IDENTIFIERS ----------- id: 178384 accession number: MS McClean 54 DATE AUDIT ---------- created: Saturday 6 August 2011 updated: Monday 24 August 2020 DESCRIPTIVE DATA ---------------- object type: PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION: Parchment, iv flyleaves (foliated i-iv, the first a pastedown) + i flyleaf with list of contents (fol. v) + i blank flyleaf (foliated vi) + 49 fols. (original foliation in Roman numerals in red ink, fol. 49 a pastedown), 254 x 188 mm (160 x 113 mm), two columns, 21 lines, ruled in brown-black ink, catchwords in brown penwork frames BINDING: Fifteenth century, brown goatskin over wooden boards, blind-tooled in mudéjar style, the upper cover has strapwork enclosing two squares, the lower cover strapwork enclosing four rectangles, the roundels on the strapwork have a metallic lustre, two modern velvet straps with clasps attached with brass-headed nails; the same binding is found on Baltimore, WAG, MS 421 (note by A. R. Hobson in annotated copy of James 1912a). CONTENTS: fol. v recto - v verso List of Contents (contemporary addition) fols. 1r - 3r Blessing of Salt and Water on Sundays, and the Asperges fols. 3v - 6r Ordo for Confirmation fols. 6r - 8r Ordo for First Tonsure fols. 8r - 8v Ordo for Clipping of the Beard fols. 8v - 9r On the Four Orders of the Church fols. 9r - 15r Ordination of Ostiarii, Lectors, Exorcists and Acolytes fols. 15v -19r Blessings for chalices, patens, vestments, altar cloths and corporals fols. 19r - 32r Ordo for the reconciliation of churches and cemeteries fols. 32r - 35r Ordo for the visitation of parishes fols. 35r - 40v Pontifical Mass for the Dedication of a Church fols. 40v-45r Benedictions for the main feasts of the year DECORATION: Seven historiated initials, their initial stems blue with white decoration, framed with gold, with full (fols. 1r, 3v) or small partial (fols. 8v, 15v, 19r, 28r, 32r) band borders containing acanthus foliage, stylised flowers, gold balls with black bristles, angels, standing and seated young men, dragons and grotesque animals and fantastic birds: fol. 1r Blessing of Salt and Water, [E, 4 ll.] Scallop shell in grisaille, with two male secular figures kneeling in the border and holding a shield azure a sun rayed or, with a bezant charged with a lion rampant gules, surmounted by a black bishop's hat and crozier; fol. 3v Order of Confirmation, [O, 5 ll.] Three-quarter-length figure of a bishop blessing and holding crozier, with two angels in the border holding the same shield ; fol. 3v Order of Confirmation, [P, 5 ll.] Bishop seated between two laymen and anointing with holy oil the forehead of a kneeling boy; fol. 8v Four Orders of the Church, [D, 4ll.] Half-length figure of a bishop blessing and holding crozier; fol. 15v Blessing of church vessels, [P, 3 ll.] Head of a bishop; fol. 19r Ordo for the reconciliation of churches and cemeteries, [E, 5 ll.] Church exterior; fol. 28r Ordo for the reconciliation of churches and cemeteries, [D, 3 ll.] Half-length figure of a bishop blessing and holding crozier; fol. 32r Ordo for the visitation of parishes, [P, 4 ll.] Half-length figure of a bishop blessing and holding crozier. ORNAMENTATION: Two initials [3 ll.] in gold, blue and pink-red with white ornamental patterns, with small partial band borders containing acanthus foliage, stylised flowers, gold balls with black bristles, and a fantastic bird (fols. 30v, 35r); numerous initials [2 ll.] of the same type for the various prayers and readings, but with very small spray extensions of gold balls with black bristles. title: other NOTES ----- type: history note value: Juan Soler, Bishop of Barcelona (1458-1464); François Denis Secousse (1691-1754), bibliophile (eighteenth century bookplate inside upper cover, with his arms and inscription in capitals below, Dionys. Franc. Secousse, Eques. in Paris. Curia Patron. et e Reg. Human. Litter. Acad.); sale of his library in 1755; Revd. J. C. Jackson; his sale, Sotheby’s, 13 Dec. 1895, lot 195; Frank McClean (1837-1904); his bequest, 1904. LICENSING --------- text license status: CC0 image license status: CC-BY-NC-SA