A Descriptive Catalogue of the Medieval and Renaissance Manuscripts of the University of Notre Dame and Saint Mary's College

David T. Gura

Description

David T. Gura’s innovative catalogue describes the 288 medieval and Renaissance manuscripts held by the University of Notre Dame (Hesburgh Library and Snite Museum of Art) and Saint Mary’s College. Bound manuscripts, leaves, and fragments, which span the late eleventh through the sixteenth century and include bibles, books of hours, calendars, liturgical texts, and much more, are given thorough critical treatment and scholarly description. Organized by repository, each manuscript description is based on Gura's intensive paleographical and codicological analyses, which address features such as material and support, collation, illumination, layout, script types, ownership history, book bindings, and bibliographical references. Scaled diagrams of distinct and variant ruling patterns and border arrangements are included with each catalogue entry to facilitate comparison with each other and with manuscripts outside the collection. Gura’s flexible schematic for analytical manuscript description presents the important aspects of particular genres of the manuscripts, distinguishes their uncommon features, and interprets them.

In his introduction to the catalogue, Gura provides a history of the formation of the manuscript collections, a scholarly overview organized by genre, and a detailed explanation of his analytical schematic. Paratextual materials allow readers to browse all manuscripts in the collections by repository, date, country or region of origin, language, and textual contents. Academic librarians, manuscript dealers and collectors, and the community of scholars, curators, and librarians who work with medieval and Renaissance manuscripts will find this an accessible and valuable resource.

Sujets

• Information Science
• Disciplines
• Language Arts
• Medieval
• Universidad de Notre Dame
• Edad Media
• Literature
• University of Notre Dame
• Middle Ages
• Library
• Université Notre-Dame
• Management
• Administration

Informations

• Publié par: University of Notre Dame Press
• Date de parution: 15 novembre 2016
• Nombre de lectures: 0
• EAN13: 9780268100629
• Langue: English
• Poids de l'ouvrage: 7 Mo

Extrait

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Published by the University of Notre Dame Press Notre Dame, Indiana 46556 www.undpress.nd.edu Copyright © 2016 by the University of Notre Dame

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Manufactured in the United States of America

Library of Congréss Cataloging-in-Publication Data

Names: Gura, David Turco, author. Title: A descriptive catalogue of the medieval and Renaissance manuscripts of the University of Notre Dame and Saint Mary’s College / David T. Gura. Description: Notre Dame, Indiana : University of Notre Dame Press, 2016. | Includes bibliographical references and index. Identifiers: LCCN 2016032984 (print) | LCCN 2016042351 (ebook) | ISBN 9780268100605 (hardcover) | ISBN 0268100608 (hardcover) | ISBN 9780268100629 (pdf ) Subjects: LCSH: University of Notre Dame. Library — Catalogs. | Snite Museum of Art — Catalogs. | Cushwa-Leighton Library — Catalogs. | Manuscripts, Medieval —Indiana —Notre Dame — Catalogs. | Manuscripts, Renaissance —Indiana —Notre Dame — Catalogs. | BISAC: REFERENCE / Catalogs. | LITERARY CRITICISM / Renaissance. | LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Library & Information Science / Cataloging & Classification. Classification: LCC Z6621. U6646 G87 2016 (print) | LCC Z6621. U6646 (ebook) | DDC 011/.31— dc23 LC record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2016032984 ISBN 9780268100629 ∞This papér mééts thé réquiréménts of ANSI/NISO Z39.48-1992 (Pérmanéncé of Papér). This eBook was converted from the original source file by a thirdparty vendor. Readers who notice any formatting, textual, or readability issues are encouraged to contact the publisher at [e-mail].

In mémoriam

Olivia Remie Constable (1960 – 2014)

Contents

Preface and Acknowledgments

List of Plates

List of Manuscripts By Repository with Short Description By Century By Country or Region By Language

List of Abbreviations

Introduction Criteria for Selection Formation of the Collections and Fonds in Use Overview of the Collection Utility of the Collection Method of Citation Format of Entries Arrangement of Entries

Catalogue University of Notre Dame, Hesburgh Library Codices Latini Vernacular Manuscripts Fragments Constable Manuscripts University of Notre Dame, Snite Museum of Art Saint Mary’s College, Cushwa-Leighton Library

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Contents

Appendices 1. Former and Permanent Hesburgh Library Shelfmarks 2. North American Manuscripts by State or Province 3. Tables of Distribution of Watermarks

Bibliography

Index of Manuscripts Cited

Index of Incipits

General Index

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Preface and Acknowledgments

When I first arrived at the University of Notre Dame, my initial task as Curator of Ancient and Medieval Manuscripts was to develop a new shelfmark system for perpetual use. It quickly became apparent that the value of this collection for both teaching and research was not well known within the university community and was virtually unkown outside of it. I began the present project in the Fall of 2010, namely, to update and correct the previous catalogue by J. Corbett, and to describe all the materials acquired since . . . but the manu- scripts kept coming. Many of the “new” manuscripts were acquired to increase the collec- tion’s breadth and for pedagogical purposes, especially in support of new courses in paleog- raphy and codicology that I developed at the suggestion of the late Olivia Remie Constable, then the Robert M. Conway Director of the Medieval Institute, and with the support of Louis E. Jordan, who was head of Rare Books and Special Collections. Other manuscripts were selected in consultation with Margot Fassler and Peter Jeffery for the Sacred Music Program. The spirit of inquiry and the newly found “manuscript mania” at Notre Dame led me to search for manuscripts beyond the Hesburgh Library. Those held by the Snite Mu- seum of Art and Saint Mary’s College, once known to only a select few and never described, are now widely accessible for the first time. David Ganz once told me that a man could spend his entire life writing a manuscript catalogue. I now understand what he meant. Anyone who has done a similar project knows well that two sets of eyes are better than one, and in this regard I owe thanks to many people. Foremost, I wish to thank all those in the University of Notre Dame and Saint Mary’s College communities who supported this project, contributed funds for the acquisition of manuscripts, shared their opinions, and brought their classes into the Rare Book Room (in alphabetical order): Prof. Chris Abram, Roberta Baranowski, Tracy Bergstrom, Prof. Alex- anderBlachly,Prof.W.MartinBloomer,Prof.MaureenBoulton,Prof.CalvinBower,Prof. Theodore Cachey, Rebecca Ceravolo, Aedín Ní Bhróithe Clements, Prof. Shawn Colberg,

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