(Q17291)
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Office for profession of female Benedictine novices : in Latin with German rubrics].
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Manuscripts, Latin (Medieval and modern)--Germany
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Monastic and religious life of women--History--Middle Ages, 600-1500--Sources
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Manuscripts, Medieval--Massachusetts--Boston
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Benedictines--Liturgy--Manuscripts--Early works to 1800
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Manuscripts, Latin (Medieval and modern)--Massachusetts--Boston
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Benedictine nuns--Germany--Early works to 1800
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Manuscripts, German--Massachusetts--Boston
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Monastic and religious life of women--Early works to 1800
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ca. 1500].
16. century
1500Gregorian
1500Gregorian
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Extent: 18 leaves : paper ; 160 x 103 (120 x 70) mm bound to 17 cm
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Ms. codex.
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In Latin and German.
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Title devised by cataloger.
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Bibliographic record created by BPL staff based primarily on description by Dr. Lisa Fagin Davis.
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Secundo folio: ...in sempiternum. Per christum dominum.
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Collation: Paper (with watermark of a coat of arms: parti per pale escutcheon per fess with upper half of eagle, below lozengy, similar to Piccard 24837-24845), fol. 18 + i ; 18 210 ; 1st half of quire 2 signed 1-4, lower right corner of each recto. Catchwords on lower right corner of final verso of each quire. Modern arabic pencil foliation, upper outer corner of each recto.
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Layout: 1 column, 22 lines.
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Script: Written in a gothic cursive in black ink with red rubrics.
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Binding: 18th-century marbled paper over thin pasteboard.
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Origin: Written in northern Germany in the early sixteenth century for the use of Benedictine nuns.
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Provenance: 18th-century ownership inscription of "Ant. Koch, theol. cand.(?)" on fol. 1 recto, with marginalia on fol. 2v. Ninth line and part of tenth on 13v struck out in later brown ink.
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Immediate source of acquisition: Purchased from Antiquarian Books of Boston, 2005.
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Call number: MS q Med.248.
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28 November 2023
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28 November 2023
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