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This late-fifteenth-century manuscript contains an unpublished devotional text, the "Traictie des VII fruis de tribulacion," written by a member of the Celestine order. This late-fifteenth-century manuscript contains an unpublished devotional text, the "Traictie des VII fruis de tribulacion," written by a member of the Celestine order. It contains a single opening miniature representing a kneeling layman in prayer before Saint Michael, Saint James (or possibly Saint Roch), and a bishop saint. The unidentified coat-of-arms below has been erased and crudely re-drawn. The text is lightly annotated by a later, seventeenth-century hand, and contains a table of contents in a similar script (fol. 77r). An added Latin devotional poem in a non-professional hand is present on folio 78. There is an illegible early ownership note on the recto of the parchment flyleaf as well as an early inscription with the date of 1538. The manuscript was subsequently owned by Joseph-Louis Baron d'Heiss (ambassador of the Palatine Elector in Paris), and may have been purchased from the latter's sale in 1785 directly by William Mackenzie of Philadelphia. It contains a single opening miniature representing a kneeling layman in prayer before Saint Michael, Saint James (or possibly Saint Roch), and a bishop saint. The unidentified coat-of-arms below has been erased and crudely re-drawn. The text is lightly annotated by a later, seventeenth-century hand, and contains a table of contents in a similar script (fol. 77r). An added Latin devotional poem in a non-professional hand is present on folio 78. There is an illegible early ownership note on the recto of the parchment flyleaf as well as an early inscription with the date of 1538. The manuscript was subsequently owned by the Baron d'Hess (apparently Frederick II, Landgrave of Hesse-Kassel), and may have been purchased from the latter's sale in 1785 directly by William Mackenzie of Philadelphia.
Support: Parchment; Extent: i+79+ii; 154 x 115 mm bound to 163 x 122 mm; Foliation: Early foliation in ink to fol. 21r, upper right corner; modern foliation in pencil to fol. 8r, lower right corner; Collation: 1 (9, +1), 2-9 (8), 10 (6)
One column of twenty lines, ruled in red ink; written area: 101 x 67 mm
Bâtarde
Single opening miniature representing a kneeling layman in prayer before Saint Michael, Saint James, and a bishop saint; illuminated initials at the start of each chapter
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Rubric on fol. 1r: "Cy est ung traictie des vii. fruis de tribulacion fait par ung religieux de l'ordre des célestins pour consoler les désolez."
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.
France
Late 15th century
Blue half morocco with marbled paper sides, tooled spine with "875" and Yi2" labels, "TRAITE DE PIETE" gold stamped, "LIBRARY CO. PHILA." stamped
Middle French (ca. 1400-1600); Latin
Early ownership inscription on recto of upper parchment flyleaf: "Ce livre est a madame le .... [rubbed] dame mons[ieur] le grant mestre et.... [indistinct]; inscription with large initial in display font on same page: "L'an mil cinq cens et trente huit"; Baron d'Heiss (ambassador of the Palatine Elector in Paris), Paris (his anonymous sale, Paris, 7 March 1785, lot 35); William Mackenzie, Philadelphia; bequeathed to the Loganian Library in 1828, later the Library Company of Philadelphia, according to the Loganian accession book
France
Late 15th century
Middle French (ca. 1400-1600); Latin
Early ownership inscription on recto of upper parchment flyleaf: "Ce livre est a madame le .... [rubbed] dame mons[ieur] le grant mestre et.... [indistinct]; inscription with large initial in display font on same page: "L'an mil cinq cens et trente huit"; Baron d'Heiss
This late-fifteenth-century manuscript contains an unpublished devotional text, the "Traictie des VII fruis de tribulacion," written by a member of the Celestine order. This late-fifteenth-century manuscript contains an unpublished devotional text, the "Traictie des VII fruis de tribulacion," written by a member of the Celestine order. It contains a single opening miniature representing a kneeling layman in prayer before Saint Michael, Saint James (or possibly Saint Roch), and a bishop saint. The unidentified coat-of-arms below has been erased and crudely re-drawn. The text is lightly annotated by a later, seventeenth-century hand, and contains a table of contents in a similar script (fol. 77r). An added Latin devotional poem in a non-professional hand is present on folio 78. There is an illegible early ownership note on the recto of the parchment flyleaf as well as an early inscription with the date of 1538. The manuscript was subsequently owned by Joseph-Louis Baron d'Heiss (ambassador of the Palatine Elector in Paris), and may have been purchased from the latter's sale in 1785 directly by William Mackenzie of Philadelphia. It contains a single opening miniature representing a kneeling layman in prayer before Saint Michael, Saint James (or possibly Saint Roch), and a bishop saint. The unidentified coat-of-arms below has been erased and crudely re-drawn. The text is lightly annotated by a later, seventeenth-century hand, and contains a table of contents in a similar script (fol. 77r). An added Latin devotional poem in a non-professional hand is present on folio 78. There is an illegible early ownership note on the recto of the parchment flyleaf as well as an early inscription with the date of 1538. The manuscript was subsequently owned by the Baron d'Hess (apparently Frederick II, Landgrave of Hesse-Kassel), and may have been purchased from the latter's sale in 1785 directly by William Mackenzie of Philadelphia.
Rubric on fol. 1r: "Cy est ung traictie des vii. fruis de tribulacion fait par ung religieux de l'ordre des célestins pour consoler les désolez."
Bâtarde
Single opening miniature representing a kneeling layman in prayer before Saint Michael, Saint James, and a bishop saint; illuminated initials at the start of each chapter
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.
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