COLLECTION NAME:
Medieval Document Collection
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WMUwmu~77~77
Medieval Document Collection
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Identifier:
exwsms177_bk
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exwsms177_bk
Identifier
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Manuscript Identifier:
MS 177
manuscript_identifier
MS 177
Manuscript Identifier
false
Title:
Postilla litteralis in vetus testamentum, pars
title
Postilla litteralis in vetus testamentum, pars
Title
false
Alternative Title:
MS 177
alternate_title
MS 177
Alternative Title
false
Alternative Title:
Commentary on Joshua, Judges, Ruth, Kings and Chronicles
alternate_title
Commentary on Joshua, Judges, Ruth, Kings and Chronicles
Alternative Title
false
Incipit:
[text beginning on f. 1v] afflictionem iniustam gabanitarum facta per saul
incipit
[text beginning on f. 1v] afflictionem iniustam gabanitarum facta per saul
Incipit
false
Author:
Nicholas, of Lyra, approximately 1270-1349
author
Nicholas, of Lyra, approximately 1270-1349
Author
false
Origin Date:
ca. 1450-1475
date_original
ca. 1450-1475
Origin Date
false
Origin Location:
Bavaria (Germany)?
location__creation_site_
Bavaria (Germany)?
Origin Location
false
Description:
An early fifteenth-century manuscript of Nicholas of Lyra’s commentaries on nine Old Testament books including Joshua (ff. 1v-16v), Judges (ff. 17-48), Ruth (ff. 48v-53v), Chronicles 1 (ff. 54-86), Chronicles 2 (ff. 86v-112), Prayer of Manasseh (f. 112), 1 Kings (ff. 112v-159v), 2 Kings (ff. 160-194), 3 Kings (ff. 194v-231v), and 4 Kings (ff. 232-252), made for institutional use. Text begins imperfectly on the commentary of Joshua chapter 9, and ends imperfectly on the commentary of 4 Kings chapter 17.
description
An early fifteenth-century manuscript of Nicholas of Lyra’s commentaries on nine Old Testament books including Joshua (ff. 1v-16v), Judges (ff. 17-48), Ruth (ff. 48v-53v), Chronicles 1 (ff. 54-86), Chronicles 2 (ff. 86v-112), Prayer of Manasseh (f. 112), 1 Kings (ff. 112v-159v), 2 Kings (ff. 160-194), 3 Kings (ff. 194v-231v), and 4 Kings (ff. 232-252), made for institutional use. Text begins imperfectly on the commentary of Joshua chapter 9, and ends imperfectly on the commentary of 4 Kings chapter 17.
Description
false
Provenance:
Written in Southern Germany, possibly Bavaria, in ca. 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.
provenance
Written in Southern Germany, possibly Bavaria, in ca. 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.
Provenance
false
Explicit:
[P]revaricatus est Postquam actum est … feceruntque verba pessima et facta siue opera
explicit
[P]revaricatus est Postquam actum est … feceruntque verba pessima et facta siue opera
Explicit
false
Extent:
252 leaves, ff. 1 and 252 serving as pastedowns
extent
252 leaves, ff. 1 and 252 serving as pastedowns
Extent
false
Subject:
Manuscripts, Latin (Medieval and modern)
subject
Manuscripts, Latin (Medieval and modern)
Subject
false
Subject:
Bible--Commentaries--Early works to 1800
subject
Bible--Commentaries--Early works to 1800
Subject
false
Subject:
Manuscripts, Medieval--Germany
subject
Manuscripts, Medieval--Germany
Subject
false
Subject:
Chained books
subject
Chained books
Subject
false
Subject:
Watermarks
subject
Watermarks
Subject
false
Subject:
Gothic cursive
subject
Gothic cursive
Subject
false
Subject:
Textura (Gothic script)
subject
Textura (Gothic script)
Subject
false
Subject:
Bosses (Binding)
subject
Bosses (Binding)
Subject
false
Language:
lat
language
lat
Language
false
Dimensions:
308 x 210 mm
section_title_english
308 x 210 mm
Dimensions
false
Material:
paper
book_type
paper
Material
false
Collation:
i - xxi¹², lacking one quire of twelve leaves at the beginning and probably one at the end
collation
i - xxi¹², lacking one quire of twelve leaves at the beginning and probably one at the end
Collation
false
Foliation:
ff. 1v - 252v
features
ff. 1v - 252v
Foliation
false
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.
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.
Binding
false
Decoration Description:
Majuscules touched with red, lemmata underlined in red, red rubrics, and two- to three-line red initials. Modern foliation in pencil top outer corner recto. Original foliation in Arabic numerals in ink middle lower margin on ff. 14-264. Text begins on f. 1v (f. 1 recto pasted to the front board). Watermark of a tower with merlons without a window, similar to iccard Online 100480, Wemding, 1455, 100500, no place, 1459, 100531, Kaisheim, 1464. Prickings in the upper and lower margins.
decoration
Majuscules touched with red, lemmata underlined in red, red rubrics, and two- to three-line red initials. Modern foliation in pencil top outer corner recto. Original foliation in Arabic numerals in ink middle lower margin on ff. 14-264. Text begins on f. 1v (f. 1 recto pasted to the front board). Watermark of a tower with merlons without a window, similar to iccard Online 100480, Wemding, 1455, 100500, no place, 1459, 100531, Kaisheim, 1464. Prickings in the upper and lower margins.
Decoration Description
false
Description of Hands:
2 columns of 42-46 lines ruled in ink and written in cursive gothic book hand.
description_of_hands
2 columns of 42-46 lines ruled in ink and written in cursive gothic book hand.
Description of Hands
false
Additions and Marginalia:
Horizontal catchwords very bottom inner margins, often partially trimmed. Notes for the rubricator very bottom margin. Guide letters alongside many initials.
additions_and_marginalia
Horizontal catchwords very bottom inner margins, often partially trimmed. Notes for the rubricator very bottom margin. Guide letters alongside many initials.
Additions and Marginalia
false
Is Part Of:
Medieval Document Collection
original_manuscript
Medieval Document Collection
Is Part Of
false
Is Part Of:
Manuscript 177, Western Michigan University Special Collections
original_manuscript
Manuscript 177, Western Michigan University Special Collections
Is Part Of
false
Publisher:
Western Michigan University
contributing_institution
Western Michigan University
Publisher
false
Date-Issued:
2019
date_digital
2019
Date-Issued
false
Type:
Text
type
Text
Type
false
Format:
image/jp2
format
image/jp2
Format
false
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.
bibliography
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
false
Is Referenced By:
Gosselin, E. A. “A Listing of the Printed Editions of Nicolaus de Lyra,” Traditio 26 (1970), pp. 399-426.
bibliography
Gosselin, E. A. “A Listing of the Printed Editions of Nicolaus de Lyra,” Traditio 26 (1970), pp. 399-426.
Is Referenced By
false
Rights:
Copyright 2019 Western Michigan University, Kalamazoo, Michigan, all rights reserved. The digital version is available for educational use under 'Fair Use' guidelines. For additional permission and further information contact the WMU Libraries.
rights_management
Copyright 2019 Western Michigan University, Kalamazoo, Michigan, all rights reserved. The digital version is available for educational use under 'Fair Use' guidelines. For additional permission and further information contact the WMU Libraries.
Rights
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