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032-002093380

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Title:

German devotional manuscript

Scope & Content:

This devotional manuscripts with German prayers to the Virgin Mary and Christ was produced for Louis I, Count of Löwenstein (b. 1463, d. 1523), founder of the house Löwenstein-Wertheim, as is indicated by 6 depictions of his coat of arms, 1 depiction of the coat of arms of his wife, Elisabeth von Montfort (d. 1503), and a miniature that may depict his relative Georg von Löwenstein (d. 1464), canon of Bamberg.

Contents:

ff. 1r-2r: An exposition on the Pater noster: ‘[rubric:] Hie stet das dewthsch pater noster mit der Glosz [prayer:] PATER NOSTER vater unser Ich bit dich besunder durch alle deine wunden die du würckest in himel un in erden lasse uns dein kint werden [etc.]’.

ff. 2v-3v: An exposition on the Ave Maria (the ‘Golden Ave Maria’): ‘[rubric:] Das guldin Ave maria AVE [prayer:] Got grusse dich kunigin reich [etc.]’.

f. 3v: The Pater noster, German translation, ‘[rubric:] Pater noster [prayer:] Vater unszer der du bist inden himelen [etc.]’.

ff. 3v: The Ave Maria, German translation, ‘[rubric:] Ave maria [prayer:] Gegrüsses seystu Maria vol gnaden [etc.]’.

ff. 4r-4v: The Apostolic Creed, German translation divided in twelve parts attributed to the Apostles, begins: ‘Ich glaub in got vater almechtighen schöpfer himels under erden [etc.]’.

f. 5r: The Magnificat, German translation, ‘[rubric:] Magnificat anima mea [prayer:] Mein sel grösset den herren Und mein geist frewet sich in got meinen heill [etc.]’.

ff. 5r-5v: The Salve Regina, German translation, ‘[rubric:] Salve Regina [prayer: Gegrusses seistu künigin der barmhertzikeit [etc]’.

f. 5v: Nunc dimittis, German translation, ‘[rubric:] Nunc dimittis servum tuum domine [prayer:] Du las herre deinen knicht nach deinen worte im fride [etc.]’.

f. 5v: Veni Sancte Spiritus, German translation, ‘[rubric:] Veni Sancte spiritus [prayer:] Cum heiliger geist und erfulle die hertzen der glaubigen [etc.]’.

f. 5v: Requiem eternam, German translation, ‘[rubric:] Requiem eternam [prayer:] Die Ewigen rwe gib in herre und das ewig licht erleuchte sie Amen’.

f. 5v: Anima Christi, German translation, begins ‘Die sele gotes heil mich der leichnam gots behalt mich in dem ewigen leben [etc.]’.

ff. 6r-7v: A prayer on the Virgin Mary’s and Christ’s suffering in the Passion, ‘[rubric:] Ein gut gebet von unszer frawen und von der Marter vnszers herren [prayer:] Sancta Maria Junfraw ob allen Jungfrawen Ein Muter der barmhertzikeit Ein muter aller wirdikeit Ein susser trost aller betrubten [etc.]’.

Decoration:

14 miniatures in colours.

The subjects of the miniatures are as follows:

1 large miniature, covering 1 text column:

f. 7v: Christ as the Man of Sorrows, a patron (?) kneeling below (identified in a modern note as Georg von Löwenstein, canon of Bamberg), with four coats of arms (Wertheim; Kirchberg; Louis I, Count of Löwenstein (b. 1463, d. 1523); Elisabeth von Montfort (d. 1503), spouse of Georg von Löwenstein).

13 small miniatures in the text columns:

f. 1r: Christ before God the Father, enthroned.

f. 4r: St Peter.

f. 4r: St Andrew.

f. 4r: St James the Greater.

f. 4r: St John the Evangelist.

f. 4r: St Thomas.

f. 4r: St James the Lesser.

f. 4v: St Philip.

f. 4v: St Bartholomew.

f. 4v: St Matthew.

f. 4v: St Simon the Zealot.

f. 4v: St Thaddeus.

f. 4v: St Matthias.

