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101. Add MS 15103

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Title:
Collection of homilies and saints' Lives, written by Martha Felderin
Scope & Content:
Contents: ff. 1r-228r: a collection of homilies and saints' Lives, written by the scribe and nun Martha Felderin, beginning with an incomplete list of contents (f.1r) and ending with a colophon (f. 228r). ff. 1v, 106v-107v, 197v and 228v are blank. Decoration: Large initials in blue with...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
German
Date Range:
1488
Extent:
1 volume

102. Add MS 15418

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Title:
Hildegard von Bingen, Liber divinorum operum
Scope & Content:
This manuscript contains the Liber divinorum operum (Book of Divine Works) by Hildegard von Bingen (b. c. 1098, d. 1179), a German Benedictine abbess, polymath and medieval mystic. Hildegard originally composed the work between 1163 and 1173. It is arranged in three parts and provides details of...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
Late 15th century
Extent:
1 volume

103. Add MS 15456

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Title:
Obituary calendar of the Abbey of St Quirinus, Neuss
Scope & Content:
An obituary calendar of the Abbey of St Quirinus, Neuss, recording the obits (or death anniversaries) of the abbey's former members, patrons and other local figures which would be announced in the nuns' daily chapter meeting after the office of prime. For a facsimile, edition, and translation o...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
German, Low and Latin
Date Range:
1421-17th century
Extent:
1 volume

104. Add MS 15686

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Title:
The Rule of the Minorite Order of Sisters of St Clare
Scope & Content:
Contents: ff. 1r-33r: The Rule of the Minorite Order of Sisters of St Clare, a German translation of the Regula sororum sancta Clarae, promulgated by Pope Urban IV, 18 October 1263, written for the nuns of St Clare of Villingen, Swabia; ending with a Latin colophon, 'Explicit regula Sancte Cla...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
German and Latin
Date Range:
c 1480
Extent:
1 volume

105. Add MS 16950

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Title:
Gradual, Cistercian Use ('The Seligenthal Gradual')
Scope & Content:
Contents: ff. 2r-4r: Hymns (beginning imperfectly). ff. 4v-166v: The Temporal, from the first Sunday in Advent (beginning 'Ad te levavi') to the 23rd Sunday following Pentecost (beginning 'Dicit dominus ego'), including the Litany (ff. 100r-102v). ff. 167r-237r: The Sanctoral, from St Step...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
German and Latin
Date Range:
1260
Extent:
1 volume

106. Add MS 17012

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Title:
Books of Hours, Use of Sarum ('The Book of Joan Vaux')
Scope & Content:
This manuscript is a Book of Hours that was made in Antwerp around the turn of the 16th century. It subsequently came to England, where it came into the posession of a lady of the Tudor court, possibly Joan Vaux (b. c. 1463, d. 1538), Lady Governess to the Princesses Margaret (b. 1489, d. 1541) ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and Latin
Date Range:
c 1500
Extent:
1 volume

107. Add MS 18311

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Title:
Rules of St Augustine for the government of nunneries
Scope & Content:
Contents: f. 1r-v: A letter from Heinrich von Lichtenau (b. 1444, d. 1517), Prince-Bishop of Augsburg, imposing the Augustinian rule on the monastery of St Ulric, Dillingen, dated 23 June 1512; written in German, beginning, 'Wir heinrich von gottes gnaden Bischoff zu Augspurg...' ff. 2r-35r: ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
German
Date Range:
1512
Extent:
1 volume

108. Add MS 21072

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Title:
Census of St Mary Magdalene’s Abbey, Cologne
Scope & Content:
This manuscript contains a census of lands granted and leased to St Mary Magdalene’s Abbey, Cologne, a house of sisters of the Penitential Order of Mary Magdalene, an order established for former sex-workers. The entries are arranged by parish, each listing the property’s grantor, its extent, an...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
German and Latin
Date Range:
2nd half of the 14th century-1st half of the 15th century
Extent:
1 volume

109. Add MS 21177

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Title:
Revenues and expenses of St Mary Magdalene’s Abbey, Cologne
Scope & Content:
This manuscript contains a list of rents owed to, and pensions paid by, St Mary Magdalene’s Abbey, Cologne, a house of sisters of the Penitential Order of Mary Magdalene, a religious order established for former sex-workers. The manuscript is composed of two parts (ff. 1-10 and ff. 11-18) that w...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
German and Latin
Date Range:
Late 13th century
Extent:
1 volume

110. Add MS 21984

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Title:
Cicero, De senectute, written by Ippolita Maria Sforza
Scope & Content:
This manuscript contains De senectute, a Latin treatise on the subject of aging and death, by the Roman statesman Marcus Tullius Cicero (b. 106 BC, d. 43 BC). The manuscript's colophon indicates that it was written by Ippolita Maria Sforza (b. 1445, d. 1488), daughter of Francesco I Sforza (b. 1...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Italian and Latin
Date Range:
1458
Extent:
1 volume

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