource Innovating for the Liturgy Description An account of the resource In the earlier Middle Ages, the parts required for each service had been contained within a variety of books. But the increasing mobility of the clergy and the endowment of numerous private masses for the dead led to the development of the Breviary and the Missal, which contained all the texts needed to celebrate the Office and the Mass, respectively. Because of their visibility upon the altar throughout the Mass, Missals in particular are often beautifully decorated and include lavish historiated initials. The prolonged opening of the Missal during the recitation of the Canon of the Mass, prior to the consecration of the Eucharist, led to a concentration of imagery in the center of the book, often with a full-page miniature of the Crucifixion intended to be kissed by the officiating priest. Facing this image would be a large initial T marking the beginning of the “Te igitur . . .” prayer. Such an initial, newly identified as being cut from a set of lavish Missals produced for the Sistine Chapel around 1520, is included here. Though Missals and Breviaries were intended to be read by single users, the provision of a range of communal choir books was seen as essential for any cathedral, abbey, or substantial church. Both types of book were exceptionally large as they needed to be legible to several choristers gathered around a lectern. Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Dr. Nicholas Herman Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Making the Renaissance Manuscript; Discoveries From Philadelphia Libraries Language A language of the resource English Type The nature or genre of the resource Exhibition Catalogue Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Settings for the Offices, and other liturgical texts Description An account of the resource This manuscript’s small scale indicates that it was conceived for portability; its contents are custom selected to enable its user to contribute vocally to the daily Offices that structured monastic life. It consists of general musical forms as well as more specific chants for the annual liturgical cycle. “Fr. Ioannes de Plebe” is named as the scribe in the colophon. The toponymic surname “de plebe” might refer to an individual from Piove di Sacco, near Padua, where a Franciscan convent was established in 1484. The pedagogical nature of the volume is enhanced by the presence of a finely drawn Guidonian hand, depicted here. This emblematic mnemonic device is named after its inventor, Guido of Arezzo (991/2–after 1033), who developed the ancestor of the modern system of pitch notation through lines and spaces, and a method of sight-singing based on the syllables <em>ut–re–mi–fa–so–la</em>. Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Scribe: Ioannes de plebe (colophon, fol. 121v) Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource Second half of the 15th c. Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource Manuscript on parchment, 123 fols. Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context University of Pennsylvania, Ms. Codex 1248 Coverage The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant Italy (perhaps Padua?)