(Q9243)
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Horologium sapientiae
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Seuse, Heinrich, 1295-1366
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[between 1400 and 1450]
15. century
1400Gregorian
1450Gregorian
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Extent: 194 leaves : paper, color illustrations ; 213 x 142 (152 x 90) mm bound to 220 x 140 mm
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Origin: Written in Germany, in the first half of the 15th century (Zacour-Hirsch).
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Ms. codex.
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Title from caption heading (f. 2r) and front cover.
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Foliation: Paper, 194; [1-194]; modern foliation in pencil, upper right recto.
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Layout: Written in 27 long lines; frame-ruled in lead.
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Script: Written in a Gothic cursive script by a single hand.
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Decoration: 5-line initial in red and blue (f. 1r); rubricated headings, initials, and capitals throughout; manicule drawn in ink (f. 30v) and foliate design drawn in lead (f. 65v); simple decorated initials in red and black, some with foliate designs (f. 79v, 97v), and some with faces (f. 91v, 164v).
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Binding: Contemporary dyed kid over wooden boards, clasps missing.
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Sold by E. P. Goldschmidt & Co. (London), 1955.
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Appears in Bernard Quaritch's catalog 699 (1952), no. 129.
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Sold to James H. Reddan (Venice), 1896; sold in a collection of Reddan's books at auction at Sotheby, Wilkinson & Hodge, 16 February 1905, lot 402.
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Signature (f. 1r): "Acquistato in Vienna dall' Antiquario della Biblioteca Imperiale in quella città e portato in dono al mio caro Cognato G. Ghizzi. Maggio. 1869 [sig.] Frangnani[?]."
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19 September 2023
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19 September 2023
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