University of Kansas, MS D37

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Metadata

DS ID:

DS1227

Shelfmark:

MS D37

Title:

Liber meditationum sive orationum /

Author:

Bonaventure, Saint, Cardinal, approximately 1217-1274

Bonaventure WIKIDATA

Place:

Germany

Germany TGN

Date:

January 5, 1433

second century (dates CE) AAT

Language:

Latin

Latin WIKIDATA

Physical Description:

Extent: 22 leaves : paper ; 292 x 205 (225 x 165) mm bound to 297 x 210 mm

Note:

Title from opening rubric.
Manuscript codex
Collation: ii (modern paper, i is pastedown) + 22 (paper) + ii (modern paper, ii is pastedown): 1¹² + 2¹² (wants 10, 12, possibly blank).
Foliation: Modern foliation in pencil at center in upper margin (1-22).
Watermarks: A human head in profile with a headband (similar to Piccard AT3800-PO-20156).
Layout: Written in two columns of 39 lines. Frame ruled in lead, with full-length vertical and horizontal bounding lines.
Script: Written by a single hand in Gothic cursive.
Decoration: Spaces left for 1- to 2-line initials on folios 1r, 1v, 9v, 11r, 13v, 14r and 16r; guide letters visible throughout; rubrics in red throughout.
Binding: Modern. Bound in paste paper in dark blue patterns over paper boards. Two paper labels adhered to spine: a rectangular label on the head and a spiked round label on the tail, which is inscribed in ink "4?060" and "? III N".
Origin: Probably written in Germany and completed on January 5, 1433: "Anno d[omi]ni 1433 in p[ro]xi[m]a die an[te] oct[av]as ep[i]ph[a]n[i]e d[omi]ni hora q[ua]si 4ta p[ost] me[r]idiem" -- colophon, folio 21v.
Former shelfmark: MS Y138
Shelfmark: Lawrence, University of Kansas, Kenneth Spencer Research Library, MS D37
In good condition except for a few ink smears. Minor damage on the binding along the spine and the outer edges. Contemporary marginal annotations and corrections throughout the manuscript, possibly by the scribe themself.
Early history of the manuscript is unknown. Two paper labels adhered to spine. Bookseller annotations in pencil on front pastedown: "Bonaventura," "15th c[entury]," "S. Bonaventura," "1433," "Soliloquium," "ZB 97665" by different hands in upper left, "Ms. 208" in lower right. The inscription from the spiked round label at the tail of spine repeated in pencil in upper right of front pastedown...

Keyword:

Paste paper bindings

Watermarks

Manuscripts, Latin

Spirituality--Christianity

Manuscripts, Medieval

Theology

Institutional Record:

https://kuprimo.hosted.exlibrisgroup.com/permalink/f/1n9tuvc/KU_VOYAGER2964499

IIIF Manifest:

https://iiif.archivelab.org/iiif/images_MSD37_30/manifest.json

Holding Institution:

University of Kansas