Manuscripts, Medieval -- Netherlands
Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Scope Note: Medieval Manuscripts created in the Netherlands.
Found in 15 Collections and/or Records:
Biblia Sacra [Bible. Latin. Vulgate], 14th century
Item
Identifier: MS 7
Scope and Contents
This two-volume bible contains the complete text of the Vulgate, except Psalms. There is no prologue to Wisdom.The first volume contains the books from Genesis to Isaiah 65:3 and ends with the words ad iracundiam pravocat me ante faciem meam. The second volume begins from Isaiah 65:3 with the words semper qui immolant in hortis et sacrificant super...
Dates:
14th century
Book of Hours, 15th century
Item
Identifier: MS 47
Scope and Contents
Book of Hours in Latin and Flemish from the 15th century, of Dutch origin. The Use is not identified, but Kalendar, Litany, and one Flemish rubric establish a Flemish provenance, and seem to point further to Thérouanne and Saint Omer.Kalendar: starts on f. 1r. Contains commemorations of Saints and Martyr, and other festivities (the most important are written in red). The nonth of January is missing.15 February: ...
Dates:
15th century
Book of Hours (Use of Rome), 2nd half of the 15th century
Item
Identifier: MS 305
Contents
MS 305 is a richly illuminated book of hours in very good condition from the second half of the 15th century, of the Use of Rome. Books of hours were designed for the private use of individuals, and the calendar of saints' days typically contained at the beginning of these texts helps to indicate where the book was used, through its inclusion of important local saints. The calendar in MS 305 (described below) suggests that this text was made for a patron with a connection to Rheims...
Dates:
2nd half of the 15th century
Breviary (Easter to Advent), c 1500
Item
Identifier: MS 28
Contents
The manuscript is a Breviary dating from c 1500. Breviaries contain the official set of prayers that mark days in the Catholic calendar. This particular manuscript is Flemish in style and illumination and the Kalendar and Litany are also Flemish and Augustinian. It seems to be connected to an Augustinian foundation in the Netherlands, almost certainly to a church of Saint Paul, at Zonia or Zon.The Kalendar starts on f.2r.In the Kalendar, names...
Dates:
c 1500
Composite manuscript including four texts, late 15th century
Item
Identifier: MS 88
Contents
Contains four texts, written in two different hands.ff. 1r-6r: ‘Soliloquium’ by Eckbert [Soliloquium seu Meditationes]ff. 6v-8r: Selection of passages of Augustine of Hippo, Bernard of Clairvaux, a Gregory, and Thodore the Studiteff. 8v-10v: ‘Speculum Monachorum’ by Arnoul de Bohériesf. 10v: Three short poems in DutchThe texts are described separately, under MS 88/ff. 1r-6r; MS 88/ff. 6v-8r; MS 88/ff. 8v-10v; and MS 88/f....
Dates:
late 15th century
Composite manuscript including two texts, 14th century
Item
Identifier: MS 109
Contents
Writing
Contains two texts, both in the same hand.
ff. 1r-64v: ‘De Trinitate’ by Richard of Saint Victor
ff. 65r-96v: ‘The Shepherd of Hermas’ [incomplete]
The texts are described separately, under MS 109/ff. 1r-64v and MS 109/ff. 65r-96v.
Writing
The hand is good and very characteristically Dutch, as is also the penwork ornament of the initials. The foliation and catchwords are contemporary.
Dates:
14th century
Composite manuscript including two texts, 15th century
Item
Identifier: MS 92
Contents
Contains two texts, written by two different hands.ff. 1r-22v: Meditaciones Vite Christi [incomplete] by Pseudo-Bonaventureff. 23r-32v: Gospel of Nicodemus [incomplete]The texts are described separately, under MS 92/ff. 1r-22v; and MS 92/ff. 23r-32v. Writing Written by two different hands, both rather cramped. The rubrics are...
Dates:
15th century
Composite manuscript including two texts, 15th century
Item
Identifier: MS 70
Contents
Contains two texts in the same hand.ff. 1r-91v: 'Commentum super Lamentationes Jeremie' (Commentary on the Lamentations of the Prophet Jeremiah), by Hugh of Saint Victor.ff. 92r-183v: 'De Mistico Sompnio' (On the Dream of King Nebuchadnezzar), by Richard of Saint Victor.The texts are described separately, under MS 70/ff. 1r-91v; and MS 70/ff. 92r-183v. Writing A good 15th century Gothic hand, uniform and...
Dates:
15th century
Composite manuscript including two texts, 15th century
Item
Identifier: MS 23
Contents
The manuscript is a 15th-century composite containing works relating to virgin saints. It is German or Dutch. The works contained within it are detailed separately below.ff.1r-40v: Revelatio Nova Itineris et Passionis Undecim Milium Virginum Martyrum (The Passion of the Eleven Thousand Virgins). This text is related to Saint Ursula.ff.40v-72v: Vita et Legenda Beate Katherine Virginis (The Life and...
Dates:
15th century
Composite manuscript (Miscellanea Franciscana), second half of the 15th century
Item
Identifier: MS 328
Scope and Contents
This is a composite manuscripts containing several texts, many incomplete, written in the Netherlands in the second half of the 15th century.ff. 1-8: A dialogue between Inimicus and Zelator.ff. 8rv: For the congregation at Fontenay le Comte in 1457.ff. 9-20v, 64-115v: John Pecham, De...
Dates:
second half of the 15th century