YALE UNIVERSITY BEINECKE RARE BOOK AND
MANUSCRIPT LIBRARY GENERAL COLLECTION OF RARE BOOKS AND
MANUSCRIPTS MEDIEVAL AND RENAISSANCE MANUSCRIPTS
Beinecke MS 962
Northwestern Germany, [between 1400 and 1500]
Latin commentaries on two sequences.
In Latin.
ff. 32 : paper.
Material is open for research.
Manuscript on paper containing 1) Commentarius in sequentiam “Ave preclara maris stella”,
falsely attributed to Caesarius de Heisterbach O. Cist.(c. 1180-c. 1240). 2) Commentarius
in sequentiam “Benedictio Trine Unitati”. 3) Addition to art. 2, dealing with the
Hebrew alphabet. 4) Humorous note explaining why the eater of cheese (obviously a
most unhealthy food) will never thrust a wine-goblet from his hood (?), why he never
will be bitten by a dog and why a thief will never enter his house.
Purchased on the Edwin J. Beinecke Fund.
Script: Artt. 1-4 are copied by one hand writing Gothica Cursiva Libraria marked by
striking hairlines at r and final t. Quotations are clumsily written in a deviating
form of Northern Gothica Textualis. Ascenders at the top line are often lengthened
and decorated. Art. 5 is copied in a more rapid form of Gothica Cursiva Libraria,
possibly by the same hand.
Record created by Beinecke staff from catalog description by Albert Derolez.
Latin Commentaries on Two Sequences. General Collection, Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript
Library, Yale University.
Subjects:
Hermannus, Contractus, 1013-1054.
Devotional literature, Latin (Medieval and modern)
Hebrew language
Manuscripts, Medieval -- Connecticut -- New Haven.
Manuscripts, Medieval -- Germany -- 15th century.
Medieval and Renaissance Manuscripts in Beinecke Library.