Collection for a female religious community (Dominican nuns?) following the rule of St Augustine; Germany, c. 1395
MS. Germ. e. 5
Bodleian Libraries, University of Oxford
Description
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Title
Collection for a female religious community (Dominican nuns?) following the rule of St Augustine; Germany, c. 1395
Shelfmark
MS. Germ. e. 5
Place of origin
Germany
Date
14th century, late, mainly 1395
13th century, late, or 14th century, early
Language
Latin
Middle High German (ca. 1050-1500)
Contents
Form
codex
Support
Paper; three watermarks: steer's head, not in Briquet or Piccard, steer's head, similar, though not identical, to Briquet 14667 (Orleans 1385), steer's head, not in Piccard, identical to Briquet 14093 (Regensburg 1393–96), of the variant without eyes (cf. the full entry for 14093: vol. II, p. 715).
Physical extent
i (modern paper) + 106 leaves.
Hands
Textualis. Mostly one hand (fols. 1r-7r, 9r-99r), with contemporary additions by two other hands (fols. 7r-8v, 99v and fols. 100v-105r). Hand 1 and Hand 2 can be distinguished by the letter g where the former uses a Rücken g whilst the latter uses a rounder g, missing a diagonal connecting hairline. Equally, Hand 1 uses both a single-compartment and two-compartment a, whilst Hand 2 only uses a two-compartment a. Hand 3 displays some cursive forms.
Decoration
Plain initials in red (rarely, red-and-black) sometimes with modest decoration.
Rubrication varies according to the text; see above.
Binding
Contemporary binding: sewn on three double/split cords and bound in white pigskin over wood boards, with strap-and-pin fastening (top to bottom; pin missing); sewing guards from recycled parchment manuscripts can also be seen between fols. 4 and 5, 8 and 9, 71 and 72, 83 and 84; thread place-markers attached to the tab at the head of the spine (see between fols. 9 and 10, and 36 and 37); see also under Provenance.
Leaf tab markers are also present made from a hand-coloured early printed woodcut (fols. 1, 9, 19, 25, 34, 42, 49, 52b), a length of thread with a knot on the fore-edge (fol. 22), parchment from recycled manuscript waste (fols. 70, 75, 91), and red-stained alum-tawed skin (fols. 87, 94).
Acquisition
Bought, 1922
Provenance
Provenance unknown, presumably a community of female religous (Dominican nuns?) following the rule of St Augustine. Dialect of SW Germany (Nigel Palmer, personal communication, Oct. 2020)
'Die regel mit der ausslegung .56.' inscribed on the spine in a 15th-cent. hand; a perhaps similar inscription, now mostly illegible, is on a paper label on the lower board.
On inside front cover: (top left) '117' in blue pencil, and in 19th century hand, 'Manuscript aus dem 14. Jahrhundert'.
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