Indiana University Bloomington, Poole 16

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DS ID:

DS545

Shelfmark:

Poole 16

Title:

De intellectu
Breviary
Missale estivalis quem comparavit Johannes laicus de rastorf quondam mrg’ coq’ne felicis memorie qui obit in vigilia s. margarethe ac cuius anniversarium datur dominis xxx solidi annuatim ad caritatem.
Summer Missale

Author:

Aristotle

Aristotle WIKIDATA

Place:

?

undetermined TGN

Germany, Thuringia

Germany TGN

Date:

s. XIII/XIV; 1290-1310

thirteenth century (dates CE) AAT

s. XIV(2/4); 1325-1350

fourteenth century (dates CE) AAT

Language:

Latin

Latin WIKIDATA

Physical Description:

Binding: Medieval binding of massive wooden boards sewn on seven bands, covered with dark brown leather, sides double ruled into frames, upper cover with a large ruled key (for Saint Peter), lower cover ruled in a saltire, sides stamped with tools of a lion in a lozenge, an eagle in a circle, a smaller eagle in a lozenge, a hump-backed creature in a circle, and a rosette in a circle.
Figurative details, ff. 1-287: Full-page Canon miniature on fol. 105v, 239 mm. by 153 mm., divided into two compartments, drawn in ink infilled with coloured wash, showing the Trinity enthroned above between symbols of the four evangelists and the Crucifixion below between the swooning Virgin, supported by a saint, presumably Saint John, and a standing saint, with a book, presumably Saint John...
Other decoration, ff. 1-287: Rubrics and small initials throughout in red; larger initials in red and blue, the largest (up to 6 lines high) in both colours with elaborate penwork in red and blue.
Script, ff. 1-287: Gothic Textura.
Layout, ff. 1-287: Collation: i#^12+1# [last leaf added, a smaller supplementary leaf, not foliated or included in the leaf-count here], ii–viii#^12#, ix#^12+1# [fol. 105 added, with Canon miniature], x–xxiii#^12#, xxiv#^10# [of 12, blank xi–xii canceled], with numerical signatures and medieval foliation i – cclxxxvii; ruled in brown ink, 24 lines, written-space 224 mm. by 141 mm.

Former Owner(s):

Benedictine monastery of Saint Peter in Erfurt (known as Petersburg), reputedly founded by King Dagobert in the seventh century, and suppressed in 1803, with their ownership inscription on fol. 1r, liber s. petri in erphordand other localised inscriptions; no. 34 in the monastery’s library catalogue of 1783, Anonymi: Missale pergameno inscriptum 1321(Theele 1920, p. 60.

Monastery of Saint Peter (Erfurt, Germany) WIKIDATA

the inscription of 1321 is on fol. 2r); Dr Leander van Ess (1772-1847), of Darmstadt, his no. 36 (label on spine); Sir Thomas Phillipps (1792-1872), bought with the van Ess library in 1824, his MS 421; bought in 1955 by George A. Poole from Messrs. W. H. Robinson, who had acquired the residue of the Phillipps library in 1945-46; acquired by the Lilly Library with the Poole Collection in 1958.

Johann Heinrich van Ess WIKIDATA

the inscription of 1321 is on fol. 2r); Dr Leander van Ess (1772-1847), of Darmstadt, his no. 36 (label on spine); Sir Thomas Phillipps (1792-1872), bought with the van Ess library in 1824, his MS 421; bought in 1955 by George A. Poole from Messrs. W. H. Robinson, who had acquired the residue of the Phillipps library in 1945-46; acquired by the Lilly Library with the Poole Collection in 1958.

Thomas Phillipps WIKIDATA

the inscription of 1321 is on fol. 2r); Dr Leander van Ess (1772-1847), of Darmstadt, his no. 36 (label on spine); Sir Thomas Phillipps (1792-1872), bought with the van Ess library in 1824, his MS 421; bought in 1955 by George A. Poole from Messrs. W. H. Robinson, who had acquired the residue of the Phillipps library in 1945-46; acquired by the Lilly Library with the Poole Collection in 1958.

George Amos Poole WIKIDATA

the inscription of 1321 is on fol. 2r); Dr Leander van Ess (1772-1847), of Darmstadt, his no. 36 (label on spine); Sir Thomas Phillipps (1792-1872), bought with the van Ess library in 1824, his MS 421; bought in 1955 by George A. Poole from Messrs. W. H. Robinson, who had acquired the residue of the Phillipps library in 1945-46; acquired by the Lilly Library with the Poole Collection in 1958.

William H. Robinson Ltd. WIKIDATA

Note:

Manuscript note: Edges of many pages fitted with protruding markers, either tabs or balls, each covered in leather mostly in red; upper joint repaired, lacking metal fittings once on the covers; in a green cloth case.
Bibliography: Van Ess 1823, p. 10, no. 36; Phillipps 1837-71, p. 5; Theele 1920, p. 60; Faye and Bond 1962, pp. 178-79; L. A. Mason in ‘Catalogue’ 1988, pp. 22-26, no. 5; Krämer 1989, p. 228.
Pastedowns: Latin.
ff. 1-287: Latin.
Pastedowns: Pastedown shows passages of De Intellectuand a citation of Aristotle.
Pastedown: Fragment of a fourteenth-century Breviary.
ff. 1-287: Rubric is contemporary inscription in red ink on fol. 1r, "a summer Missal, which the layman Johann von Rasdorf acquired, late [ . . . ] of happy memory, who died on the eve of Saint Margaret and on whose anniversary each year 30 shillings are given by the clergy to charity". The abbreviated words “mrg’ coq’ne” are perhaps “magister coquine”, ‘master of the kitchen’, head cook. The...

Institutional Record:

https://archive.org/details/Poole16_40

IIIF Manifest:

https://iiif.archivelab.org/iiif/images_Poole16_40/manifest.json

Holding Institution:

Indiana University Bloomington