11 large decorated initials in red and blue (ff. 1r, 2v, 3v (2x), 5v (4x), 6r) containing a coat of arms (a lion statant gules) and religious subjects: the Annunciation (f. 2v); the Virgin Mary and St Anne (f. 5r); the Virgin Mary as the Madonna of the Sun and Moon (f. 5r); souls praying in Purgatory (f. 5v); the Lamb of God (f. 5v).

Collection Area:

Western Manuscripts

Project / Collection:

Additional Manuscripts

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Record Type (Level):

Fonds

Extent:

Parchment codex

Digitised Content:

Languages:

German, Middle High
Latin

Scripts:

Latin

Start Date:

1450

End Date:

1499

Date Range:

2nd half of the 15th century

Era:

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Physical Characteristics:

Materials: Paper.

Dimensions: 280 x 200 (text space: 250 x 140 mm); 2 columns.

Foliation: ff. 7 ( + 5 unfoliated paper leaves at the begining + 7 at the end); ff. [8], [9] and [10] are fifteenth-century paper leaves with watermarks (see C. M. Briquet, Les Filigranes: Dictionnaire Historique des Marques du Papier dès leur Apparition vers 1282 jusqu'en 1600, 4 vols (London: Quaritch, 1907), nos 15604 and 15622) that suggest an origin in Southern Germany or Northern Italy; gilt edges.

Script: Gothic cursive.

Binding: Post-1600: cardboard covered with black marbled paper and gold-lined leather, the spine inscribed at the British Museum: ‘PATER NOSTER. GERM.’.

Custodial History:

Origin: Germany, South West.

Provenance:

Louis I, Count of Löwenstein (b. 1463, d. 1523), founder of the house Löwenstein-Wertheim: his arms (ff. 1r, 3v (2x), 5v (2x), 7v); the arms of his wife, Elisabeth von Montfort (d. 1503), on f. 7v: and his relative, Georg von Löwenstein (d. 1464), canon of Bamberg, possibly depicted on f. 7v.

Adolphus Asher (b. 1800, d. 1853), Berlin bookseller and dealer: sold to the British Museum in 1846: note on f. [v] recto: ‘Purchased of A. Asher. 24 Jan. 1846’.

Publications:

Additions to the Manuscripts in the British Museum in the Years 1846-1847 (London: Woodfall, 1864), p. 9.

Robert Priebsch, Deutsche Handschriften in England, 2 vols (Erlangen: Junge, 1896–1901), II, pp.137-38 (no. 160).

Material Type:

Archives and Manuscripts

Legal Status:

Not Public Record(s)

Related Material:

Additions to the Manuscripts in the British Museum in the Years 1846-1847 (London: Woodfall, 1864), p. 9: 'DAS DEWTSCH PATER NOSTER, mit der glosz," f. 1;-" Das guldein Ave Maria;" the Angel's Salutation to the Virgin Mary, with a short commentary on each word, f. 2 b. ;-The Apostles' Creed, in German; with colored half-lengths of each Apostle, f. 4;-The Magnificat; Salve Regina; Nunc dimittis; and Veni Sancte Spiritus; in German, f. 5;-" Gebet von dem heiligen leichman unszers herren Jesu Christi," f. 5 b.;-" Gebet von unszer Frawen, und von der marter unszers Herren," f. 6. There are small colored figures to each article, and at the end is represented a personage kneeling to Jesus Christ, intended for Count George of Löwenstein, Prebendary of Bamberg, 1459. Above and below are coats of arms; the two above are of Counts Wertheim and Kirchberg; and those below, of Louis, Count of Löwenstein, and Elizabeth, Countess of Montfort. xvth cent. Small Folio. [15,695.]'.