Details

Subject(s)

• Manuscripts, Latin (Medieval and modern)—New Jersey—Princeton [Browse]

Related name

• Scheide, William H. (William Hurd), 1914-2014 [Browse]
• Princeton University Library. Manuscript. Scheide 162 [Browse]

Bookseller

• H.P. Kraus (Firm) [Browse]

Rare books genre

• Morocco bindings [Browse]

Getty AAT genre

• Manuscripts—Netherlands—15th century [Browse]
• Parchment [Browse]

Notes

• Ms. codex.
• Layout: 1 column, 19 lines; ruling in black ink.
• Decoration: 2-line penwork initial O in red with blue flourishing, fol. 41; 3-line penwork initial S in blue with red flourishing, fol. 37v; 4-line penwork initial F in red with blue flourishing, fol. 18v; and E in blue with red flourishing, fol. 25, and P in red with blue flourishing, fol. 35; 6-line initial C in blue with red and purple flourishing, fol. 1.
• Origin: Written in the Netherlands.

Binding note

Modern full-black morocco; red morocco title labels, gilt (from earlier binding?).

Language note

Latin.

Contents

• fol. 1-18v: De scientia utilissima que est scire mori. Ex horologio. Cum omnes homines naturaliter scire desiderant ... ad locum immortalitatis et feliecitatis eterne.
• fol. 18v-26: De cruciatibus infernalibus ex eodum. Factum est autem post hec ... a te seperari non permictas.
• fol. 26-35: De gaudiis supercelestibus. Ex eodem. Exsurge gloria mea ... pro fide xpi certamina.
• fol. 35-37v: De terroribus mortis. Ex epistola petri damiani. Pensandum quippe est cum iam peccatrix ... indeclinabiter.
• fol. 37v-41: Sequuntur duo capitula ex meditationibus beati Bernardi de separatione anime et corporis. Secundum exteriorem hominem ... formidat tum ea que nescit.
• fol. 41-46: De nobilitate anime et vilitate corpis. O Anima insignita dei ... saltem invitent premia.

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Provenance

"hic liber S ..." unidentified modern owner, his notes on the contents of the manuscripts are tipped onto fol. iv; Father John Monoghan and Monsignor Farrell of St. Michael's Home, Staten Island; their gift, June 1951 to Francis Cardinal Spellman (1889-1967); unidentified modern owner; his sale, Sotheby's, London, June 18, 1996, lot no. 64; H. P. Kraus, bookseller, New York; William H. Scheide, acquired through Kraus at Sotheby's sale.

Cite as

Scheide Library, Princeton University. M 162.

Place name(s)

Netherlands.

OCLC

177446906

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