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ff. 1-372v [Prayerbook in German and Latin]. Prayerbook in German and Latin written in Germany in the early sixteenth century; feminine forms used throughout. Span folios: ff. 1-372v. Support: Paper. Watermark(s): Piccard, Ochsenkopf XI, 447, Bruch 1509-12 and XVI, 441, Innsbruck 1506-09; a third watermark generally similar to Briquet, Couronne 5057, Ulm 1523). Layout: 1⁸(includes f. i) 2⁶ 3⁸ 4⁶ 5⁸ 6¹⁰(through f. 45) 7-8¹⁰ 9¹⁰(-5, 6) 10-13¹⁰ 14¹⁰(+11, f. 124) 15¹⁰(-9) 16⁸(text complete) 17¹⁰(+ one leaf in the first half of the quire) 18-19¹⁰(through f. 172) 20-21¹⁰(through f. 192) 22-25¹⁰(through f. 232) 26¹⁰ 27¹⁰(+9, f. 251) 28-34¹⁰ 35¹⁰(catchword doesn't match) 36-37¹⁰ 38¹² 39⁸(-8, now the pastedown?). Catchwords in the hand of the text in the inner right corner. Ruled space, 103 x 68 mm; 19 long lines, frame ruled in pale brown ink or in lead, with divisions at quire breaks. Written by possibly as many as 4 hands: i, ff. 1-45, in a cursive script; ii, ff. 46-47v and 352-358, in a more calligraphic script; iii, ff. 48-351v, in a hybrida script; iv, ff. 358-371v, in a more hurried version of i [?]. Input into Digital Scriptorium by: C. W. Dutschke, 10/17/2009. Cataloged from existing description: C. W. Dutschke with the assistance of R. H. Rouse et al., Guide to Medieval and Renaissance Manuscripts in the Huntington Library (San Marino, 1989). Bound in early 16th century wooden boards and German stamped calf, rebacked, with metal ornaments at the 4 corners of each cover (one lacking), with 2 fore edge clasps closing to hooks on the front cover, only one remaining; both center bosses gone; fragments from a 12th century German manuscript used as pastedowns. HM 1176. Huntington Library, San Marino, CA.
On ff. 317 and 318, prayers revealed to or regularly recited by the"Iunckfrowen anna zů augspurg." On f. i, in a late nineteenth century hand,"Aus Buxheimer Klosterbibliothek." Belonged to Hugo, Graf von Waldbott-Bassenheim (1820-95), whose stamp appears on f. 1; his manuscripts sold in Munich, 20 September 1883; this manuscript not identified by De Ricci in the catalogue. Source and date of acquisition by Henry E. Huntington not known.
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