Latin commentaries on two sequences

Description

Title: Latin commentaries on two sequences
Published / Created: [between 1400 and 1500]
Publication Place: Northwestern Germany
Abstract: Manuscript on paper containing 1) Commentarius in sequentiam “Ave preclara maris stella”, falsely attributed to Caesarius de Heisterbach O. Cist.(c. 1180-c. 1240). 2) Commentarius in sequentiam “Benedictio Trine Unitati”. 3) Addition to art. 2, dealing with the Hebrew alphabet. 4) Humorous note explaining why the eater of cheese (obviously a most unhealthy food) will never thrust a wine-goblet from his hood (?), why he never will be bitten by a dog and why a thief will never enter his house
Description: In Latin.
Script: main text copied by one hand writing Gothica Cursiva Libraria marked by striking hairlines at r and final t. Quotations are clumsily written in a deviating form of Northern Gothica Textualis. Ascenders at the top line are often lengthened and decorated. Art. 5 is copied in a more rapid form of Gothica Cursiva Libraria, possibly by the same hand.
Provenance: Purchased on the Edwin J. Beinecke Fund.
Extent: ff. 32 :
Extent of Digitization: This object has been completely digitized.
Language: Latin

Genre: Manuscripts, Medieval Germany 15th century
Medieval and Renaissance Manuscripts in Beinecke Library
Material: paper.
Resource Type: unspecified
Subject (Geographic): Connecticut
New Haven.
Subject (Name): Hermannus, Contractus, 1013-1054.
Subject (Topic): Devotional literature, Latin (Medieval and modern)
Hebrew language
Alphabet
Manuscripts, Medieval
Subjects: Hermannus, Contractus, 1013-1054
Devotional literature, Latin (Medieval and modern)
Hebrew language > Alphabet
Manuscripts, Medieval > Connecticut > New Haven
Germany > 15th century
Medieval and Renaissance Manuscripts in Beinecke Library

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Citation: Latin Commentaries on Two Sequences. General Collection, Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Yale University.