Harvard University, MS Typ 45

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Metadata

DS ID:

DS10898

Shelfmark:

MS Typ 45

Title:

Schachzabelbuch

Schachzabelbuch

Author:

Jacobus, de Cessolis, active 1288-1322

Jacobus de Cessolis WIKIDATA

Date:

ca. 1390]-1408.

fourteenth century (dates CE) AAT

fifteenth century (dates CE) AAT

Language:

ger

German WIKIDATA

Material:

vellum , ill

Parchment AAT

Physical Description:

Extent: 160 leaves, bound : vellum , ill.; 23 cm.

Former Owner(s):

Howland, Silas W., 1879-1938

Silas W. Howland WIKIDATA

Fürstlich Dietrichstein'sche Fideicomiss-Bibliothek, Mikulov, Moravia

Note:

The calendar is dated 1408.
F. 3 should come before f. 2. After f. 6 four leaves are wanting, and after f. 11, two leaves.
Written in various cursive hands, the texts following the Schachzabelbuch being in different hands from the main text.
The Schachzabelbuch is illustrated with 12 large miniatures in ink, tempera and gold, of people in various callings.
Bound in quarter calf, the lower board being the original of thick wood covered in red pigskin. Bosses and clasps are now missing.
In a red morocco slipcase, 25 cm.
Prince Deitrichstein library, Nikolsburg, Moravia, until at least 1873; Sotheby's, London, 1928; Maggs (cat. 542 no. 99; cat. 555, 1931, no. 45); bought by Silas W. Howland from Gilhofer & Ranschburg (Lucerne, 21 Nov. 1933, lot 508).
Bequest of Silas W. Howland, 1938.

Keyword:

rules (layout features)

Manuscripts, Medieval

Austria

prayer books

religious calendars

Drawings

Fourteenth century

Chess

Early works

Therapeutics

Institutional Record:

https://id.lib.harvard.edu/alma/990095247890203941/catalog

IIIF Manifest:

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Holding Institution:

Harvard University