University of Kansas, MS C91
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Metadata
- DS ID:
- DS1135
- Shelfmark:
- MS C91
- Title:
- Homilies on the Gospels by St Gregory the Great and commentaries on the passion of Christ by Herman Appeldorn
- Scribe:
- Appeldorn, Herman, -1473
- Place:
- Germany
- Date:
- [between 1441-1460].
- Language:
- Latin
- Physical Description:
- Extent: 235 leaves : paper and parchment ; 212 x 148 (160-165 x 105) mm bound to 232 x 150 mm
- Former Owner(s):
- Ess, Leander van, 1772-1847
Phillipps, Thomas, Sir, 1792-1872
Fenwick, Katherine Somerset Wyttenbach, 1823-1913
Fenwick, Thomas FitzRoy Phillipps, 1856-1938
Ranshaw, Robert, 1836-1924
Kölner Kartause
- Note:
- Title devised by cataloger.
Manuscript composite codex.
Collation: i (parchment) + i (paper) + 235 (paper and parchment) + i (parchment): 1¹² + 1 leaf added before 1 + 2-6¹² + 7¹⁴ (wants 3, 10, 11, 14) + 8-18¹² + 19⁸ + 20¹². Only the outermost leaves of the first quire are parchment (folios 2 and 13).
Foliation: Two sets of foliation in upper right corner: contemporary foliation in ink, beginning with folio 2 and skipping one folio between 99 and 100 (i-cxl); modern foliation in pencil on folios 99r, 100r, 142r, 142v, 144r, 224r (100, 101, 142, 140, 142, 223). Foliation supplied by cataloger.
Catchwords: Horizontal catchwords in lower right corner on folios 13v, 25v, 37v, 49v, 61v, 73v, 83v, 95v.
Watermarks: Single watermark on the front flyleaf: a pot with a handle (only upper half of watermark is extant; probably similar to Briquet BR 12477); five watermarks in Part 1: a dragon (similar to Piccard PPO 10-2-898); a pair of keys in a circle (similar to Piccard DE2040-PO-121491); a two-headed eagle (very similar to Briquet BR 230); a swan or a duck? (unidentified); a triple mound...
Layout: Part 1: Written in 2 columns of 28-31 lines, above top line. Frame ruled in lead, with full-length bounding lines. Part 2: Written in 37-41 long lines, below top line. Frame ruled in lead, with full-length bounding lines, now mostly erased (folios 144r-224v); frame ruled in ink, with full-length bounding lines (folios 225r-228r); unruled (folios 228v-235v).
Script: Part 1: Written by at least three hands (folios 1r-1v; 2r-80r; 80v-142v) in Gothic cursive. Part 2: Written by Herman Appeldorn (folios 144r-225r) and two other hands (folios 225r-228v and 228v-235v) in Gothic cursive. The second hand (228v-235v) may also be that of Herman Appeldorn.
Decoration: Part 1: 2- to 8-line initials in plain red; sentence initials highlighted in red; phrases underlined in red; rubrics in red. Part 2: 2- to 3-line initials in plain red; paragraph marks in red; sentence initials highlighted in red; phrases underlined in red.
Binding: Contemporary, possibly original. Tacketed parchment case binding with an envelope flap extending from the right side of the cover which folds across the fore-edge and is fastened with a brass clasp at the front. Inscription in ink on upper left of the front cover: "G.xlii." Evidence of a title running from head to tail edge of the spine, now effaced. A rectangular paper label adhered...
Origin: Part 1: Probably written in Cologne, Germany around 1451 or shortly after. Part 2: Probably written in Trier and/or Cologne, Germany around the same time. Part 1 donated by Johann? Warendorppe and the manuscript bound in Cologne, likely sometime before Herman Appeldorn's death in 1473.
Former shelfmark: MS Y180
Former shelfmark: Phillipps MS 646
Shelfmark: Lawrence, University of Kansas, Kenneth Spencer Research Library, MS C91
Related shelfmark: Cologne, Historisches Archiv der Stadt Köln, Best. 233 Kartäuser, Repertorien und Handschriften, Nr. 14
MS C91 is a composite manuscript, consisting of two parts: Part 1 consists of folios 1-145 and Part 2 folios 146-235.
The copy of the Homiliae quadraginta in evangelia libri duo by St. Gregory the Great in this manuscript does not include the Preface.
The first front flyleaf in parchment is repurposed with no older text remaining and contains a contemporary table of contents for the manuscript as well as a donation inscription for the first part: "Ex donation[n]e d[omi]ni Jo[?] Warendorppe p[ro]ve[n]it nobis h[ic] lib[er] quoad Omelias Gregorii."
The back flyleaf is a repurposed parchment leaf, cut approximately in half and tucked in sideways between folios 223 and 224. Measuring 142 x 206 mm, its dimensions are slightly smaller than the leaves in the rest of the bookblock. Written in two columns, with 32 lines remaining. It contains Epistola ad Galathas / Hugh of Saint-Cher [incomplete, chapter 2], beginning on what is now the verso...
In good condition. Part 1: deckle edges visible on the fore-edge; few contemporary corrections and annotations. Part 2: extensive contemporary annotations, deletions, insertions and corrections, mostly by the scribe, Herman Appeldorn.
The manuscript comes from the library of the Charterhouse of St Barbara in Cologne, Germany (Kölner Kartause). Sixteenth-century shelfmark of the library inscribed in ink on upper left of front cover: "G.xlii." Seventeenth-century label of the library adhered to head of spine: "OO." Listed as "OO 89" in the seventeenth-century shelflist of the library, Cologne, Historisches Archiv der Stadt... - Keyword:
- Institutional Record:
- https://kuprimo.hosted.exlibrisgroup.com/permalink/f/1n9tuvc/KU_VOYAGER2956536
- IIIF Manifest:
- https://iiif.archivelab.org/iiif/images_MSC91_30/manifest.json
- Holding Institution:
