Illuminated manuscripts in classical and mediaeval times, their art and their techniqueMiddleton, J. H. (John Henry)
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Illuminated manuscripts in classical and mediaeval times, their art and their technique
Middleton, J. H. (John Henry)
Illumination of books and manuscripts; Manuscripts
Item pro scriptura dictarum xlvj quaternionum xv s.
Item ad notandum dictas quaterniones vij s. vj d.
Item pro illuminacione ij s. ix d.
Item pro ligacione ij s. vj d.
Summa xxxvij s. iiij d.
Summa Totalis Expensarum xiiij li. ix s. iij d.
Et sic debentur computanter xij s. vij d.
probatur per auditores quos r[ecepit] de
Ricardo Shawe tunc precentore. Et sic
equatur."
From these accounts we learn that six manuscripts were written, illuminated
and bound, one of them with gold or silver clasps or bosses, at a total
cost of £14. 9_s._ 3_d._, more than £150 in modern value.
The books were a _Textus_ or _Evangeliarium_, a _Martyrologium_, an
_Antiphonale_ and three _Processionals_.
£ s. d.
The _Evangeliarium_ was written on 19 _quaternions_
(quires)[234] of vellum, costing 8_d._ each, total 12 8
Black ink 1 2
A bottle to hold the ink 10
Vermilion 9
The scribe's "commons" (food) for eighteen
weeks 15 0
Payment to the scribe 13 4
Corrections and adding coloured initials 3 0
Illumination 3 4
Binding 3 4
Goldsmith's work (on the binding) 1 0 0
Two journeys to London and other smaller
items, making a total of £3. 15_s._ 8_d._
The _Martyrologium_ was partly written on 7
quaternions of vellum[235], costing 8_d._ each quaternion 4 8
Payment to the scribe 15 0
Illumination 5 10
Binding 2 2
Coloured initials 8
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Total 1 8 4
The _Antiphonale_ was written on 34 quaternions
of larger and more expensive sheets of
vellum, costing 15_d._ a quaternion[236] 2 2 6
Payments to the scribe 3 3 0
Adding the musical notation 1 0 6
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