Rule and testament of St. Clare of Assisi, in Dutch : [manuscript]
Contributor
Clare, of Assisi, Saint, 1194-1253. Regula. Dutch Clare, of Assisi, Saint, 1194-1253. Testamentum. Dutch Clare, of Assisi, Saint, 1194-1253. Benediction. Dutch Vorssel, Clara von (Sister), former owner Poor, Henry W. (Henry William), 1844-1915, former owner
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Description
ff. 1-18. [Clare of Assisi]. [Rules]. Dutch. Rule of St. Clare; for the Latin text, see Ignacio Omaechevarria, O.F.M., Escritos de Santa Clara (Madrid 1970) 251-76. On medieval Dutch manuscripts of the Rule and related texts, see David de Kok, ""Codices van Klarissen,"" Nederlandsch Archief voor Kerkgeschiedenis, n.s. 17 (1924) 200-25, and his Bijdragen tot de geschiedenis der Nederlandsche klarissen en tertiarissen voor de Hervorming. Werken uitgegeven door het Historisch Genootschap, Utrecht, ser. 3, No. 52 (Utrecht 1927) and ""De Zegen van S. Clara in het Oud-Nederlandsch,"" Het Boek 10 (1921) 321-26. ff. 18-25v. [Clare of Assisi]. [Testament]. Dutch. For the Latin text see Omaechevarria, 277-86. ff. 25v-26v. [Clare of Assisi]. [Benediction]. Dutch. For the Latin text see Omaechevarria, 400-01. ff. 26v-27; ff. 27v-30, notes. [Profession of a nun]. Dutch. Vow of profession, with interlinear changes in another hand, contemporary. On f. 27v, autobiographical notes dated 1536 and 1555, Ic suster Clara van vorssel vaert gheboren op den xxisten dach van Julio op sinte Maria magdaleenen auent. . .Anno m.v.c ende vi dertich. . .[and professed] Int Jaer ons heer m vc 1v. . .; on f. 28, prayer and versicles for the profession of vows; on ff. 28-30, devotional material, arranged numerically (5 holy rules, 6 points, etc.). Title from printed catalog. Support: Parchment. Script: Hybrida; gothic. Layout: 1-3⁸ 4⁶. Quires and leaves signed with letters of the alphabet and arabic numerals. Ruled space, 93 x 55 mm; 24 long lines, ruled in ink with single bounding lines. Assigned Date: s. XVImed. Input into Digital Scriptorium by: C. W. Dutschke, 12/13/2009. 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). Elegantly bound, s. XIX, in dark brown morocco with mosaic of leaves and 5 red flowers, front and back, and gold pointille; gold dentelle on the turn-ins; marbled pastedowns; gilt edges. HM 1052. Huntington Library, San Marino, CA.
Poor Clares--Rules Monasticism and religious orders--Rules Vows Manuscripts (documents) (aat)
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Manuscripts, Huntington Digital Library
Provenance
Written in the Netherlands in the middle of the sixteenth century, possibly for Sister Clara van Vorssel who professed her vows in the Franciscan order in 1555. Belonged to Henry William Poor (1844-1915); his sale, Anderson, New York, 12 January 1909, pt. III, n. 250. Apparently acquired by Henry E. Huntington at that time.
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