University of Chicago, Codex Ms. 19

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Metadata

DS ID:

DS16580

Shelfmark:

Codex Ms. 19

Title:

Evangeliorum Quattuor Harmonia

Bible

Gospels

Place:

Germany?

Germany TGN

Date:

14--

fifteenth century (dates CE) AAT

Language:

In Latin

Latin WIKIDATA

Physical Description:

Extent: 120 leaves ; 134 x 101 (95 x 70) mm

Former Owner(s):

Hengstenberg, Ernst Wilhelm, 1802-1869

Ernst Wilhelm Hengstenberg WIKIDATA

Baptist Union Theological Seminary (Morgan Park, Ill.)

Baptist Union Theological Seminary WIKIDATA

Note:

Codex manuscript.
Title supplied by cataloger.
Forms part of the Edgar J. Goodspeed Collection of New Testament Manuscripts. Formerly Goodspeed Ms. Lat. 1.
Collation: Paper; 2 (unfoliated flyleaves) + 117 + 1 (unfoliated flyleaf). Flyleaves conjoint with pastedowns. Modern foliation in Arabic numerals in pencil 1-117. Earlier foliation of leaf openings in red. Quires 1 through 9 of 12 leaves, the 10th quire is of 9 leaves. Catchwords at the end of quires 1 through 9. It is presumed the prologue, table of contents, and table description were bound...
Watermarks: Watermark for quires 2 through 7 similar to Briquet, Balance dans un cercle 2447 (Gurck 1448, Munich 1450-1459, Hungary 1453-1470, Vienne 1454-1459). For quires 8, 9, and fol. 116, the watermark is similar to Briquet, Tour 15872 (Wied, 1477, Halberstadt, 1446, Gnessen, 1448).
Layout: 1 column, 24 to 26 lines (variants of 22 to 27 lines). Frame ruling with lead point.
Script: Written in cursive script mainly in dark brown ink (moderate fading).
Decoration: Major initials (10-15 mm) in blue ink with penwork flourishes in red. Minor initials in red or blue. The first letter of the opening word of most verses is highlighted in yellow.
Condition: Some marginal titles and ink foliation marred owing to trimming. Several leaves detached at the end of the manuscript. Random water, dirt, and grease stains.
Binding: Bound with parchment pieces of 2 missals upon which square musical notation (no staff lines), text, and penwork flourishes are visible. Phrase on back inside cover [s]eruorum tuorum..., possibly Psalm 73:22. Some marginal titles and ink foliation marred owing to trimming. Several leaves detached at the end of the manuscript.
Origin: The manuscript is dated to the 15th century, and may have been written in Germany.
Former shelfmark: Chicago, IL, University of Chicago, Goodspeed Ms. Lat. 1.
Former shelfmark: Chicago, IL, University of Chicago, BS3560.A4L3 1450.
Shelfmark: Chicago, IL, University of Chicago, Ms19.
Provenance unknown from the 15th to the mid-19th century. Belonged to German Lutheran theologian Ernst Wilhelm Hengstenberg (1802-1869), his surname inscribed in pencil (front flyleaf). Belonged also to the Baptist Union Theological Seminary of Chicago, Illinois which purchased Hengstenberg's Library from his heirs, December 1869. University of Chicago Libraries bookplate and stamp (front...

Keyword:

codices (bound manuscripts)

Manuscript waste

Bible. Gospels

Harmonies (Reference works)

Manuscripts, Latin (Medieval and modern)

Illinois--Chicago

Institutional Record:

http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/2648826

IIIF Manifest:

https://iiif-collection.lib.uchicago.edu/object/ark:61001/b22r97w8w16z.json

Holding Institution:

University of Chicago