Prayerbook, in Middle Low German, probably made for female monastic use, manuscript on paper [Germany (most probably north, perhaps border with Low Countries), c. 1500] 99 leaves (including 10 blank leaves, plus an original endleaf at back), wanting a single leaf from seventh quire, else complete, collation: i-v8, vi10, vii7 (wants v), viii-xii8, no catchwords, 2 scribes, the main text in single column of 15 lines in a tall and thin gothic bookhand with descenders that reach far below the line, the second with 14 lines of a similar gothic bookhand hand in paler ink, capitals touched in red, rubrics in paler red, line fillers in lines of cross-hatched red symbols, some stains at edges from use, small spots, last endleaf nearly detached, else in fair and presentable condition, 155 by 100mm.; contemporary panel-stamped brown leather over bevelled wooden boards, remnants of 2 brass clasps, splits at spine, small hole in leather at head of spine, losses of leather from corners, but strong in binding Provenance: 1. Written for a member of a monastic community, most probably in northern Germany, with some features of the language suggesting the border region with the Low Countries. The later ownership by a woman may suggest that this was a female community. Contemporary ex libris inscriptions, one naming a M. van Offe[n]boeoch and others a member of the van der recke family. 2. Katryna van der Kirke: her ex libris apparently dated 1562, along with a Latin exhortation and some lines of German language religious poetry, Bedet und waket / Sat y nycht bloyt und naket / Voer den brutigam cristi stam / als de vyf dollen hebrum gedan. Text: The prayers here are a mix of those addressing traditional religious subjects (To got den heren, Voer den hilgen sacrament, to gade den vader and on De seven worde Christi de he an den cruce sprack) with others focussing on specific maladies (usually illness, the book opens with a long series of appeals after the rubric, Hyt gebet in krankheit to bidden). To this has been appended a short Psalter in German, drawn from the Psalter compiled by St. Augustines mother, Monica (kurtz psalter aus dem gansem psalter davids Durch den hilgen augustinum siner moder Monica zusamen gezogen). Some prayers in the second half of the book contain instructions in their rubrics as to where the supplicant should stand or act during the service.
Prayerbook, in Middle Low German, probably made for female monastic use, manuscript on paper [Germany (most probably north, perhaps border with Low Countries), c. 1500] 99 leaves (including 10 blank leaves, plus an original endleaf at back), wanting a single leaf from seventh quire, else complete, collation: i-v8, vi10, vii7 (wants v), viii-xii8, no catchwords, 2 scribes, the main text in single column of 15 lines in a tall and thin gothic bookhand with descenders that reach far below the line, the second with 14 lines of a similar gothic bookhand hand in paler ink, capitals touched in red, rubrics in paler red, line fillers in lines of cross-hatched red symbols, some stains at edges from use, small spots, last endleaf nearly detached, else in fair and presentable condition, 155 by 100mm.; contemporary panel-stamped brown leather over bevelled wooden boards, remnants of 2 brass clasps, splits at spine, small hole in leather at head of spine, losses of leather from corners, but strong in binding Provenance: 1. Written for a member of a monastic community, most probably in northern Germany, with some features of the language suggesting the border region with the Low Countries. The later ownership by a woman may suggest that this was a female community. Contemporary ex libris inscriptions, one naming a M. van Offe[n]boeoch and others a member of the van der recke family. 2. Katryna van der Kirke: her ex libris apparently dated 1562, along with a Latin exhortation and some lines of German language religious poetry, Bedet und waket / Sat y nycht bloyt und naket / Voer den brutigam cristi stam / als de vyf dollen hebrum gedan. Text: The prayers here are a mix of those addressing traditional religious subjects (To got den heren, Voer den hilgen sacrament, to gade den vader and on De seven worde Christi de he an den cruce sprack) with others focussing on specific maladies (usually illness, the book opens with a long series of appeals after the rubric, Hyt gebet in krankheit to bidden). To this has been appended a short Psalter in German, drawn from the Psalter compiled by St. Augustines mother, Monica (kurtz psalter aus dem gansem psalter davids Durch den hilgen augustinum siner moder Monica zusamen gezogen). Some prayers in the second half of the book contain instructions in their rubrics as to where the supplicant should stand or act during the service.
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