A digital facsimile of selections fromWalters Ms. W.740, Salzburg sermons
Published by: The Walters Art Museum 600 N. Charles Street Baltimore, MD 21201 http://www.thewalters.org/
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This document is a digital facsimile of selections from a manuscript belonging to the Walters Art Museum, in Baltimore, Maryland, in the United States. It is one of a number of manuscripts that have been digitized as part of a project generously funded by the National Endowment for the Humanities, and by an anonymous donor to the Walters Art Museum. More details about the manuscripts at the Walters can be found by visiting The Walters Art Museum's website www.thewalters.org. For further information about this book, and online resources for Walters manuscripts, please contact us through the Walters Website by email, and ask for your message to be directed to the Department of Manuscripts.
Shelf mark
Walters Art Museum Ms. W.740
Descriptive Title
Salzburg sermons
Text title
Sermons
Author
Authority name: Donatus, Aelius. Known as: Donatus
Abstract
This book of sermons in German and Latin was made in the second half of the fifteenth century. The parchment flyleaves, containing texts from Donatus' work on grammar, were written slightly earlier than the manuscript and used as pastedowns. The manuscript is exceptional for retaining its original binding of cuir-ciselĂŠ (chiseled leather) over wood boards. The binding is of a type current in the Austrian Tyrol at this period. Also a note on fol. 133v refers to Bernhard von Gottesgnaden (or von Rohr), archbishop of Salzburg from 1466 to 1481. These pieces of evidence locate the collection of sermons in Salzburg. Although the manuscript is lacking in miniatures or decorated initials, red ink is used for initials and rubrics marking the beginning of each sermon.
Date
Second half of the 15th century CE
Origin
Salzburg
Form
Book
Genre
Devotional
Genre
Philosophical
Language
The primary language in this manuscript is German, Middle High (ca.1050-1500). The secondary language of this manuscript is Latin.
Support material
Paper Medium-thin, laid paper
Extent
Foliation: i+134+i Foliated with pencil in upper-right corner of each recto side; parchment flyleaves (originally pastedowns) contain excerpts from Donatus's writings on grammar (see part)
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Collation
Formula: 1(10,-1), 2(12), 3-4(10), 5-11(12), 12(10,-10) Catchwords: None Signatures: Beginnings of quires 2 and 3 marked at bottom center in red ink, with Arabic numerals; ends of quires 4, 5, 7, and 8 marked in brown or red ink, with either Arabic numerals or symbols Comments: Quires begin on fols. 1(1), 10(2), 22(3), 32(4), 42(5), 54(6), 66(7), 78(8), 90(9), 102(10), 114(11), 126(12)
Dimensions
14.5 cm wide by 21.0 cm high
Written surface
9.2 cm wide by 14.2 cm high
Layout
Columns: 1 Ruled lines: 21-25 Two vertical and two horizontal ruling lines in brown ink
Contents
fols. 1r - 134v: Title: Sermons Hand note: Fifteenth-century German cursive Decoration note: Rubrics and opening initial of each sermon in red; text in brown ink fols. ff.i,r - ff.i,v; bf.i,r - bf.i,v: Title: Fragments of Donatus, De partibus orationis ars minor (flyleaves) Author: Donatus, Aelius. Contents: Fragments of Donatus' Grammar reused originally as pastedowns during binding, now unglued and functioning as flyleaves; fragments appear to be from two different copies of same text, one from the fourteenth century and the other from ca. 1440, therefore dating to shortly before the production of the book; interesting to note: the two folios comprising the back flyleaf are each from a different copy of Donatus but contain exactly the same text, and have been placed side by side Hand note: Two different hands, one fourteenth and one fifteenth century
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Decoration
fol. 1r: Title: Initial "P" Form: Text page with initial "P," 3 lines
Binding
The binding is original. Fifteenth-century dark brown calf on wood boards embellished with cuir-ciselĂŠ leaf patterns; the design is executed by incised outline, against a ground with impressions of circular punches; two vertical undulating vines of trefoils and of large pointed leaves decorate the upper cover; the lower is filled by a single vine with large leaves; one clasp, now missing, was fastened onto a pin in the center of the upper cover
Provenance
Created in the second half of the fifteenth century, owned by Bernhard of Salzburg, likely the original owner (1466-1481); his name inscribed on fol. 133v: "Bernhard von gotes gnadn erzbischove de Salzburg legat des Romischen stuel" Michelin (?) de Polendorf, sixteenth century ownership inscription on fol. 134v: "Das puech ist des Michelin des Polendorf hausse zu prawnek ander ocz" Joseph Brummer Collection, Parke-Bernet Galleries, his sale, May 23, 1949, lot no. 166
Acquisition
Walters Art Museum purchase, 1949
Bibliography
Miner, Dorothy. The History of Bookbinding, 525-1950 A. D., An Exhibition Held at the Baltimore Museum of Art, November 12, 1957, to January 12, 1958. Baltimore: The Trustees of the Walters Art Gallery, 1957, p. 72, cat. no. 167 Miner, Dorothy. "Since De Ricci: Western Illuminated Manuscripts Acquired since 1934. A Report in Two Parts: Part I." Journal of The Walters Gallery 29-30 (1966-1967): p. 100
Contributors
Cataloger: Walters Art Museum curatorial staff and researchers since 1934 Editors: Herbert, Lynley; Noel, William Copy editor: Dibble, Charles Conservators: Owen, Linda; Quandt, Abigail
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Contributors: Bockrath, Diane; Davis, Lisa Fagin; Dutschke, Consuelo; Emery, Doug; Hamburger, Jeffrey; Klemm, Elizabeth; Noel, William; Pizzinato, Riccardo; Sciacca, Christine; Tabritha, Ariel; Toth, Michael B.; Valle, Chiara
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This document is a digital facsimile of selections from a manuscript belonging to the Walters Art Museum, in Baltimore, Maryland, in the United States. It is one of a number of manuscripts that have been digitized as part of a project generously funded by the National Endowment for the Humanities, and by an anonymous donor to the Walters Art Museum. More details about the manuscripts at the Walters can be found by visiting The Walters Art Museum's website www.thewalters.org. For further information about this book, and online resources for Walters manuscripts, please contact us through the Walters Website by email, and ask for your message to be directed to the Department of Manuscripts.
The Walters Art Museum 600 N. Charles Street Baltimore, Maryland 21201 http://www.thewalters.org/
Released under a Creative Commons AttributionNonCommercial-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported license http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0/legalcode Published 2013