The Huntington Library, Art Museum, and Botanical Gardens, mssHM 1052

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DS ID:

DS9749

Shelfmark:

mssHM 1052

Title:

Rule and testament of St. Clare of Assisi, in Dutch

Place:

Netherlands

Netherlands TGN

Date:

between 1540 and 1560

sixteenth century (dates CE) AAT

Language:

Dutch

Dutch WIKIDATA

Physical Description:

Extent: ff. i + 30 + i : parchment ; 85 x 135 mm

Former Owner(s):

Vorssel, Clara von (Sister)

Clara von Vorssel WIKIDATA

Poor, Henry W. 1844-1915

Henry William Poor WIKIDATA

Note:

Title from printed catalog.
Support: Parchment.
Script: Hybrida; gothic.
Layout: 1-38 46. Quires and leaves signed with letters of the alphabet and arabic numerals. Ruled space, 93 x 55 mm; 24 long lines, ruled in ink with single bounding lines.
Assigned Date: s. XVImed.
Input into Digital Scriptorium by: C. W. Dutschke, 12/13/2009.
Written in the Netherlands in the middle of the sixteenth century, possibly for Sister Clara van Vorssel who professed her vows in the Franciscan order in 1555. Belonged to Henry William Poor (1844-1915); his sale, Anderson, New York, 12 January 1909, pt. III, n. 250. Apparently acquired by Henry E. Huntington at that time.

Keyword:

manuscripts (documents)

Poor Clares

Monasticism and religious orders--Rules

Vows

Institutional Record:

https://catalog.huntington.org/record=b1861977

IIIF Manifest:

https://cdm16003.contentdm.oclc.org/iiif/p15150coll7:52715/manifest.json

Holding Institution:

The Huntington Library, Art Museum, and Botanical Gardens