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Ms codex.
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Document identity
localId
cf95nv345
label
Book of hours
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obj
dtoType
document
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1
Source metadata
id
cf95nv345
contentType
document
stage
normalized
title
Book of hours
description
Ms codex.
date
["[1411]"]
year
1411
rights
No known copyright restrictions.
reuseAllowed
no restrictions
language
Latin
identifierLocal
06_01_016959
creators
Catholic Church
Pauli, N., active 1411
Enluminures (Firm)
institution
Boston Public Library
collections
Medieval and Early Renaissance Manuscripts
subjects
Christian women--Prayers and devotions
subjectsGeographic
Europe
Germany
genreBasic
Manuscripts
Books
genreSpecific
Inscriptions
Marginalia
Autographs
Wooden boards
Manuscripts, Latin (Medieval and Modern)--Germany
Manuscripts, Medieval--Germany
Books of hours
devotional calendars
Gothic scripts
typeOfResource
Text
country
Germany
thumbnailUrl
largeImageUrl
pageCount
1
source
import
extent
184 leaves : paper and parchment ; 110 x 80 (approximately 65 x 50) mm, bound to 113 mm, in box 13 cm.
hasTranscription
no
Source extras
institutionArkId
sf268508b
collectionArkId
np193j758
schema:latitude
51.5
schema:longitude
10.5
notes
Ms codex.
Title devised by cataloger; bibliographic record based in part on dealer's description.
Origin: Copied in western Germany, no later than 1411. The autograph of "N. Pauli" -- possibly one of the scribes or an early owner -- appears on fol. 171 and 182. Localization to western Germany is based on textual and liturgical evidence. For example, the invitatorium "In honore beatissime virgo maria" is associated with Germany and the Northern netherlands, while the antiphon and capitulum in Prime are associated with Siegburg, located approximately 30 kilometers southeast of Cologne. The calendar and litany include a number of saints venerated in German lands and in Cologne specifically, as well as saints Willebrord and Odulf, venerated in Utrecht. These strong associations with Germany, the inclusion of Utrecht saints, and the presence of a Middle Dutch recipe on fol. 171v (see contents note) suggest that this book of hours was created somewhere between Cologne and the German side of the Dutch border. The date of 1411 is attested by a series of chronological calculations on fol. 181, written in a different hand than any of the other sections, and which mark the number of years from the Creation, Adam, Eve, the Flood, and the Incarnation. Dating is further supported by watermark evidence (see reference to Briquet in the collation note). That the manuscript was copied for or used by a woman is suggested by feminine endings in several prayers (see, for example, 180v) and by the addition, in a different hand, of a prayer to Saint Margaret, though masculine endings can also be found throughout.
pubPlace
[Germany]
dcId
cf95nv345
type
document
Single page context
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1
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0
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photo
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