German miscellany
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Description
- Title
- German miscellany
- Published / Created
- 1466 (?).
- Publication Place
- Southern Germany or Austria
- Abstract
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Manuscript on paper, composed in 3 parts, of unidentified sermons. The three sections appear to have the same origin and to have been united soon after their making. The scribe and owner was a lay brother in the convent of Augustinian Canons St. Dorothea in Vienna
- Description
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In German and Latin.
Watermarks: Part I: balance, var. Piccard, Waage V.331?; star, var. Briquet 6077?. Part II: bull's head, unidentified?. Part III: column var. Briquet 4408?; bull's head var. Briquet 14825? (last three folios).
Script: Part I (ff. 1-76) copied by various hands writing Gothica Cursiva Libraria with Bastarda features. Part II (ff. 77-160) copied by one hand in Gothica Cursiva Libraria with Bastarda features. Part III (ff. 161-261) copied by five hands in Gothica Cursiva Libraria.
Part I: Headings in red, often missing; heightening of the majuscules in red; plain red 4-line initials; they are flourished with black penwork on ff.18v-19r. Part II: Headings in red, sometimes missing. Red heightening of majuscules on ff. 125v-126r only. Spaces and guide-letters for 2-3 line initials (4-line initial on f. 77r) , which have not been executed.
Part III: The decoration of art. 15 consists of 3-4 line plain initials in red; at the opening a 5-line flourished initial in red. Art. 16 has red stroking of the opening majuscules of all verses and 2-line plain red initials. In art. 17 the majuscules are heightened with red. The Fables in art. 15 are illustrated with unframed watercoloured pen drawings.
Binding: Contemporary blind-tooled calf over unbevelled wooden boards, worm-eaten. Spine with three raised bands. Remnants of two brass clasps attached to the rear cover, containing several times the inscription in relief "Osan". - Provenance
- Collection of A.R.A. Hobson, London. Purchased from Laurence Witten, Oct. 1984, on the Edwin J. Beinecke Fund.
- Extent
- 290 x 210 mm.
- Extent of Digitization
- This object has been completely digitized.
- Language
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German
Collection Information
- Repository
- Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library
- Call Number
- Beinecke MS 653
- Related Resource Online
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Subjects, Formats, And Genres
- Genre
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Sermons
Early works to 1800
Manuscripts, Medieval Austria 15th century
Manuscripts, Medieval Germany 15th century
Medieval and Renaissance Manuscripts in Beinecke Library - Resource Type
- unspecified
- Subject (Geographic)
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Connecticut
New Haven. - Subject (Name)
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Augustinian Canons.
Catholic Church - Subject (Topic)
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Illumination of books and manuscripts, Medieval
Manuscripts, Medieval
Sermons
Sermons, German - Subjects
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Augustinian Canons
Catholic Church > Sermons
Illumination of books and manuscripts, Medieval
Manuscripts, Medieval > Connecticut > New Haven
Sermons > Early works to 1800
Sermons, German > Early works to 1800
Austria > 15th century
Germany > 15th century
Medieval and Renaissance Manuscripts in Beinecke Library
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- Public
- Rights
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- Citation
- German Miscellany. General Collection, Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Yale University.
Identifiers
- Orbis Record
- 9615919
- Object ID (OID)
- 2066897
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