Details

Subject(s)

• Abtei Altenberg (Altenberg, Odenthal, Germany)—Cartularies [Browse]
• Cartularies—Early works to 1800 [Browse]
• Manuscripts, Latin (Medieval and modern)—New York (State)—New York [Browse]

Former owner

• Ess, Leander van, 1772-1847 [Browse]
• Abtei Altenberg (Altenberg, Odenthal, Germany) [Browse]

• Ess, Leander van, 1772-1847 [Browse]
• Abtei Altenberg (Altenberg, Odenthal, Germany) [Browse]

Related name

• Manuscript Collection (Burke Library at Union Theological Seminary) [Browse]
• Van Ess Collection (Burke Library at Union Theological Seminary) [Browse]
• Burke Library at Union Theological Seminary. Manuscript. UTS Ms. 20. [Browse]

Getty AAT genre

• Manuscripts—Germany—Altenberg—15th century [Browse]
• Manuscripts—Germany—Altenberg—17th century [Browse]

Medium/​Support

manuscript

Summary note

Includes records of the Premonstratensian women's community at Altenberg (near Wetzlar) for ss. xiii-xvi. (dated 1648 on cover).

Notes

• Title from Leander Van Ess's inventory.
• Ms., pp. 265-288 are from the 15th century; the remainder is from the mid-17th century; assembled in 1648 at Altenberg.
• Several scribes.
• Binding: vellum on paper boards; evidence of green silk ties.

Location of other archival materials

See also companion volume containing later records: UTS Ms. 20A.

Exhibitions note

Exhibited: "so precious a foundation," organized by Milton McC. Gatch, 1996.

Language note

In Latin and German.

Provenance

Belonging to the Premonstratensian women's community at Altenberg, this item was part of over 13,000 items purchased in 1838 from Leander van Ess as the core of then-fledgling Union Theological Seminary's library. Volume 3 of the [Catalog of the Van Ess collection] lists the manuscripts included in the purchase.

Source acquisition

Purchased; Leander van Ess (1772-1847); 1838.

Publications about

'So precious a foundation' : the library of Leander van Ess at the Burke Library of Union Theological Seminary in the city of New York / Edited by Milton McC. Gatch. New York : Union Theological Seminary and the Grolier Club, 1996. 0910672172

References

• De Ricci, 2: 1643
• Gatch. Van Ess catalog C-20

Cite as

Burke Library at Union Theological Seminary. UTS Ms. 20.

Place name(s)

Germany Altenberg.

Other title(s)

• [Cartulary]
• Mera copia literarum

OCLC

505305431

RCP

C - O

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