This is a fifteenth-century manuscript on paper, which contains a German translation of Pseudo Aristotle, Secreta Secretorum.
Support: Paper; Extent: i+67+i; 295 x 209 mm bound to 302 x 224 mm; Foliation: Modern foliation in pencil, upper right recto; foliation in ink roman numerals, beginning with folio CCLXII; references in this record refer to modern foliation in pencil; Collation: 1-3 (12), 4 (12, leaves in position 1, 2, and 3 have been replaced), 5 (15, -2 -10 +15), 6 (2), 7 (6); Catchwords: Lower right verso: fols. 12v, 24v (mostly cut off), 34v, 46v, and 58v
Gothic
Initials, some with marginal extensions; rubrication in red
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Possibly part of a larger volume since manuscript begins with fol. 262
Germany
Circa 1465
Paper boards
Middle High German (ca. 1050-1500)
Translated by Herr Melchior, Königshofen, for Sigmund von Lentershann; bought in 1870 by Harrison Wright, Esq., Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania, his sale, Philadelphia, June 11, 1908, no. 236; to John Frederick Lewis, Philadelphia; given by his widow, Anne Baker Lewis, to the Free Library of Philadelphia in 1936; lot number for Wright's sale in the Schoenberg database is # 981
Germany
Circa 1465
Middle High German (ca. 1050-1500)
Translated by Herr Melchior, Königshofen, for Sigmund von Lentershann; bought in 1870 by Harrison Wright, Esq., Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania, his sale, Philadelphia, June 11, 1908, no. 236; to John Frederick Lewis, Philadelphia; given by his widow, Anne Baker Lewis, to the Free Library of Philadelphia in 1936; lot number for Wright's sale in the Schoenberg database is # 981
This is a fifteenth-century manuscript on paper, which contains a German translation of Pseudo Aristotle, Secreta Secretorum.
Possibly part of a larger volume since manuscript begins with fol. 262
Gothic
Initials, some with marginal extensions; rubrication 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.
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