COLLECTION NAME:
Medieval Document Collection
Record
Identifier:
exwsms147_018-019_A
Manuscript Identifier:
MS 147
Title:
Liturgical Manuscript binding fragment, open book with binding fragment
Alternative Title:
Illuminirbüch, künstlich
Alternative Title:
MS 147
Incipit:
uallium profunditates
Author:
Catholic Church
Origin Date:
s. XII¹ (between 1100 and 1149)
Origin Location:
Germany
Description:
Twelfth-century, German manuscript leaf which serves as a parchment cover for a near-complete 1566 printed text. View of open book with binding fragment visible, side 1.
Provenance:
Written in Germany or Switzerland in the first half of the 12th century. 2-line probably 2-word, illegible inscription on upper cover. Used to cover a complete copy (ff. 62) of Boltz, Valentin. Illuminirbüch, künstlich. Frankfurt?: s. n.], 1566. A guide to the preparation of dyes, pigments, inks etc., first published in 1549 (no records for 1549 editions and no records for original copies of 1566 edition exist on WorldCat). Two inscriptions at the bottom of f. 62v: one in contemporary script in ink, one in later script in lead, both illegible. Purchased by Special Collections, Waldo Library from the Mackus Company, Akron Ohio, July, 2009.
Explicit:
fundam eccle(siam)
Extent:
1 item
Subject:
Catholic Church--Liturgy--Texts--Early works to 1800
Subject:
Manuscripts, Latin (Medieval and modern)--Michigan--Kalamazoo
Subject:
Manuscripts, Latin--Germany
Subject:
Manuscripts, Medieval--Germany
Subject:
Manuscript fragments
Language:
lat
Dimensions:
202 x 152 mm
Material:
parchment
Binding:
Manuscript leaf was excised form a larger codex, cut in half and used to cover a 16th-century printed text; sewn on four stations with kettle stitches; spine exposed; each cover wraps around the first gathering.
Decoration Description:
Single color, 1- to 2-line red pen-initials.
Description of Hands:
Written in German protogothic bookhand.
Additions and Marginalia:
Later inscriptions identifying the manuscript.
Is Part Of:
Manuscript 147, Western Michigan University Special Collections
Is Part Of:
Medieval Document Collection
Publisher:
Western Michigan University
Date-Issued:
2016
Type:
Text
Format:
image/tiff
Format-Extent:
64,561,772 bytes
Is Referenced By:
Blume, C. and Bannister, H. M. "Thesauri hymnologici prosarium" in Analecta Hymnica Medii Aevi, vol. 53. Leipzig: o. R. Reisland, 1911-22
Is Referenced By:
Mone, Franz Joseph. Lateinische Hymnen des mittelalters. Vol. 1. Aalen: Scientia, 1964.
Is Referenced By:
Boltz, Valentin. Illuminirbüch, künstlich alle Farben zumachen vnnd bereyten Allen Schreibern, Brieffmalern, vund andern solcher Künsten liebhabern, ganz lüstig vund fruchtbar zuwissen, Sampt etlichen newen zugesetzen Kunstücklin, vormals im Truck nie ausgangen. Frankfurt?: s. n.], 1566.
Access Rights:
This fragment is in the public domain. Western Michigan University holds the right to the image and reproduction. The images that are provided here are for non-profit, educational use only. For all other uses please contact Special Collections, Western Michigan University.
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Liturgical Manuscript binding fragment, open book with binding fragment
