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This manuscript is a late fourteenth-century German manuscript containing a Chart of Consanguinity and the Schwabenspiegel Landrecht (Common Law of the Swabians).
Support: Paper; Extent: i+184+i; 310 x 214 mm bound to 317 x 220 mm; Foliation: Modern foliation in pencil, upper right recto; Collation: 1-14 (12), 15 (16); Signatures: Signatures throughout the last half of the manuscript, in red, lower right (alongside catchwords); "8" on 96v, "10" on 120v, "11" on 132v, partial "12" on 144v, "14" on 168v, "14" on 184v; Catchwords: Catchwords throughout, heavily trimmed but visible; lower right, on 12v, 24v, 36v, 48v, 60v, 72v, 84v, 96v, 108v, 120v, 132v, 144v, 156v, 168v
One column of twenty-two to twenty-eight lines; unlined; frame-ruled in light-brown ink; written area: 205 x 123 mm
Gothic--cursiva
Large initial in brown and red with penwork tracery (fol. 1r); red two- and three-line initials throughout; headings touched up in red
For a full list of Decorations in this manuscript please see the Content and Decorations section by clicking on the [i] button in the top left corner of the image viewer above.
Becker identifies the script as bâtarde
These are pages that we pulled aside that disrupted the flow of the manuscript reader. These may be bindings, inserts, bookmarks, and various other oddities.
Bavaria?, Germany
Late 14th century
19th century paper boards
Middle High German (ca. 1050-1500)
Harrison Wright, Wilkes-Barre, PA; his sale, Philadelphia, June 11, 1908, no. 238; (directly to?) John Frederick Lewis, Philadelphia; given by his widow, Anne Baker Lewis, to the Free Library of Philadelphia in 1936
Bavaria?, Germany
Late 14th century
Middle High German (ca. 1050-1500)
Harrison Wright, Wilkes-Barre, PA; his sale, Philadelphia, June 11, 1908, no. 238;
This manuscript is a late fourteenth-century German manuscript containing a Chart of Consanguinity and the Schwabenspiegel Landrecht (Common Law of the Swabians).
Becker identifies the script as bâtarde
Gothic--cursiva
Large initial in brown and red with penwork tracery (fol. 1r); red two- and three-line initials throughout; headings touched up in red
For a full list of Decorations in this manuscript please see the Content and Decorations section by clicking on the [i] button in the top left corner of the image viewer above.
These are pages that we pulled aside that disrupted the flow of the manuscript reader. These may be bindings, inserts, bookmarks, and various other oddities.
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