Scope and Contents

Two portions of a vellum leaf of a 14th century Ordinale, containing part of the Temporale following the Feast of the Epiphany. There sections cut from both fragments in a regular pattern (see images).

Writing

Neat, in black ink. There is a small hint of coloured initials in blue and red, although only one or two are actually visible on these fragments. There is one rough filigree initial.

Contents The manuscript is an Ordinal from 1527, when it was written in and for the Benedictine monastery of Ottenburg in Swabia (Germany). Ordinals get their names from the ordo (ritual and rubrics) for celebrations and provide a general guide to the liturgy for a particular church.The Kalendar starts on f.2r. This is Benedictine, of Augsburg Diocese, and written for the monastery itself.Prominent saints commemorated in the...