Manuscript fragment on parchment of the Pilgrim's Guide to Jerusalem and the beginning of a charm for epilepsy in Middle High German
Description:
In Latin and Middle High German., Script: written in late Caroline minuscule., and Decoration: at the beginning of the text is a cross with ornamentation in brown penwork; 2-line initial "A" in brown ink with the left shaft and crossbar hollow and the right shaft solid; 1-line initials are in brown rustic capitals; punctuated with the punctus and punctus versus; the charm is written in a thirteenth-century gothic hand (littera textualis), evidently in German.
Subject (Geographic):
Connecticut and New Haven.
Subject (Topic):
Manuscripts, Medieval, Travel literature, Charms, Medicine, and Medicine, Medieval
Leaves [5] and [6] unfold to a plate 47 x 32 cm.: two anatomical woodcuts with explanatory text., First leaf printed in red, leaf [14] a genuine blank., and Med: Contemporary German binding. Described by Scott Husby, 2010.
Manuscript, in two unidentified hands, on parchment, including a Latin Chronicle (imperfect beginning, ends with Henry VI; ff. 1-5), and a collection of medical recipes and remedies in Middle English (ff. 16-65). The manuscript ends with a number of miscellaneous 16th century notes and inscriptions (ff. 63-80).
Description:
In Latin and Middle English., Title from manuscript note on front pastedown., Script: gothica cursiva., Decoration: 4-line red and blue initials. Rubrication., Layout: 1 column of about 25 lines., Binding: original sheep leather binding, with vestiges of two strap-and-pin clasps, fastening from the upper to the lower boards., and Also available on microfilm.
Subject (Topic):
Medicine, Medieval, Medicine, Manuscripts, and Recipes
Signatures: a8-i8, k8, l7 (one preliminary and two final leaves are genuine blanks). and With manuscript notes on leaves 88-89, some color lettering, and hand numbered pages 1-172.