Hesychius of Jerusalem — 15th century, late, or 16th century, early (?); German

Title

Hesychius of Jerusalem — 15th century, late, or 16th century, early (?); German

Shelfmark

MS. Hamilton 3

Place of origin

German

Date

15th century, late, or 16th century, early (?)

Language

Latin

Contents

Form

codex

Support

Paper. Watermarks not fully examined for this description; often indistinct; predominantly more than one variant of 'Ochsenkopf mit zweikonturiger Schlange'. Cf. Piccard nos. 161–223 (fols. 64, 78, etc.: on a chainline, c. 174 40 , c. 36 mm. between chainlines), no. 494 (fols. 85, 90, 93, 94, c. 178 46 , on a chainline, c. 36 mm. between chainlines); also 'Krone mit zweikonturigem Bogel ohne Stern über Kreuz, ohne Beizeichen' (Piccard's type vi) (fols. 31, 33, 36, 37, height c. 145 mm., on a chainline, c. 35 mm. between chainlines); both motifs attested from the late fifteenth century. The front pastedown has a watermark 'Dreiberg mit Kreuz', 140 33 of type Piccard vii, nos. 2332–57 or 2396–2414.

Physical extent

i (modern) + 179 + i (modern)

Decoration

Space for initial, not filled in, fol. 1r.

Red initial with penwork flourishing in the ink of the text, fol. 2v.

Red initials at the beginning of the other books.

Binding

Contemporary binding of tawed skin over wooden boards. Clasps and other furniture lost.

Acquisition

Presented to the Bodleian Library by his sons and received in 1857.

Provenance

Tentatively attributed by Theele, Kramer and Eifler to St Peter's, Erfurt, due to the similarity of the binding to that of MS. Hamilton 4.

Sir William Hamilton, 1788–1856