University of Pennsylvania, Oversize Ms. Codex 872

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Metadata

DS ID:

DS1708

Shelfmark:

Oversize Ms. Codex 872

Title:

Die Klag vom Wolf am Hage.

Author:

Schmieher, Peter, active 15th century

Peter Schmieher WIKIDATA

Place:

Germany

Germany TGN

Date:

[14--]

fifteenth century (dates CE) AAT

Language:

gmh

Middle High German WIKIDATA

Physical Description:

Extent: 4 leaves : paper ; 286 x 200 (241 x 155) mm bound to 286 x 202 mm

Former Owner(s):

Phillipps, Thomas, Sir, 1792-1872

Thomas Phillipps WIKIDATA

Kloss, Georg

Georg Kloss WIKIDATA

Note:

Binding: 19th-century boards.
Edges of leaves repaired partially obscuring text at top.
Ms. codex.
Title from title of second work (f. 1r).
Foliation: Paper, 4; 170-174, contemporary foliation in ink, lower left recto; [1-4], modern foliation in pencil, upper right recto.
Layout: Written in 2 columns of 36-38 lines.
Script: Written in a cursive script by a single hand.
Decoration: Rubricated initials, capitals, and explicits throughout.
Origin: Written in Germany in the 15th century (Zacour-Hirsch).
Formerly owned by Sir Thomas Phillips no. 11049; Georgius Klo[beta], M. D., Frankfurt am Main (bookplate, inside upper cover).
Sold by Helmuth Domizlaff at auction of Wolfgang Brandes (cat. 28, no. 3222), 1957.

Keyword:

Manuscripts

codices (bound manuscripts)

Manuscripts, Renaissance

poems

German poetry

Middle High German, 1050-1500

German poetry--Middle High German

Institutional Record:

https://franklin.library.upenn.edu/catalog/FRANKLIN_9931785533503681

IIIF Manifest:

https://colenda.library.upenn.edu/phalt/iiif/2/81431-p38375/manifest

Holding Institution:

University of Pennsylvania