Manuscript on paper of Jacobus de Voragine, O.P. (ca. 1230-1298), Sermones Quadragesimales. Also contains two collections of excerpts from various sermons, with lemmata; and Pseudo-Anselm of Canterbury, Planctus de passione Domini
Description:
Script: The main body of the manuscript (artt. 2-5) is copied by various hands in Gothica Cursiva Libraria/Currens. Art. 1 is in Gothica Cursiva Libraria (Bastarda); and art. 6 is in Gothica Cursiva Antiquior Libraria., Decoration: Limited; art. 1 is undecorated; artt. 2-6 contain red headings, stroking of majuscules, paragraph marks, and 2-line plain initials. There are three identical 15th century ownership inscriptions of the Salvatorberg Charterhouse, belonging to the Carthusians in Erfurt, Germany., Binding: Original undecorated red pigskin over bevelled wooden boards, sewn on four split leather thongs. There are remnants of two leather straps attached to the rear that would clasp to the front board by (now lost) pins. Five bosses on each cover., and In Latin.
Subject (Geographic):
Connecticut and New Haven.
Subject (Name):
Jacobus, de Voragine, approximately 1229-1298., Catholic Church, Dominicans., and Carthusians.
