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28 November 2023
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Lectura super firmiter credimus / Konrad von Soltau. De miseria humanae conditionis / Innocent III and others].
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Konrad, von Soltau, approximately1350-1407
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Knevellynthusen, Hermannus
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Cockerell, Sydney Carlyle, Sir, 1867-1962
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Kloster Bredelar (Bredelar, Germany)
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Manuscripts, Latin (Medieval and modern)--Germany
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Catholic Church--Doctrines--Early works to 1800
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Theology, Doctrinal--Early works to 1800
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Dream interpretation--Early works to 1800
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Divine office--Sermons--Early works to 1800
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Consanguinity (Canon law)--Early works to 1800
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Manuscripts, Latin (Medieval and modern)--Massachusetts--Boston
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1448.
15. century
1448Gregorian
1448Gregorian
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Extent: 122 leaves : paper, ill. ; 285 x 212 mm (210 x 150 mm) in box 31 cm
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Ms. codex.
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In Latin.
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Title devised by cataloger.
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Bibliographic record created by BPL staff based on description by Dr. Lisa Fagin Davis.
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Secundo folio: An in morte christi corpus...
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Collation: Paper, two watermarks: grapes (similar to Briquet 12995), bull's head similar to Briquet 15097., fol. 122 ; 16−2 (two cancels before fol. i) 2-1112 124−22 (two cancels after fol. 122) ; most catchwords trimmed, some extant in lower right corner final versos (e.g. fol. 86v); original arabic foliation begins on folio 1 (after four preliminary leaves) with "1", in center outer margin...
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Layout: Two columns, 39 lines. Ruled in blind.
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Script: Written in a gothic cursive (fol. i-iv verso and 121 written by a second hand on same paper stock) in brown ink with red rubrics in a gothic bookhand.
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Decoration: Each section begins with an 8-10 line initial in red with brown filigree and light brown overwash, with the first few lines of text enlarged in a red Gothic bookhand. Consanguinity and affinity diagrams on fol. 112v, 114v, 116 and 118v, in black and red.
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Binding: Original boards covered with alum-tawed sheep, originally white but now browned. Covers decoratively scored, flush with bookblock, straps extant, clasps on front cover lacking, no pastedowns (exposed channels), joints weakening, original German-braided endbands. Housed in tan cloth clamshell box.
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Origin: Written by Hermannus Knevellynthusen in Rüden (Prussia, now NW Germany), 1448. See colophon on fol. 122.
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Provenance: 17th-century ex libris, fol. 1, "Liber bibliotheca bredelarensis," the Cistercian abbey of Bredelar, also in NW Germany.
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Immediate source of acquisition: Acquired from Sydney Cockerell in 1901 (seehis notes inside front cover; Schoenberg Database of Manuscripts 42798 and 197856).
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Call number: MS f Med.13.
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Former call number: MS G.401.12.
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Bibliography: Zoltan Haraszti, "Medieval Manuscripts in The Library," More Books III (1928): 61.
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4 December 2023
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