(Q17453)
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De duodecim abusionibus claustri / Diadema monachorum / Smaragdus of St. Mihiel ... [etc.].
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Manuscripts, Latin (Medieval and modern)--Germany
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Manuscripts, Medieval--Massachusetts--Boston
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Monastic and religious life--Early works to 1800
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Benedict, Saint Abbot of Monte Cassino. Regula
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1490 to 1491.
15. century
1490Gregorian
1491Gregorian
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Extent: 66 leaves : paper ; 279 x 201 (approximately 215 x 138) mm
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Title devised by cataloger.
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Ms. codex.
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In Latin.
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Secundo folio: [2r-3r blank]. Opening 3v: "[B]eat[us] fridolin[us] c[um] [con]strueret claust[rum] ..."
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Collation: Paper, with watermark similar to Briquet 11794 or 11796 (trimount with a cross, 94 mm high) ; fol. 66 ; 18(-2) 210(-10) 312 416 510 68(-8) 72 82 i (pastedown) ; modern arabic foliation in pencil in lower outer margins of each leaf added after digitization. Those numbers used here for reference.
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Layout: Single column, as many as 45 lines, bounding lines in red ink enclose writing space of 215 x 138 mm, unruled.
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Script: Written in a single gothic cursive (cursiva currens). The printed portion of the volume is profusely annotated in the same hand.
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Decoration: Rubricated in red; initials on 45r and 47v in green.
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Binding: Bound into a volume after the 1487 Mathias Huss edition of the Legenda aurea (ISTC ij00118000). Contemporary South German blind tooled pigskin over wooden boards. Tooling matches that of Einbanddatenbank (EBDB) workshop w003742. On the upper cover, a central panel under a single floral roll, with ogival diapering of leafy stems, the interstices each with a large vegetal fleuron, an...
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Origin: Copied in Germany ca. 1490 to 1491. Localization based on inscriptions on the title page to the printed portion of the volume, which are written in both German and Latin. Date based on colophons to two of the manuscript texts. The Charlemagne legend has a dated colophon on 12v ("Anno domini M.cccc.lxxxx, in die sancte Elizabeth ...") and Duodecim abusionibus claustri has a dated...
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Provenance: Leather bookplate of Eduardo J. Bullrich. Pencil dealer's notes, codes, etc. According to BPL Quarterly (April 1955, p. 88), this volume formerly belonged to the monastery of Ramsau, in Bavaria.
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Immediate source of acquisition: Purchased from Maggs in March, 1954.
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Call number: Q.403.100 no.2 FOLIO.
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28 November 2023
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28 November 2023
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