Manuscript fragment on vellum of 1 leaf from a Breviary, with Feasts of Saint Luke (October 18) and the 11,000 Virgins (October 21).
Description:
In Latin., Two 10-line historiated initials, blue on red background and red on blue background, both letter and background decorated with white penwork, patches of gold in the corners, with foliate marginal extensions. Yellow stroking of majuscules. Red rubrics and 1-line versals. Alternately red and blue half inset 3-line flourished initials with penwork respectively in blue and purple, with marginal extensions., and Script: copied by one hand in small Northern Gothica Textualis Formata.
Subject (Geographic):
Connecticut and New Haven.
Subject (Name):
Ursula, Saint. and Catholic Church
Subject (Topic):
Liturgy, Breviaries, Illumination of books and manuscripts, Medieval, and Manuscripts, Medieval
Manuscript, in the hand of Theodoricus de Harlem, on paper and parchment, containing a collection of works by Jean Gerson: De spirituali mendicitate, De viciis ministrorum ecclesie, Sermo de tribulationibus ecclesie, De pollutione diurnis, Expositio clausule dominice, Oratio anxii peccatoris, Considerationes XII, De monte contemplationis (originally written in French), and Alphabetum divini amoris (written by Johannes Nider, commonly attribued to Jean Gerson).
Alternative Title:
Nine tracts
Description:
In Latin., Title devised by cataloger., Script: gothic textualis., Decoration: three-line initials in red ink. Rubrication., Layout: single column of 32 lines., Binding: 15th-century brown leather over wooden boards; rebacked in 1986 by J. Macdonald., Manuscript note on front pastedown: Liber domus sancte Barbare in Colonia ordinis Carthusiensis in quo continentur subscripta ..., and Colophon (f. 48): Scriptum per manus fratris Theoderici de Harlem monachi domus sancte Barbare in Colonia carthusiensis ordinis. Anno domini 1456. Anno etatis sue 65.
BEIN Zi +1215: For fuller description see collation-leaf in volume. Fol. 1, blank, wanting. and Bound with: 2 binding fragments cataloged separately. To view other titles search by call number: Zi +1215
Title from text above image., Date supplied by curator., Place of publication derived from publisher information., Text in German and French., and This electronic record is derived from historic data and may not reflect our current information. Review and updating of records is ongoing.
Publisher:
Gerhart Altzenbach Exc
Subject (Topic):
Plague, Death (Personification)., Crossbows, Arrows, Skeletons, and Hourglasses
Title and date from item., Place of publication derived from publisher information., Text in German, Latin, and French., and This electronic record is derived from historic data and may not reflect our current information. Review and updating of records is ongoing.
Title and date from item., Place of publication supplied by curator., and This electronic record is derived from historic data and may not reflect our current information. Review and updating of records is ongoing.
Publisher:
Zu Collen bei Johann Büssenmacher und Conrad Goltzius. Im Jar 1597
