An elephant manuscript in a Franciscan Nunnery: fragment PL SS-Muz 6.4 of Stary Sącz

• Authors: Katarzyna Grochowska
• Languages of publication: EN

Abstracts

EN

The article aims to reconstruct and contextualize a parchment fragment stored at the Franciscan Nunnery of the Saint Clare Order at Stary Sącz. The fragment has unusual features: the Latin text, music staff, and music notation are enormously large, contrasting features of other Stary Sącz liturgical books. The analysis reveals that the fragment is in line with other Kraków diocese manuscripts and was not originally part of the nunnery’s collection. The reconstruction of the folio indicates that the original manuscript, whether gradual or sequentiary, was unusually large, even larger than the famous Krakow Jan Olbracht Gradual. Moreover, the fragment bears witness to the production of at least one oversized liturgical book – an elephant-sized manuscript –, which took place on the territory of the Krakow diocese, probably in the late 15th century.

Keywords

EN

Stary Sącz; Kraków; Saint Clare Order; Grates nunc omnes; parchment fragments; folio reconstruction; elephant-sized manuscript; oversized manuscript; forma regalis; sequentiary; Jan Olbracht Gradual

Discipline

• HISTORY: HISTORY

• Publisher: Masaryk's Institute and Archives, ASCR
• Journal: Studie o rukopisech (Manuscript Studies)
• Year: 2024
• Volume: 54
• Issue: 1-2
• Pages: 36-47
• Document type: ARTICLE

Contributors

author

Katarzyna Grochowska

• Masarykův ústav a Archiv AV ČR, v. v. i., Gabčíkova 2362/10, 182 00 Praha 1, Czech Republic