(Q3475)
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Ex quo vocabularii varii et autentici.
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Täxer, Wolfgang, 16th century
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Seilern, Oswald, Count, 1900-1967
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Manuscripts, Renaissance
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Middle High German, 1050-1500
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Latin language, Medieval and modern
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Latin language, Medieval and modern--Dictionaries--German--Early works to 1800
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German language--Middle High German, 1050-1500--Glossaries, vocabularies, etc--Early works to 1800
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[14--]
15. century
1400Gregorian
1499Gregorian
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Extent: 194 leaves : paper ; 218 x 142 (156 x 98) mm bound to 218 x 165 mm
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Ms. codex.
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Origin: Written in Germany in the 15th century.
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Title from incipit (f. 1r); the work had numerous printed editions in the 15th century under the title Vocabularius ex quo.
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Collation: Paper, 194; 1-13¹² 14¹²(-1) 15¹⁰ 16¹⁴ 17⁶(-3); [1-194], modern foliation in pencil, upper right recto. Catchwords on last leaf of gatherings 1-13, lower right verso.
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Layout: Written in 3 columns of 28-39 lines; 2 narrow columns on the left, which contain single letters or abbreviations probably referring to gender and part of speech, and the main column containing dictionary entries and definitions; frame-ruled in faint ink.
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Binding: 15th-century German limp parchment with a rigid leather backplate decorated with chainstitching, ornamental scoring and punching, and leather buttons.
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Decoration: 2 5-line initials in red with brown penwork (f. 1r); 2-line to 4-line initials in red, at the beginning of each new letter section and occasionally for entries in the middle of letter sections, through H (f. 6v-89r); capitals touched with red (f. 1r-89r).
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Script: Written in Gothic cursive script.
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Deposit by Lawrence J. Schoenberg and Barbara Brizdle, 2011.
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Sold at auction as part of the library of Oswald Seilern at Christie, Manson & Woods, Mar. 26, 2003, lot 11, to Lawrence J. Schoenberg.
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Formerly owned by Oswald Seilern, Count of Seilern and Anspang (labels inside upper and lower covers).
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Formerly owned by Wolfgang Täxer in the 16th century (Volffgangus Täxer; inscriptions inside upper and lower covers, dated 1539 on lower cover).
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27 August 2023
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27 August 2023
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