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Prayerbook in Ripuarian dialect
Title
Prayerbook in Ripuarian dialect.
Created
Rhineland, Germany, approximately 1500.
Physical Description
1 volume (242 ff) : paper ; 148 mm x 95 mm
Language
German, Middle High (ca. 1050-1500)
Notes
Title devised by cataloger.
"Duisberg" written in large 18th century script on f242v.
Volume foliated in modern hand in pencil.
Layout: single columns of 19-21 lines.
Script: German bookhand.
Decoration: rubricated. Two-line initials in red.
Binding: restored binding of modern brown leather over (original?) wooden boards; original clasp and catch, with remains of original leather tab.
Bookseller description available.
In Ripuarian dialect of German (Middle High German).
Provenance
Purchased from King Alfred's Notebook on the Henny and Rudolf Engelbarts Fund, 2017.
Access and use
This material is open for research.
Summary
Manuscript, on paper, in several distinct scribal hands, divided into sixteen sections. Contents include over 100 prayers, particularly Easter devotions, prayers for receiving the Eucharist properly, and devotions to the Virgin Mary including along method for saying the rosary. The volume concludes with instructions on creating a spiritual "cradle" of devotions for the infant Jesus.
Notes and an index in an Early Modern cursive hand on ff240r-242r.
Format
Archives or Manuscripts
Added to Catalog
June 14, 2022
References
Prayerbook in Ripuarian Dialect. General Collection, Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Yale University.
Cite as
Prayerbook in Ripuarian Dialect. General Collection, Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Yale University.
Subjects
Subjects (Local Yale)
Genre/Form
Manuscripts, Medieval - Germany - 16th century.
Prayer books - Germany - 16th century.
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