Calendar and handbook for the Carthusian Order of Wuerzburg

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Title: Calendar and handbook for the Carthusian Order of Wuerzburg
Published / Created: 1463
Publication Place: Wuerzburg
Abstract: Manuscript on parchment of a Carthusian calendar, prescriptions for diet, drinks and blood-letting, and collects and prayers for various occasions
Description: In Latin and German.
Script: copied by six hands in various scripts.
Writing in black and red ink. Red stroking of majuscules (not in last section) and red paragraph marks. Red plain initials, 1-5 lines.
Binding: undecorated s. XVIII (?) parchment binding over pasteboard, with green marbled endleaves.
Provenance: Copied in the Charterhouse Engelgarten at Würzburg (1465 September 1). Purchased on the Edwin J. Beinecke Fund.
Extent: ff. 32 : 180 x 110 mm.
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: parchment ;
Resource Type: unspecified
Subject (Geographic): Connecticut
New Haven.
Würzburg (Germany)
Subject (Name): Carthusians.
Subject (Topic): Manuscripts, Medieval
Monasticism and religious orders
Religious calendars
Subjects: Carthusians
Manuscripts, Medieval > Connecticut > New Haven
Monasticism and religious orders
Religious calendars
Würzburg (Germany)
Germany > 15th century
Medieval and Renaissance Manuscripts in Beinecke Library

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Citation: Calendar and Handbook for the Carthusian Order of Wuerzburg. General Collection, Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Yale University.