University of Pennsylvania, Ms. Codex 682

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Metadata

DS ID:

DS1586

Shelfmark:

Ms. Codex 682

Title:

Meditationes in duodecim primos psalmos Davidis prophetae in honorem 12 apostolorum.

Place:

Flanders

Flanders TGN

Date:

[1600?]

seventeenth century (dates CE) AAT

Language:

Latin

Latin WIKIDATA

Physical Description:

Extent: 73 leaves : paper, color illustrations ; 130 x 94 (91 x 68) mm bound to 137 x 95 mm

Former Owner(s):

Krumbhaar, E. B. 1882-1966

E.B. Krumbhaar WIKIDATA

Note:

Foliation: Paper, 73; [i, 1-68, iv]; modern foliation in pencil, upper right recto.
Origin: Written in Flanders, ca. 1600 (Zacour-Hirsch).
Title from title page (f. 1r).
Incipit: Amantissime domine deus, unica spes animae meae ... (f. 2r)
Ms. codex.
Binding: Contemporary stamped vellum, repaired on the front hinge, with leather ties. Moderate oxidation of the ink; paper is brown, dry, and crumbling at the edges.
Script: Written in a cursive script by a single hand.
Decoration: Includes 14 engravings by Adrian Collaert depicting standing figures of the apostles, with miniature scenes of their deaths or martyrdoms in the background; plus one pasted-in historiated initial in gold, blue, red, pink, green, and black depicting St. Gertrude of Nivelles in a nun's habit holding a book and crozier with four rats (f. 2r); and other pasted-in illuminated initials...
Layout: Written in 21-22 long lines; frame-ruled in lead.
Formerly owned by E. B. Krumbhaar, 1910.

Keyword:

engravings (prints)

Devotional literature

Manuscripts, Latin

Manuscripts, European

Hybrid books

Manuscripts, Renaissance

codices (bound manuscripts)

Prayers and devotions

illuminations (paintings)

Prayers

Apostles in art

Catholic Church

Institutional Record:

https://franklin.library.upenn.edu/catalog/FRANKLIN_9924874683503681

IIIF Manifest:

https://colenda.library.upenn.edu/phalt/iiif/2/81431-p3pn8xg1q/manifest

Holding Institution:

University of Pennsylvania