OWNERSHIP --------- instutition: The Fitzwilliam Museum department: Manuscripts and Printed Books collection: Frank McClean STABLE URL ---------- url: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/178384 PEOPLE ------------------- McClean, Frank Jackson, Revd. J. C. Secousse, François Denis Soler, Juan, Bishop of Barcelona TECHNIQUES ---------- illumination CATEGORIES ------ category: illuminated manuscript category: manuscript DATING ------ creation date: 1458 - 1464 creation date earliest: 1458 creation date latest: 1464 culture: 15th Century, third quarter# EXHIBITIONS HISTORY ------------------- title: Illuminated Manuscripts in the Fitzwilliam Museum CITATIONS -------- Latin Manuscript Pontificals and Benedictionals in England and Wales Bibliotheca Musico-Liturgica: A Descriptive Hand List of the Musical and Latin-liturgical MSS. Preserved in the Libraries of Great Britain and Ireland. A descriptive catalogue of the McClean Collection of Manuscripts in the Fitzwilliam Museum A Catalogue of Western Book Illumination in the Fitzwilliam Museum and the Cambridge Colleges. Part Two. Vols. 1-2: Italy and the Iberian Peninsula Early Spanish Bookbindings El libro iluminado en Castilla durante la segunda mitad del siglo XV Illuminated Manuscripts in the Fitzwilliam Museum --- IMAGES surrogate: large format: jpeg location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/msspb/msspb16/MS_20McClean_2054.jpg height: 780 pixels width: 577 pixels surrogate: mid format: jpeg location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/msspb/msspb16/mid_MS_20McClean_2054.jpg height: 676 pixels width: 500 pixels surrogate: original format: jpeg location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/msspb/msspb16/MS_20McClean_2054.jpg height: 780 pixels width: 577 pixels surrogate: preview format: jpeg location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/msspb/msspb16/preview_MS_20McClean_2054.jpg height: 338 pixels width: 250 pixels surrogate: large format: jpeg location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/msspb/msspb16/MS_20McClean_2054_20_281r_29.jpg height: 780 pixels width: 586 pixels surrogate: mid format: jpeg location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/msspb/msspb16/mid_MS_20McClean_2054_20_281r_29.jpg height: 666 pixels width: 500 pixels surrogate: original format: jpeg location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/msspb/msspb16/MS_20McClean_2054_20_281r_29.jpg height: 780 pixels width: 586 pixels surrogate: preview format: jpeg location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/msspb/msspb16/preview_MS_20McClean_2054_20_281r_29.jpg height: 333 pixels width: 250 pixels surrogate: large format: jpeg location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/msspb/msspb16/MS_20McClean_2054_20_283v_29.jpg height: 780 pixels width: 568 pixels surrogate: mid format: jpeg location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/msspb/msspb16/mid_MS_20McClean_2054_20_283v_29.jpg height: 687 pixels width: 500 pixels surrogate: original format: jpeg location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/msspb/msspb16/MS_20McClean_2054_20_283v_29.jpg height: 780 pixels width: 568 pixels surrogate: preview format: jpeg location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/msspb/msspb16/preview_MS_20McClean_2054_20_283v_29.jpg height: 343 pixels width: 250 pixels surrogate: large format: jpeg location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/msspb/msspb16/MS_20McClean_2054_20_2832r_29.jpg height: 780 pixels width: 560 pixels surrogate: mid format: jpeg location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/msspb/msspb16/mid_MS_20McClean_2054_20_2832r_29.jpg height: 696 pixels width: 500 pixels surrogate: original format: jpeg location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/msspb/msspb16/MS_20McClean_2054_20_2832r_29.jpg height: 780 pixels width: 560 pixels surrogate: preview format: jpeg location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/msspb/msspb16/preview_MS_20McClean_2054_20_2832r_29.jpg height: 348 pixels width: 250 pixels