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About this Item

Title

  • Betrachtungen des Leidens Christi und Gebete für Klosterfrauen.

Other Title

  • Leiden Christi

Names

  • Lessing J. Rosenwald Collection (Library of Congress)
  • Fürstlich Oettingen-Wallerstein'sche Bibliothek, former owner.

Created / Published

  • [Germany] 1518.

Headings

  • -  Jesus Christ--Passion--Devotional literature
  • -  Catholic Church--Prayers and devotions
  • -  Germany

Notes

  • -  Manuscript on paper.
  • -  Title from label on spine (in modern writing).
  • -  The illustrations are mounted and consist of colored drawings and woodcuts (South German, ca. 1450-ca. 1500). Cf. Engelbert Baumeister's Formschnitte des 15. Jahrhunderts in den Sammlungen des fürstlichen Hauses Oettingen-Wallerstein. Strassburg, 1920, Bd. 2, where the woodcuts are described as no. 18, 23, 25-28, 36-38. No. 16-17, described as belonging to this ms., are wanting. Several other illus. appear to have been removed.
  • -  Signatures: [a¹⁰, b²⁽⁺⁾, c¹², d¹⁴, e⁸, f¹², g-l⁸, m¹⁰, n⁸, o¹⁰⁺¹, p-q⁸, r⁸⁺¹, s-z⁸, A-D⁸, E⁶]
  • -  Cursive script in several hands.
  • -  Rubricated.
  • -  Leaf [1a] (in red): Hye nach folgent XV stücklin des lydens xp̄i vnsers he'ren; leaf [207b] (in red): Dsz ist ein blůmēkrētzlin dem kindlin Jhs̄ vff sin krusses herlin 15ø18 vff nicolai dsz; leaves [209a]-[237a] contain more prayers ending: kum zu hilf minē lestē not amē.
  • -  Library of Congress. Lessing J. Rosenwald collection, 13
  • -  Bond, W.H. Supplement to the Census of medieval and Renaissance manuscripts in the United States and Canada, 165
  • -  Library of Congress. Lessing J. Rosenwald collection (1954), 9
  • -  LC copy: Stamped on several leaves: F. Öttingen Wallerstein'sche Bibliothek.
  • -  LC copy: Old binding of stamped red leather over wooden boards; damaged; clasp broken.
  • -  Also available in digital form on the Library of Congress Web site.
  • -  Formerly identified as Rosenwald ms. no. 4
  • -  LAC ddw 2023-03-14 update (1 card)

Medium

  • [238] l., l. [208] and [238] blank. ill. 11 cm.

Call Number/Physical Location

  • Rosenwald 13

Digital Id

Library of Congress Control Number

  • 50041710

Online Format

  • pdf
  • image

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IIIF Presentation Manifest

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Chicago citation style:

Lessing J. Rosenwald Collection, and Former Owner Fürstlich Oettingen-Wallerstein'Sche Bibliothek. Betrachtungen des Leidens Christi und Gebete für Klosterfrauen. [Germany, 1518] Manuscript/Mixed Material. https://www.loc.gov/item/50041710/.

APA citation style:

Lessing J. Rosenwald Collection & Fürstlich Oettingen-Wallerstein'Sche Bibliothek, F. O. (1518) Betrachtungen des Leidens Christi und Gebete für Klosterfrauen. [Germany] [Manuscript/Mixed Material] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://www.loc.gov/item/50041710/.

MLA citation style:

Lessing J. Rosenwald Collection, and Former Owner Fürstlich Oettingen-Wallerstein'Sche Bibliothek. Betrachtungen des Leidens Christi und Gebete für Klosterfrauen. [Germany, 1518] Manuscript/Mixed Material. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <www.loc.gov/item/50041710/>.