Miscellaneous theological tracts; Germany, first half 15th century
MS. Lat. th. e. 18
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Title
Miscellaneous theological tracts; Germany, first half 15th century
Shelfmark
MS. Lat. th. e. 18
Place of origin
German
Date
15th century, first half
Language
German
Latin
Contents
Form
codex
Support
Paper. Watermarks: cat, cf. Briquet 3556, crescent and star, cf. Briquet 5347, crossed keys, cf. Briquet 3856, crown, cf. Briquet 4625, grapes, cf. Briquet 13007, steer's head (two varieties), cf. Briquet 14616, crown, cf. Briquet 4634, bow and arrow, cf. Briquet 798, balance, cf. Briquet 2428, anchor, cf. Briquet 437.
Physical extent
ii + 142 leaves
Hands
Written in several hands.
Decoration
Plain red initials.
Binding
Contemporary limp skin binding.
Acquisition
Bought, 1930.
Provenance
'Liber domus sancte Barbare in Colonia ordinis Carthusiensis', 15th century (fol. 1).
Note referring to the revenues of ‘domus Duckelhuysel’ (Tückelhausen, a Carthusian cell near Würzburg) 15th cent. (fol.142).
'Iste liber est concessus Georgio Effrem ... colonia', 'I xlix' (front inside cover, partly scored out).
Leander van Ess (1772–1847), MS. 302 (see Hermann Knaus, 'Die Handschriften des Leander van Eß', Archiv für Geschichte des Buchwesens, vol. 1 (pts. 3/4, 1956), 1958, 331–6, and Milton McC. Gatch, ed., 'so precious a foundation': The Library of Leander van Ess at the Burke Library of Union Theological Seminary in the City of New York, New York, 1996).
Sir Thomas Phillipps (1792–1872), MS. 686, his sale at Sotheby's, 1910, lot 382.
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