Orationes of the Vita Christi (fragments).
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Description
- Title
- Orationes of the Vita Christi (fragments).
- Alternative Title
- Vita Christi
- Creator
- Ludolf, von Sachsen, approximately 1300-1377 or 1378
- Contributor
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Desmonts, J., binder.
James MacDonald Co., binder. - Published / Created
- [between 1500 and 1550]
- Publication Place
- France
- Abstract
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Illuminated manuscript fragments of medical interest, on parchment, of a collection of Orationes in Ludolf von Sachsen's Vita Christi. F. 1: inveniri. Fac ut voluntatem ... resurgat a peccatis. (I. 40-42); f. 2: Domine deus om[n]ipotens ... verbo dei ac mee [et] (I. 71-72); f. 3: Presta misericors deus ... stent portitores occasiones pec (I. 42-44); f. 4: aliorum saluti. Amen ... preterit a peccata (I. 73-74); f. 5: tionum flatibus et motibus ... crucis ascendisti in (I. 46-48).
- Description
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In Latin.
Formerly known as "The Book of Hours." Leaves identified by Peter Kidd, 2017, as part of the Vita Christi of Ludolph of Saxony. Additional leaves discovered in the Harry Ransom, HRC Leaf 18, and Detroit Art Institute, reference number 69.277.
Title devised by cataloger.
Script: humanist minuscule.
Decoration: text in yellow frame. Two-line initials in white, blue, and gold with floral motifs. Titles in blue ink. Red, blue, and gold line fillers.
Ten miniatures in ink, tempera, and gold, framed by columns: Jesus, accompanied by two apostles, heals man with leprosy (f. 1r); Jesus, accompanied by two apostles, stands beside centurion and bed-ridden servant (f. 1v); Jesus stands in field of wheat, accompanied by three apostles (f. 2r); Jesus, accompanied by apostle, heals man with withered hand--two men (Pharisees) stand behind him (f. 2v); Jesus frees possessed man from red demon (f. 3v); Jesus raises child from grave--mother looks on (f. 3v); Jesus frees possessed man from red demon (f. 4r); Jesus in front of city, talks to crowd (f. 4v); Jesus, accompanied by unidentified person, frees two possessed men from black and gold demons (f. 5r); Jesus, accompanied by unidentified person, heals bed-ridden paralyzed man (f. 5v).
Layout: written in 1 column of 21 lines.
Binding: modern cloth binding over pasteboard signed by binder: Bound by J. Desmonts / J. Macdonald Co. / Norwalk. Conn.
Foliation of original sequence(?) in modern pencil on recto: 38, 55, 39, 72, 72.y52; and foliation of order of fragments (i.e., 1-5) in modern pencil on verso. - Provenance
- Provenance in accompanying note in modern pencil: 5 leaves of medical interest from illuminated MSS. (Books of the hour?) brought to the Historical Library by Dr. E. C. Streeter ca. 1945.
- Extent
- 1 item (5 leaves) : 175 mm x 107 mm.
- Extent of Digitization
- This object has been completely digitized.
- Language
-
Latin
Collection Information
- Repository
- Medical Historical Library, Cushing/Whitney Medical Library
- Call Number
- Manuscript 55 vault
Subjects, Formats, And Genres
- Genre
-
Biography
Early works to 1800
Illuminated manuscripts
Signed bindings - Material
- parchment, ill. ;
- Resource Type
- text
- Subject (Geographic)
- France.
- Subject (Name)
- Jesus Christ
- Subject (Topic)
-
Miracles
Healing
Biblical teaching
Illumination of books and manuscripts, Medieval - Subjects
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Jesus Christ > Biography > Early works to 1800
Jesus Christ > Miracles > Early works to 1800
Healing > Biblical teaching > Early works to 1800
Illumination of books and manuscripts, Medieval > France
Streeter, Edward Clark, 1874-1947 > Ownership
Access And Usage Rights
- Access
- Public
- Rights
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Identifiers
- Orbis Record
- 3696979
- Object ID (OID)
- 16960332
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