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1. Add Ch 12731

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Title:
Acknowledgement of the supremacy of Baldwin, archbishop of Trier, by Gerlach of Limburg, Kunegunde, his wife, and Gerlach, their son
Scope & Content:
Acknowledgement of the supremacy of Baldwin, archbishop of Trier, by Gerlach of Limburg, Kunegunde, his wife, and Gerlach, their son. Endorsed: in an 18th-century hand, ‘Gerlach herren von Limburg, Cunegunde pri…[illegible] gunir / Gerlach von Limburg, isr altustur vosn / Rudolfo graf von Werch...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
German
Date Range:
1344-1345
Extent:
1 leaf

2. Add Ch 12733

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Title:
Sale by Katherine von Solmesse and Salentin, lord of Isenburg, her husband, to Baldwin, archbishop of Trier
Scope & Content:
Sale by Katherine von Solmesse and Salentin, lord of Isenburg, her husband, to Baldwin [von Luxembourg, r. 1307-54], archbishop of Trier, of Mergenhusen, Maybrode and Beringerhusen. Affixed with 7 seals. The first, a fine seal of Salentin, oval, brown, with a heraldic shield with two bars, the ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
German
Date Range:
1346
Extent:
1 leaf

3. Add Ch 28654

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Title:
Arbitration between Elizabeth of Katzenelenbogen, abbess of St Mary’s in the Capitol in Cologne, and Herman of Hachinberch, canon of the same church
Scope & Content:
Notarial copy of an arbitration between Elizabeth of Katzenelenbogen, abbess of St Mary’s in the Capitol in Cologne, and Herman of Hachinberch, canon of the same church; dated 30 January 1352, at vespers, with the notary mark and notarial certificate of Rurgerus de Hillsheynr, imperial notary of...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Dutch, Middle and Latin
Date Range:
[30 Jan 1352]
Extent:
1 leaf

4. 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

5. Harley MS 1725

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Harley MS 1725
Title:
Hildegard von Bingen, Collectio epistolarum and other texts
Scope & Content:
This volume contains an extensive collection of letters and other Latin works by Hildegard von Bingen (b. c. 1098, d. 1179), a German Benedictine abbess, polymath and medieval mystic. The volume is an early 16th-century copy of the Wiesbaden Codex, also known as the 'Riesencodex' (now Wiesbaden,...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
Early 16th century
Extent:
1 volume

6. Harley MS 2430

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Harley MS 2430
Title:
German prayer-book
Scope & Content:
This prayer-book presents a carefully designed programme of devotional exercises and prayers contemplating Christ’s suffering for a female reader who is identified as a servant in a household. The prayer-book’s compiler seeks to engage its female reader with the contents by using a range of imag...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
German, Middle High
Date Range:
16th century
Extent:
1 volume