Horologium sapientiae
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Description
- Title
- Horologium sapientiae
- Creator
- Seuse, Heinrich, 1295-1366
- Contributor
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Franciscans--Manuscripts
Seuse, Heinrich,--1295-1366 - Published / Created
- [ca. 1450]
- Publication Place
- France,
- Abstract
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Manuscript on parchment of The Horloge de Sapience, a loose translation and adaptation into French of Henry Suso, Horologium sapientiae. With a Colophon, in French verse, stating that the translation was made by a French Franciscan master of theology at Neufchateau in 1389.
- Description
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Binding: 1800-1810, France. Diced brown calf, blind-and gold-tooled. Edges gilt. Stains from turn-ins of early binding on original front parchment pastedown. Rebacked.
Plain initials, 4- to 1-line, headings, paragraph marks, initial strokes, foliation and underlining, all in red.
Purchased from Maggs Bros. of London in 1955 by L. C. Witten, who sold it in 1957 to Thomas E. Marston.
Script: Written in batarde script, below top line. - Extent
- ff. ii + i + 181 + ii : parchment ; 324 x 222 (228 x 140) mm.
- Extent of Digitization
- This object has been completely digitized.
- Language
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French, Middle (ca.1400-1600)
Collection Information
- Repository
- Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library
- Call Number
- Marston MS 145
Subjects, Formats, And Genres
- Format
- text
- Genre
- Manuscripts
- Resource Type
- Archives or Manuscripts
- Subject (Name)
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Franciscans--Manuscripts
Seuse, Heinrich,--1295-1366 - Subject (Topic)
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Devotional literature, French
Literature, Medieval--Translations
Manuscripts, Medieval--Connecticut--New Haven
Medieval and Renaissance Manuscripts in Beinecke Library
Mysticism--Early works to 1800
Access And Usage Rights
- Access
- Public
- Rights
- The use of this image may be subject to the copyright law of the United States (Title 17, United States Code) or to site license or other rights management terms and conditions. The person using the image is liable for any infringement.
- Citation
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Henry Suso, Horologium Sapientiae. General Collection, Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Yale University.
Shailor, B. Catalogue of Medieval and Renaissance Manuscripts in the Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Marston MS 145.
Identifiers
- Orbis Record
- 9810934
- Object ID (OID)
- 11403244
- More Information
- https://pre1600ms.beinecke.library.yale.edu/docs/pre1600.mars145.htm