Almanac (DS9592) (Q42518)

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Manuscript metadata collected by Digital Scriptorium from The Huntington Library, Art Museum, and Botanical Gardens (.b18171084, https://catalog.huntington.org/record=b1817108, mssHM 80478)
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Almanac (DS9592)
Manuscript metadata collected by Digital Scriptorium from The Huntington Library, Art Museum, and Botanical Gardens (.b18171084, https://catalog.huntington.org/record=b1817108, mssHM 80478)

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    18 July 2024
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    Almanacs--Germany--15th century
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    Astrology--Early works to 1800
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    Almanacs, German--Early works to 1800
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    Extent: 50 leaves : parchment, illustrations ; 105 x 80 (60 x 41) mm
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    parchment, illustrations
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    Ms. codex.
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    Collation: 18, 28-2, 3-68, 74 (singletons); lacking 1 folio after f. 8 (September in the calendar) and f.14 (probably blank), that is, the outer bifolium of the second quire. Some signatures preserved, e.g. id-ivd [i.e. 1d - 4d]. Catchwords preserved.
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    Layout: Written in 1 column of 14-16 lines.
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    Script: Written in a Gothic bookhand.
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    Decoration: . rRd rubrics (in calendar only). 3-ne blue or red initials throughout, initials in-text highlighted with red. Nineteen 6-line historiated initials, gilt with outline border alternating scarlet with white highlighting or blue with white highlighting, historiated as follows: f.15: Aries as a ram; f.16: Taurus as a bull; f.17v: Gemini as wrestling twins; f.18v: Cancer as a lobster...
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    Binding: Original envelope binding of brown calf over pasteboards, blind-tooled and stamped, the upper cover with a central panel of the crucifixion, the lower cover with an Agnus Dei medallion above a second rubbed and illegible medallion, early repairs to flap, rebacked.
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    Origin: Written in Northern Germany, probably Cologne, in the year 1449: the calendar includes saints whose worship was centered in Cologne, such as the Three Kings (7.23), St. Hupert (11/3) and St. Cunnibert (11/12), and the dominical table begins in the year 1449.
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    Burndy Library Collection at the Huntington Library. Formerly listed as Codex 1 prior to acquisition.
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    22 July 2024
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