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Horologium sapientiae
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Title
Horologium sapientiae.
Created
France, [ca. 1450]
Physical Description
ff. ii + i + 181 + ii : parchment ; 324 x 222 (228 x 140) mm.
Language
French, Middle (ca. 1400-1600)
Notes
Script: Written in batarde script, below top line.
Plain initials, 4- to 1-line, headings, paragraph marks, initial strokes, foliation and underlining, all in red.
Binding: 1800-1810, France. Diced brown calf, blind-and gold-tooled. Edges gilt. Stains from turn-ins of early binding on original front parchment pastedown. Rebacked.
In French.
Record created by Beinecke staff from catalog description by Barbara Shailor.
Provenance
Purchased from Maggs Bros. of London in 1955 by L. C. Witten, who sold it in 1957 to Thomas E. Marston.
Access and use
Material is open for research.
Summary
Manuscript on parchment of The Horloge de Sapience, a loose translation and adaptation into French of Henry Suso, Horologium sapientiae. With a Colophon, in French verse, stating that the translation was made by a French Franciscan master of theology at Neufchateau in 1389.
Publications
Faye and Bond, p. 80, no. 145. C. E. Lutz, "The Clock of Eternal Wisdom," Gazette 52 (1978) pp. 79-85.
Format
Archives or Manuscripts
Added to Catalog
July 01, 2011
References
Shailor, B. Catalogue of Medieval and Renaissance Manuscripts in the Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Marston MS 145.
Henry Suso, Horologium Sapientiae. General Collection, Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Yale University.
Cite as
Henry Suso, Horologium Sapientiae. General Collection, Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Yale University.
Subjects
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Genre/Form
Manuscripts, Medieval - France - 15th century.
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