Ludolf, von Sachsen, approximately 1300-1377 or 1378
Published / Created:
[between 1500 and 1550]
Call Number:
Manuscript 55 vault
Image Count:
16
Resource Type:
text
Abstract:
Illuminated manuscript fragments of medical interest, on parchment, of a collection of Orationes in Ludolf von Sachsen's Vita Christi. F. 1: inveniri. Fac ut voluntatem ... resurgat a peccatis. (I. 40-42); f. 2: Domine deus om[n]ipotens ... verbo dei ac mee [et] (I. 71-72); f. 3: Presta misericors deus ... stent portitores occasiones pec (I. 42-44); f. 4: aliorum saluti. Amen ... preterit a peccata (I. 73-74); f. 5: tionum flatibus et motibus ... crucis ascendisti in (I. 46-48).
Alternative Title:
Vita Christi
Description:
In Latin., Formerly known as "The Book of Hours." Leaves identified by Peter Kidd, 2017, as part of the Vita Christi of Ludolph of Saxony. Additional leaves discovered in the Harry Ransom, HRC Leaf 18, and Detroit Art Institute, reference number 69.277., Title devised by cataloger., Script: humanist minuscule., Decoration: text in yellow frame. Two-line initials in white, blue, and gold with floral motifs. Titles in blue ink. Red, blue, and gold line fillers., Ten miniatures in ink, tempera, and gold, framed by columns: Jesus, accompanied by two apostles, heals man with leprosy (f. 1r); Jesus, accompanied by two apostles, stands beside centurion and bed-ridden servant (f. 1v); Jesus stands in field of wheat, accompanied by three apostles (f. 2r); Jesus, accompanied by apostle, heals man with withered hand--two men (Pharisees) stand behind him (f. 2v); Jesus frees possessed man from red demon (f. 3v); Jesus raises child from grave--mother looks on (f. 3v); Jesus frees possessed man from red demon (f. 4r); Jesus in front of city, talks to crowd (f. 4v); Jesus, accompanied by unidentified person, frees two possessed men from black and gold demons (f. 5r); Jesus, accompanied by unidentified person, heals bed-ridden paralyzed man (f. 5v)., Layout: written in 1 column of 21 lines., Binding: modern cloth binding over pasteboard signed by binder: Bound by J. Desmonts / J. Macdonald Co. / Norwalk. Conn., and Foliation of original sequence(?) in modern pencil on recto: 38, 55, 39, 72, 72.y52; and foliation of order of fragments (i.e., 1-5) in modern pencil on verso.
Subject (Geographic):
France.
Subject (Name):
Jesus Christ
Subject (Topic):
Miracles, Healing, Biblical teaching, and Illumination of books and manuscripts, Medieval
Manuscript, on paper, in at least three unidentified hands, containing a collection of medical texts. Includes: recipes for cosmetics (ff. 1-10), herbal (ff. 11-28), medical and pharmacological treatise (ff. 28-42), Petrus Hispanus' Thesaurus Pauperum (ff. 44-122), medical recipes (ff. 123-125), De dolore capitis et emigrania et dolore dencium et gutturis (ff. 126-135), medical recipes--some in English (ff. 135-136), De passionibus et opillacionibus epatis et splenis et apostematibus (ff. 138-141), medical recipes (ff. 141-152), Constantinus Africanus' De passionibus matricis et de omni fluxu menstruoso (ff. 153-166), medical recipes (ff. 167-192).
Description:
In Latin and Middle English., Title assigned by cataloger., Script: secretary hand., Layout: single column of around 25 lines., Binding: fifteenth-century English dark brown leather binding, blind-tooled with a single strap and clasp. Later covered by a sheepskin chemise binding, now wanting. Pictures available in manuscript file., Watermarks include a bull’s head (Briquet 14345 or 6), and an armorial shield with 3 fleur-de-lys (Briquet 1697 or 8)., and Front pastedown is early printed waste (Dutch or Italian) containing work on clerical topics (e.g. fugiens clericus). End papers are rubricated, 15th-century vellum leaves from a religious work.
Subject (Topic):
Materia medica, Medicine, Manuscripts, Medicine, Medieval, Therapeutics, Traditional medicine, and Recipes
BEIN FRA140: Imperfect: Fragments of 5 pip cards, Spades, made into 1 sheet 55 x 223 mm. The sheet was used as binding filler. From the Cary Collection of Playing Cards., Title devised by cataloger., French suit system., Type: unkown., and Composition of deck: 52 [A, K, Q, C, J, 10-2]?
BEIN FRA50: Imperfect: 69 cards, Queen of Spades. From the Cary Collection of Playing Cards., Title devised by cataloger., French suit system., Type: Guyenne., and Composition of deck: unknown.