Ex quo vocabularii varii [et] aute[n]tici.

Format:

Book

Manuscript

Contributor:

Täxer, Wolfgang, 16th century, former owner.

Seilern, Oswald, Count, 1900-1967, former owner.

Lawrence J. Schoenberg Collection (University of Pennsylvania)

Language:

German, Middle High (ca. 1050-1500)

Latin

Subjects (All):

Latin language, Medieval and modern--Dictionaries--German--Early works to 1800.

German language--Middle High German, 1050-1500--Glossaries, vocabularies, etc--Early works to 1800.

German language.

Latin language, Medieval and modern.

Germany.

Genre:

codices (bound manuscripts)

dictionaries

Manuscripts, Latin.

Manuscripts, German.

Manuscripts, Medieval.

Manuscripts, Renaissance.

Glossaries, vocabularies, etc.

Dictionaries.

Controlled vocabularies.

Penn Provenance:

Formerly owned by Wolfgang Täxer in the 16th century (Volffgangus Täxer; inscriptions inside upper and lower covers, dated 1539 on lower cover).

Formerly owned by Oswald Seilern, Count of Seilern and Anspang (labels inside upper and lower covers).

Sold at auction as part of the library of Oswald Seilern at Christie, Manson & Woods, Mar. 26, 2003, lot 11, to Lawrence J. Schoenberg.

Deposit by Lawrence J. Schoenberg and Barbara Brizdle, 2011.

Gift of Barbara Brizdle Schoenberg, 2021.

Physical Description:

194 leaves : paper ; 218 x 142 (156 x 98) mm bound to 218 x 165 mm

Other Title:

Vocabularius ex quo.

Place of Publication:

[Germany], [14--]

Language Note:

Latin and Middle High German.

Summary:

Alphabetical dictionary of Latin words and names with parts of speech and definitions given by Latin synonym, Latin explanation, German equivalent, German explanation, or a combination of these methods. Introductory paragraph in Latin refers to and criticizes previous lexicographical works and emphasizes the benefits of alphabetical arrangement.

Notes:

Ms. codex.

Title from incipit (f. 1r); the work had numerous printed editions in the 15th century under the title Vocabularius ex quo.

Collation: Paper, 194; 1-13¹² 14¹²(-1) 15¹⁰ 16¹⁴ 17⁶(-3); [1-194], modern foliation in pencil, upper right recto. Catchwords on last leaf of gatherings 1-13, lower right verso. Link to collation model at end of record.

Layout: Written in 3 columns of 28-39 lines; 2 narrow columns on the left, which contain single letters or abbreviations probably referring to gender and part of speech, and the main column containing dictionary entries and definitions; frame-ruled in faint ink.

Script: Written in Gothic cursive script.

Decoration: 2 5-line initials in red with brown penwork (f. 1r); 2-line to 4-line initials in red, at the beginning of each new letter section and occasionally for entries in the middle of letter sections, through H (f. 6v-89r); capitals touched with red (f. 1r-89r).

Binding: 15th-century German limp parchment with a rigid leather backplate decorated with chainstitching, ornamental scoring and punching, and leather buttons.

Origin: Written in Germany in the 15th century.

Local Notes:

Lawrence J. Schoenberg & Barbara Brizdle Manuscript Initiative.

Cited in:

Described in Transformation of knowledge: early manuscripts from the collection of Lawrence J. Schoenberg (London: Paul Holberton, 2006), p. 140 (LJS 452).

Cited as:

LJS 452

OCLC:

780096333

Online:

The Lawrence J. Schoenberg and Barbara Brizdle Manuscript Initiative Fund Home Page

Collation model