Der heiligen leben (sommerteil).

Description

Title: Der heiligen leben (sommerteil).
Published / Created: approximately 1400-1499.
Publication Place: Germany
Abstract: Manuscript, on paper with a table of contents on a single parchment leaf, in a single hand, containing the "Summer" portion of this Dominican-compiled German legendary
Description: In Middle High German.
Bookseller description available.
Layout: Double columns of mostly 35 lines.
Script: German cursive.
Decoration: some rubrication. Three-line and one-line capitals in red.
Binding: tooled and stamped brown leather over wooden boards; four-compartmented spine. Remains of metal clasps with leather straps.
Provenance: Purchased from Peter Kiefer on the Henry Fletcher Fund, 2020.
Extent: i + i + 294 + i : 220 mm x 170 mm
Extent of Digitization: This object has been completely digitized.
Language: German, Middle High (ca. 1050-1500)

Genre: Legends
Early works to 1800
Manuscripts, Medieval Germany 15th century
Medieval and Renaissance Manuscripts in Beinecke Library
Material: paper (with 1 parchment leaf) ;
Resource Type: text
Subject (Geographic): Connecticut
New Haven.
Subject (Topic): Christian saints
Manuscripts, Medieval
Saints
Lives and legends
Subjects: Christian saints > Legends > Early works to 1800
Manuscripts, Medieval > Connecticut > New Haven
Saints > Early works to 1800
Saints > Lives and legends > Early works to 1800
Germany > 15th century
Medieval and Renaissance Manuscripts in Beinecke Library

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Citation: Der Heiligen Leben (Sommerteil). General Collection, Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Yale University.