Harvard University, MS Richardson 13

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Metadata

DS ID:

DS10451

Shelfmark:

MS Richardson 13

Title:

Incipit p[ro]log[us] Rufini in eccl[es]iastica historia

Author:

Eusebius, of Caesarea, Bishop of Caesarea, approximately 260-approximately 340

Eusebius of Caesarea WIKIDATA

Date:

1468.

fifteenth century (dates CE) AAT

Language:

lat

Latin WIKIDATA

Physical Description:

Extent: 231 leaves, bound ; 29 cm.

Former Owner(s):

Dunn, George, 1864-1912

George Dunn WIKIDATA

Langen, Germanus

Germanus Langen WIKIDATA

Note:

Written in hybrida cursiva script in 2 columns of 34 lines by cleric Wilhelmus Dortmund and completed on 28 Apr. 1468 (explicit, f. 165r); decorated initials in blue and red with pen flourishes at chapter headings and smaller colored initials and headings in red.
Bound in original Münster-style stamped calf over boards with clasps.
In a tray case, 33 cm.
Bequest of William K. Richardson, 1951.
Belonged to Germanus Langen, late 15th-cent. ("ex testamento domini Germani Langen decani maiore eccle. mönsteriensis"; inscribed on front flyleaf); bequeathed probably to a church in Münster; bought by George Dunn in Apr. 1899; his sale (London, 2 Feb. 1914, II, n. 1069); to Maggs; bought by Richardson.

Keyword:

Manuscripts, Medieval

rules (layout features)

Church history

Institutional Record:

https://id.lib.harvard.edu/alma/990098799670203941/catalog

IIIF Manifest:

https://iiif.lib.harvard.edu/manifests/drs:5141172

Holding Institution:

Harvard University