• This material is open for research.
• Mansucript, on parchment, of a rituale containing the texts of three litanies used by St. Katherine's convent in Nuremburg, Germany. The first litany consists of prayers for a dying nun; the second and third invoke a number of Dominican saints, including St. Dominic himself, Thomas Aquinas, Vincent Ferrer, and Catherine of Siena.
• Previously owned by St. Katherine's convent, Nuremburg, Germany; Rush Christopher Hawkins. Ex libris Arthur and Charlotte Vershbow. Purchased from xxx (CHristie's New York sale, 9-10 April 2013, lot 301) on the xxxFund, 2013.
• Layout: single columns of 18 lines. Music with square notation on four-line staves.
• Script: gothic book hand.
• Decoration: rubricated. Initials alternately in red and blue; large opening initial in liquid gold with blue and red penwork.
• Binding: contemporary blind-stamped calf; one clasp and catch, repaired.
• Rituale. General Collection, Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library,

Subjects:

• Catholic Church
• Dominicans.
• Manuscripts, Medieval -- Connecticut -- New Haven.
• Nuns -- Germany -- 16th century.
• Women
• Nuremberg (Germany)
• Manuscripts, Medieval -- Germany -- 16th century.
• Manuscripts, Renaissance -- Germany -- 16th century.
• Medieval and Renaissance Manuscripts in Beinecke Library.