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Manuscript metadata collected by Digital Scriptorium from University of Kansas (2955434, MS B17)
| Language | Label | Description | Also known as |
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| English | Hagiographical accounts of Saint Vitus, Saint Modestus and Saint Crescentia (DS1117) |
Manuscript metadata collected by Digital Scriptorium from University of Kansas (2955434, MS B17) |
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Hagiographical accounts of Saint Vitus, Saint Modestus and Saint Crescentia
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Phillipps, Thomas, Sir, 1792-1872
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Fenwick, Katherine Somerset Wyttenbach, 1823-1913
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Fenwick, Thomas FitzRoy Phillipps, 1856-1938
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Christian hagiography--Early works to 1800
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Christian martyrs--Legends--Early works to 1800
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Christian martyrs--Biography--Early works to 1800
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Manuscripts, Medieval--Kansas--Lawrence
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[between 1301-1400]
14. century
1301Gregorian
1400Gregorian
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Extent: 25 leaves : parchment ; 169 x 120 (150 x 99) mm bound to 176 x 125 mm
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Title devised by cataloger.
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Manuscript codex
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Collation: iv (modern paper, i-iii are pastedowns) + 25 (parchment) + iv (modern paper, ii-iv are pastedowns): 1¹⁰ (wants 10, possibly blank) + 2⁸ + 3⁸ (1 and 2 are singletons).
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Foliation: Modern foliation in pencil in upper right corner (1-25).
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Layout: Written in 23 long lines, below top line. Ruled in drypoint and ink, with full-length vertical bounding lines.
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Script: Written by a single hand in Gothic rotunda.
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Decoration: 1- to 2-line initials in plain red throughout; initials highlighted in light brown/yellow throughout; initials highlighted in red on folio 25v; rubrics in red.
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Binding: Modern. Bound in parchment over paper boards with laced-in alum-tawed endbands. A round paper label adhered to tail of spine with handwritten number "51."
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Origin: Probably written in Italy in the fourteenth century.
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Former shelfmark: MS Y123
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Former shelfmark: Phillipps MS 6903
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Shelfmark: Lawrence, University of Kansas, Kenneth Spencer Research Library, MS B17
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In relatively good condition despite significant water damage that resulted in discoloration of parchment and loss of ink. Damaged parts of the text supplied as overwriting and interlinear additions by a modern hand on several folios. Rubrics inserted by a modern hand on folios 14v, 17r, 20r, 21r, 23r, 24r. Heavily and unevenly trimmed especially on the fore-edge.
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The manuscript contains a selection of texts pertaning to the lives and miracles of Saint Vitus, Saint Modestus and Saint Crescentia and seems to be a unique compilation. The final part of the first text, beginning with "Ad ostendendum autem verifice quod in predicte loco," on folios 8v-9v is copied again at the end of the second text, on folios 25r-25v.
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Early history of the manuscript is unknown. From the collection of Sir Thomas Phillipps (Phillipps MS 6903). It is inscribed "Phillipps MSS 6903" in black ink on front pastedown. Listed as no. 6903 under "Ex Bibl. Miscellaneis" in The Phillipps Manuscripts. After his death, Sir Thomas Phillipps's library was inherited by Katherine Fenwick, his daughter, and later passed on to Thomas FitzRoy...
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5 September 2023
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5 September 2023
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