Harvard University, MS Lat 242

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DS ID:

DS10883

Shelfmark:

MS Lat 242

Title:

Hortulus rosarum

Author:

Thomas, à Kempis, 1380-1471

Thomas à Kempis WIKIDATA

Date:

1501 July 9.

sixteenth century (dates CE) AAT

Language:

dut

Dutch WIKIDATA

lat

Latin WIKIDATA

ger

German WIKIDATA

Physical Description:

Extent: 266 leaves, bound : vellum, paper ; 15 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:

Transcriptions copied by Severinus de Bolsward; probably in the Netherlands (colophon, f. 265v), who was apparently the author of Scala devotionis (item n. 10, below).
Colored initials in red and blue, rubricated chapter headings.
Bound in original stamped calf over rebacked wooden boards.
In a protective tray case, 17 cm.
Belonged to Eadmund Waterton by 1873 (signed and dated, front pastedown); his sale, London, 1895, part of no. 250; bookplate of Walter A. Copinger of Manchester, Eng.
Gift of James Byrne, class of 1877, 1921.

Keyword:

Manuscripts, Renaissance

Jesus Christ

Testamentum (Francis, of Assisi, Saint)

Dance of death

Christian life

Institutional Record:

https://id.lib.harvard.edu/alma/990094019300203941/catalog

IIIF Manifest:

https://iiif.lib.harvard.edu/manifests/drs:4261872

Holding Institution:

Harvard University