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27 - [MANUSCRIT]. [MISSEL]. [SAVOIE]. [CARMES].
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[MANUSCRIT]. [MISSEL]. [SAVOIE]. [CARMES]. Missal noted. In Latin, ornate manuscript on parchment. France (La Rochette in Savoy?) or Switzerland, circa 1500. 31 ff, bastard script in brown ink, 20 lines per page, ruled parchment (justification: 107 x 155 mm), rubrics in bright red, capitals highlighted in red, initials painted in red, music notated on 4-line staves drawn in brown ink (square notation). Bound in full dark brown calf over wood, spine with 3 nerves, boards decorated with cold motifs (repeated column motif in the outer frame, crossed cold fillets in the central frame), brass bolt in the centre of the boards, brass clasp with "JHS" in a circle with rays, brass fastener (damaged, detached from the lower board). Boards rubbed and worn; spine redone. Size of leaves: 220 x 145 mm; size of binding: 240 x 155 mm. Manuscript copied in a Savoyard or Helvetic context with a particular devotion to Saint Bartholomew (see at the beginning the Mass noted in honour of Saint Bartholomew (ff. 2-6)). Further research will reveal whether it was originally copied for a Carmelite foundation or whether it was copied for a place with a particular devotion to Saint Bartholomew. Two inscriptions (fol. 26v) indicate that the work belonged to Carmelites associated with the Latin name "Ruppellensis": "Frater Claudius Jallieti carmelita conventus Rupelle"; "Friallonis carmellita Ruppeenlensis natione Anessici Veteris diocesis Gebencis M° V° 42 [1542]". Jalliet" is a family name common in Savoie and Switzerland, particularly in Geneva; "Friallon" is said to be a Carmelite monk, also from "Ruppeenlensis", from Annecy-le-Vieux, diocese of Geneva. There is the problem of the Latin form 'Ruppellensis', which usually refers to La Rochelle, which would be difficult to explain given the context. There is a place called La Rochette (Savoie) with Latin forms attested as "Rupela" ("apud Rupeculam" in 1252; see E. Nègre, Toponymie générale de la France : étymologie de 35 000 noms de lieux, Genève, 1990). The name La Rochette or Larochette refers to the rock on which the castle was built. Larochette is mentioned as early as 1176, in the Latin form "Rupe" (rupes in Latin meaning "rock"). In 1182, we find a Romanesque form, which is a diminutive: "Roketa". In 1310, a Latin form was found, also a diminutive: "Rupella". In Larochette (Savoie), there are traces of the Carmes Abbey, with a "Place des Carmes" still named after it. The Carmelites made their appearance at La Rochette, at the request of the lords Hugues and Pierre, on 20 March 1329 [AD de Savoie, 25 H 1 et 2] (see Leguay, J.-P. "Urbanisme et ordres mendiants : l'exemple de la Savoie et de Genève (XIIIe-début XVIe siècle)", in Religion et mentalités au Moyen Age. Mélanges en l'honneur d'Hervé Martin, Rennes, 2003). Nothing remains of the Carmelite convent church at La Rochette, completed in December 1466. A 17th century inscription on fol. 26v seems to suggest that the manuscript was still in Savoie: "Hodie vigesima quarta augusti anni 1680 benedicta fuit hoc oratorium de novo constructum...canonicum Sancti Petri Tharentasiae nec non Sancti Mauritii parrochia praepositum". He was probably a canon of Saint-Pierre cathedral in Moûtiers-Tarentaise (Haute-Savoie).
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