Legende der Heiligen Katharina.

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Format
Manuscript, Book
Language
Middle High German (ca. 1050-1500)
Published/​Created
[Bavaria?, Germany] : [producer not identified], [between 1475 and 1500]
Description
1 volume (28 leaves) ; 16 cm

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    • This anonymous prose life of St. Catherine of Alexandria was compiled from various sources in the second half of the 14th century and was included in the late medieval collection Der heiligen Leben.
    • Script: Cursiva libraria by one scribe, whose orthography may suggest Bavarian origins.
    • Decoration: None.
    Binding note
    United States, 21st century. Rebound in the Preservation Office, Princeton University Library, by Jody Beenk, 2008. Princeton Ms. 203 was once part of a larger manuscript but was disbound when acquired, without boards or any traces of sewing.
    Contents
    1.1r-28r: “Sant Katherine martyrer. Ez waz ein reicher edeler kunig in Ciperlant in einer inseln in einer stat heizzet Salomina der kunig hiez Costis der het ein tochter die hiez Katherina und die waz zu mol schon edel weise keusch und tu gentlich ...” Explicit: “... und dienet furbaz got und maria unde der liebe katherinen und verdienet furbaz daz ewig leben do zu helff uns got. Amen.”
    Provenance
    Princeton MS. 203 is of unknown early and intermediate provenance. The Princeton University Library purchased the manuscript at a Sotheby's London sale on 4 December 2007.
    References
    Medieval & Renaissance manuscripts in the Princeton University Library, volume 2, pages 487-488.
    Cite as
    Princeton MS. 203, Manuscripts Division, Department of Rare Books and Special Collections, Princeton University Library.
    OCLC
    1115135192
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