(Q5294)
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Sneyd, Walter, 1809-1888
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Manuscripts, Latin
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Latin language--Grammar--Early works to 1500
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Latin language, Medieval and modern
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Low German language--Glossaries, vocabularies, etc
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Latin language, Medieval and modern--Dictionaries--German--Early works to 1800
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[between 1450 and 1499]
15. century
1450Gregorian
1499Gregorian
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Extent: 238 leaves : paper ; 210 x 145 (158 x 91) mm bound to 212 x 147 mm
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Title for manuscript from incipit of predominant work (f. 11r); spine title Vocabularius; the work had numerous printed editions in the 15th century under the title Vocabularius ex quo.
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Origin: Written in Aachen, Germany in the second half of the 15th century (Zacour-Hirsch).
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Script: Written in a German cursive, with the decorative heading on f. 11r in a Gothic book hand; unidentified text on the pastedowns in Gothic book hand and secretary scripts.
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Binding: Contemporary blind-stamped calf over wooden boards (Zacour-Hirsch), with remains of metal clasp on upper and lower covers; unidentified text on pastedowns inside upper and lower covers.
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Decoration: 2-line and 3-line red initials throughout; 3-line to 7-line initials to introduce each new letter category, sometimes with geometric or floral patterns, in red (except, Q on f. 169r, in black); decorated initial E in red, yellow, and green, with ears of wheat, flowers, and leaves (f. 11r); manicules with decorated sleeves (f. 25v, 28v, 29r, 35v).
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Watermark: Briquet Fruit 7424 (1427), Raisin 12991 (1420).
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Foliation: Paper, ii +238 + iv; [1-238]; modern foliation in pencil, lower right recto.
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Layout: Written in 3 columns of about 30 lines; text block outlined in ink.
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Ms. codex.
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Sold by Helmuth Domizlaff (Munich), 1960.
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Sold in the collection of Walter Sneyd at auction at Sotheby's, 16 Dec. 1903, lot 37.
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28 August 2023
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28 August 2023
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