Harvard University, MS Ger 218

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DS ID:

DS11217

Shelfmark:

MS Ger 218

Title:

Life of Catherine of Alexandria in verse

Life of Catherine of Alexandria

Date:

ca. 1350

fourteenth century (dates CE) AAT

Language:

In Middle High German, the text probably composed in the Alemannic region (Switzerland) in the second half of the 13th century

Middle High German WIKIDATA

Alemannic WIKIDATA

Material:

vellum

Parchment AAT

Physical Description:

Extent: 2 pieces of 1 bifolium : vellum ; each piece 10 x 31 cm.

Note:

Written in a textualis libraria script.
The two pieces of vellum are the head and tail of a single bifolium; some lines in the middle of each leaf are lost.
In a protective case, 38 cm.
Removed from the binding of Peter Lombard, Sententiarum Libri IV (Basel 1487) = Law School Rare Ac P498l 487 H10194, and transferred to Houghton Library, 1992.

Keyword:

Manuscripts, Medieval

Switzerland

Manuscript waste

Catherine, of Alexandria, Saint

Institutional Record:

https://id.lib.harvard.edu/alma/990087232150203941/catalog

IIIF Manifest:

https://iiif.lib.harvard.edu/manifests/drs:437557482

Holding Institution:

Harvard University