Gradual of Abbot Mścisław | |
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National Library of Poland | |
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Also known as | Graduale de tempore et de sanctis |
Type | codex, gradual |
Date | c. 1390 |
Place of origin | Benedictine Abbey in Tyniec |
Language(s) | Latin |
Size | 55.5x38 cm, 328 lvs (656 pp.) [1] |
Accession | Rps 12722 V [2] |
Gradual of Abbot Mścisław ( Polish: Graduał opata Mścisława) is an illuminated gradual from around 1390. [3]
The gradual was produced around 1390 on the initiative of Mścisław, abbot of the Benedictine Abbey in Tyniec (currently a part of Kraków). [3] [4] The Gradual was used for a long time. [4] This is indicated by the additions from 1569 the index dating from 1632 and 16th-century binding. [4] After the dissolution of the Tyniec monastery in 1817, the manuscript was transferred to the Library of Lviv University. [3] [4] It came to the National Library of Poland after World War II. [3]
The manuscript contains liturgical songs along with a musical notation, richly decorated by illuminators from Lesser Poland. [3] The decoration of the manuscript was done by two painters and completed by a third. [4] The pages are adorned with 11 initials with figurative miniatures and floral decorations on the margins. [1] The first page of the codex contains an image of Abbot Mścisław himself praying at the side of St Gregory the Great. [3] [4]
From May 2024, the manuscript is presented at a permanent exhibition in the Palace of the Commonwealth. [5]
Gradual of Abbot Mścisław | |
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National Library of Poland | |
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Also known as | Graduale de tempore et de sanctis |
Type | codex, gradual |
Date | c. 1390 |
Place of origin | Benedictine Abbey in Tyniec |
Language(s) | Latin |
Size | 55.5x38 cm, 328 lvs (656 pp.) [1] |
Accession | Rps 12722 V [2] |
Gradual of Abbot Mścisław ( Polish: Graduał opata Mścisława) is an illuminated gradual from around 1390. [3]
The gradual was produced around 1390 on the initiative of Mścisław, abbot of the Benedictine Abbey in Tyniec (currently a part of Kraków). [3] [4] The Gradual was used for a long time. [4] This is indicated by the additions from 1569 the index dating from 1632 and 16th-century binding. [4] After the dissolution of the Tyniec monastery in 1817, the manuscript was transferred to the Library of Lviv University. [3] [4] It came to the National Library of Poland after World War II. [3]
The manuscript contains liturgical songs along with a musical notation, richly decorated by illuminators from Lesser Poland. [3] The decoration of the manuscript was done by two painters and completed by a third. [4] The pages are adorned with 11 initials with figurative miniatures and floral decorations on the margins. [1] The first page of the codex contains an image of Abbot Mścisław himself praying at the side of St Gregory the Great. [3] [4]
From May 2024, the manuscript is presented at a permanent exhibition in the Palace of the Commonwealth. [5]