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Composite manuscript containing three texts, 1459

 Item
Identifier: MS 153

Contents

Contains three treatises by John Haghen, written by the scribe John Rössler and annotated by John of Haghen himself.

ff. 1r-178r: 'Expositio privilegiorum Ordinis Carthusiensis'

ff. 178r-264r: 'Expositio aliorum privilegiorum ejusdem Ordinis'

ff. 265r-329v: 'Tractatus de Vita et Regimine Clericorum'

The texts are described separately, under the folio headings listed above.

Writing

A good, uniform hand, written by John Rössler of Hall in Schwabia in 1459, with some notes throughout in the difficult hand of John of Haghen himself, Prior of Eisenach and of the Carthusian monastery at Erfurt (1457-75).

Dates

  • Creation: 1459

Creator

Language of Materials

Latin

Conditions Governing Access

The collection is open to all. The manuscripts can be consulted in the Centre for Research Collections, Edinburgh University Main Library.

Extent

1 bound MS volume

Custodial History

This volume was written for the Carthusians of Erfurt by John Rössler of Hall in Schwabia. The treatises are by John of Haghen, Prior of Eisenach and of the Carthusian monastery at Erfurt (1457-75), and the volume has been annotated by him in his own hand. He inserts the inscription on f. 1: Hic liber est Carthusiensium prope Erffordiam. There are no later marks. Its price,'in ancient and stamped wood binding,' was £1, 1s.

Previous title

Title given to the manuscript in Catherine Borland’s catalogue: Johannis ab Indagine Expositio Privilegiorum Ordinis Carthusiensis, etc.

Previous reference

D. b. V. 7.

Bibliography

Paul J. G. Lehman, Mittelalterliche Bibliothekskataloge Deutschlands und der Schweiz, vol. 2, (München: C.H. Beck, 1918-), p. 382, H.11

Physical Facet

Material: Paper

Binding: Modern

Collation: a12- C12, D17=329.

Dimensions

21.91 cm X 15.88 cm

General

Secundo folio: eligere unum

Foliation and number of lines to a page: ff. 329, about 32 lines to a page.

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Repository Details

Part of the University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections Repository

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