Das leiden Ihesu Christi, etc

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Title: Das leiden Ihesu Christi, etc
Published / Created: [between 1450 and 1500]
Publication Place: Germany
Abstract: Manuscript on paper of 1) Das Leiden Ihesu Christi. 2) Prayers for a woman
Description: In German.
Script: Written in uptight informal batarde by a single scribe.
Ordinary blue initials, 2-line, on ff. 1r and 76r, with crude penwork designs in red. Plain 1-line initials, paragraph marks, headings, and letter strokes, as well as some corrections, in red.
Binding: 16th-17th centuries. Wooden boards, slightly cut in at the fore-edge for two catches on the upper cover and covered in brown calf, blind-tooled in a curvilinear design, are probably early. The rest of the stab-sewn, rebacked binding obviously is not. Upper board detached, fastenings wanting.
Provenance: Purchased from Robert F. Metzdorf in 1956 with funds from the William Lyon Phelps Memorial.
Extent: ff. ii + i + 76 + ii : 150 x 108 (102 x 63) mm.
Extent of Digitization: This object has been completely digitized.
Language: German, Middle High (ca. 1050-1500)

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): Jesus Christ
Subject (Topic): Passion
Christian literature, German
Manuscripts, Medieval
Subjects: Jesus Christ > Passion
Christian literature, German
Manuscripts, Medieval > Connecticut > New Haven
Germany > 15th century
Medieval and Renaissance Manuscripts in Beinecke Library

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Citation: Das Leiden Ihesu Christi, etc. General Collection, Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Yale University.