Buchlein der Ewigen Weisheit (fragment).

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Title: Buchlein der Ewigen Weisheit (fragment).
Creator: Seuse, Heinrich, 1295-1366
Published / Created: [between 1340 and 1360].
Publication Place: SW Germany or N. Switzerland
Abstract: Manuscript fragment on parchment of Heinrich Seuse's Buchlein der Ewigen Weisheit; this is among the earliest known copies of the work and is written in a transitional dialect between Swabian and Alemannic
Description: In Middle High German.
Script: written in gothic script (littera textualis).
Decoration: 3-line initials at the beginning of chapters are in red; 1-line initials are in black highlighted with red; rubrics are written in red in the same script as the text; punctuated with the punctus and virgule.
Provenance: These fragments were used as the binding for another volume.
Extent: ff. 1-4 : 171 x 121 mm.
Extent of Digitization: This object has been completely digitized.
Language: German, Middle High (ca. 1050-1500)

Genre: Prayers and devotions
Manuscripts, Medieval Germany 14th century
Manuscripts, Medieval Switzerland 14th century
Medieval and Renaissance Manuscript Fragments in Beinecke Library
Medieval and Renaissance Manuscripts in Beinecke Library
Material: parchment ;
Resource Type: unspecified
Subject (Geographic): Connecticut
New Haven.
Subject (Name): Catholic Church
Subject (Topic): Manuscripts, Medieval
Subjects: Catholic Church > Prayers and devotions
Manuscripts, Medieval > Connecticut > New Haven
Germany > 14th century
Switzerland > 14th century
Medieval and Renaissance Manuscript Fragments in Beinecke Library
Medieval and Renaissance Manuscripts in Beinecke Library

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Citation: Heinrich Seuse, Buchlein der Ewigen Weisheit (fragment). General Collection, Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Yale University.