Harvard University, MS Lat 238

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Metadata

DS ID:

DS10850

Shelfmark:

MS Lat 238

Title:

De imitatione Christi

Date:

ca. 1490

fifteenth century (dates CE) AAT

Language:

lat

Latin WIKIDATA

Physical Description:

Extent: 115 leaves, bound : vellum ; 8 cm.

Former Owner(s):

Byrne, James, 1857-1942

James C. Byrne WIKIDATA

Copinger, Walter Arthur, 1847-1910

Walter Arthur Copinger WIKIDATA

Waterton, Eadmond, 1830-1887

Edmund Waterton WIKIDATA

Note:

Written in Germany with contemporary and later additions, and decorated with rubrics, red and green colored initials, and one larger penwork initial in red and green (f. 18).
In modern brown calf over original wooden boards.
In a protective tray case, 17 cm.
Belonged to Eadmund Waterton (signature, f. 1r); bookplate of Walter A. Copinger of Manchester, Eng. (signature, f. 1r).
Gift of James Byrne, class of 1877, 1921.

Keyword:

Manuscripts, Medieval

religious calendars

Jesus Christ

Catholic Church

Christian life

Institutional Record:

https://id.lib.harvard.edu/alma/990094011310203941/catalog

IIIF Manifest:

https://iiif.lib.harvard.edu/manifests/drs:4261870

Holding Institution:

Harvard University