(Q16757)
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28 November 2023
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Allen christen getrewen und recht gelobigen ...
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Consolatio peccatorum seu Processus Belial.
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Jacobus, de Theramo, 1350 or 1351-1417
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Schab, William H
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Manuscripts, Medieval--Massachusetts--Boston
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ca. 1470
15. century
1470Gregorian
1470Gregorian
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Extent: 106 leaves : paper, ill. ; 297 x 205 (210 x 145) mm
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Ms. codex.
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In German.
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Bibliographic record created by BPL staff based on description by Dr. Lisa Fagin Davis and on Dr. Jeffrey Hamburger's entry in the 2016 Beyond Words exhibition catalog (number 67).
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Secundo folio: geret emmbten ...
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Collation: Paper, fol. i (modern paper) + 106 + i (modern paper) ; 110 212 312−1 (fol. 23 wanting) 412 512−1 (wanting 1 leaf before fol. 47) 6-812 912+1 (fol. 106 is tipped-in singleton) ; signed upper left corner of the first recto of each quire, with the signature of the folowing quire on the final verso (q. 1 unsigned, others signed a-h). Signatures on fol. 93/94 and 105/106 corrected...
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Layout: Single column, approximately 25-28 lines; ruled in blind.
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Script: Written in a German bâtarde in brown ink with red rubrics.
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Decoration: Two-line red epigraphic capitals throughout fol. 1-18, guide-letters only fol. 18 and following. Opening initial on fol. 1 slightly larger. 61 half-page illustrations throughout in ink and wash, 3/4-page on fol. 84v and 85 representing the seven deadly sins.
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Binding: Contemporary blind-tooled tawed skin over boards, dyed green, all bosses, corner-pieces and clasps intact, rebacked, modern fibrous paper pastedowns and flyleaves. Housed in a tan cloth box.
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Origin: Written in Swabia ca. 1470.
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Immediate source of acquisition: Purchased by the BPL from W.H. Schab in 1952 (SDBM 57061).
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Call number: MS f Med.122.
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Former call number: MS 1544.
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Bibliography: Jeffrey Hamburger, et al., eds. Beyond Words: Illuminated Manuscripts in Boston Collections. (Chestnut Hill: McMullen Museum of Art, Boston College, 2016), no. 67; M. Munsterberg, "Satan's Lawsuit against Christ," BPLQ VI (1954): 150-159 (article tipped-in inside rear cover). N.H. Ott, Katalog der deutschsprachigen illustrierten Handschriften des Mittelalters II:1 (Munich, 1996...
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4 December 2023
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