Prayer-book (DS18186) (Q74251)
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Manuscript metadata collected by Digital Scriptorium from Newberry Library (991823468805867, VAULT Case MS 192, https://i-share-nby.primo.exlibrisgroup.com/permalink/01CARLI_NBY/i5mcb2/alma991823468805867)
| Language | Label | Description | Also known as |
|---|---|---|---|
| English | Prayer-book (DS18186) |
Manuscript metadata collected by Digital Scriptorium from Newberry Library (991823468805867, VAULT Case MS 192, https://i-share-nby.primo.exlibrisgroup.com/permalink/01CARLI_NBY/i5mcb2/alma991823468805867) |
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Benedictine nuns--Religious life--Germany--Eichstätt--Early works to 1800
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Catholic Church--Prayers and devotions--German--Early works to 1800
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Walburga, Saint, ca. 710-779--Cult--Early works to 1800
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Devotional literature--Germany--Eichstätt--Early works to 1800
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Monastic and religious life of women--Germany--Eichstätt--Early works to 1800
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between 1470 and 1480
15. century
1470Gregorian
1480Gregorian
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Extent: 203] leaves, bound : hand-colored illustrations (woodcut) ; 12 cm
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hand-colored illustrations (woodcut)
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Ms. date suggested by date assigned to woodcut; cf. Handbuch der Holz- und Metallschnitte des XV. Jahrhunderts / von W.L. Schreiber. Leipzig : Verlag Karl W. Hiersemann, 1926, no. 651. See also Pen to press ... / by Sandra Hindman and James Douglas Farquhar. [College Park, Md.]: Art Dept., Univ. of Maryland, 1977, p. 104-108 on dates of the "hybrid book", which, like the Eichstätt prayer book...
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Text in a readable semi-cursive gothic hand in brown and red ink, with a few additions and corrections in blue; caption headings and underlinings in red; ornamental initials in red, green, and blue; red and green line fillers.
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Full-page hand-colored woodcut in red, blue, green, and ocher (75 x 55 mm.) is affixed to verso of leaf [39], portraying the flagellation of Christ, with the unusual addition of the figures of the Virgin Mary and John the Evangelist watching from a window above in the background.
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Watermark of a one-handled jug ("Pot à une anse"); cf. Briquet 12546.
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Laid in: small ms. fragment with prickings visible along one edge; and a small heart-shaped illustration of the Pietà.
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Presentation inscription in German from the bishop, dated 1848 in Breslau, on front pastedown.
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14 February 2025
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14 February 2025
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