COLLECTION NAME:
Medieval Document Collection
Record
Identifier:
exws_ms177_1edge_chain
Manuscript Identifier:
MS 177
Title:
Postilla litteralis in vetus testamentum, pars, edge and chain
Alternative Title:
MS 177, edge chain
Alternative Title:
Postilla litteralis in vetus testamentum, chained binding
Incipit:
afflictionem iniustam gabanitarum [sic] facta per saul
Author:
Nicholas, of Lyra, approximately 1270-1349
Origin Date:
between 1450 and 1475
Origin Location:
Germany
Description:
The upper cover and chain attachment of an early fifteenth-century manuscript of Nicholas of Lyra's commentaries on nine Old Testament books, made for institutional use.
Provenance:
Written in Southern Germany, possibly Bavaria, in approximately 1450-1475 as indicated by the evidence of the watermark and script. The chained binding indicates it was in an institutional collection. Purchased by Western Michigan University's Special Collections from Les Enluminures who procured it from a private North American collection.
Extent:
252 leaves, ff. 1 and 252 serving as pastedowns
Subject:
Manuscripts, Latin (Medieval and modern)--Germany
Subject:
Bible--Commentaries--Early works to 1800
Subject:
Chained books
Subject:
Manuscripts, Medieval--Michigan--Kalamazoo
Language:
lat
Dimensions:
308 x 210 mm
Material:
paper
Foliation:
ff. 1v - 252v
Binding:
Front cover detached. Early chained binding (possibly contemporary) of brown leather over wooden boards, beveled and cut almost flush with the book block, sewn on double bands that enter the boards at the edge and are fastened on the inside. Head and tail bands also fasten into the boards. Spine with four raised bands and with the remains of a tab at the top. Simply tooled in blind with an outer frame and two single fillets crossing on the diagonal. Five brass bosses on upper and lower boards. Once fastened back to front: stubs of two straps, lower board and holes from two pins center upper board, intact metal hasp and chain ending in a ring middle top edge lower board, remains of parchment label upper board. Strips of parchment from earlier manuscripts used to line the spine visible at the beginning and end. Title copied in a cursive script on bottom fore edge: isti(?) sunt liber hystoriales scilicet iosue iudic[um] Ruth paralipomenon Regum. The binding has been tampered with and the first and last leaves are pasted down at the front and back, perhaps when the opening and closing gatherings were removed.
Decoration Description:
2 columns of 42-46 lines ruled in ink.
Description of Hands:
Written in cursive gothic book hand.
Is Part Of:
Manuscript 177, Western Michigan University Special Collections
Is Part Of:
Medieval Document Collection
Publisher:
Western Michigan University
Date-Issued:
2019
Type:
Image
Format:
image/tiff
Format-Extent:
31,038,364 bytes
Is Referenced By:
Dahan, Gilbert, ed. Nicolas de Lyre franciscain du XIVe siècle exégète et théologien, Collection des Études Augustiniennes. Série Moyen Âge et Temps Modernes 48, Paris, 2011.
Is Referenced By:
Gosselin, E. A. "A Listing of the Printed Editions of Nicolaus de Lyra," Traditio 26 (1970), pp. 399-426.
Rights Statement:
Rights Status:
No Copyright - United States
Access Rights:
Digital reproduction published by Western Michigan University and made available for private study, scholarship or research use under applicable U.S. Law. Access to digital reproductions provided by Special Collections at Zhang Legacy Collections Center, Western Michigan University.
Postilla litteralis in vetus testamentum, pars, edge and chain
