Schöne ausgezogne und christliche Gebette.

Format:

Book

Manuscript

Author/Creator:

Constance L. Rosenthal Book Fund. PU

Contributor:

Fürleger, Bartolomeus, 16th century, former owner.

Fürleger, Paulus Conrad, 16th century-17th century, former owner.

Constance L. Rosenthal Book Fund.

Language:

German

Subjects (All):

Calligraphy, German--Specimens.

Calligraphy, German.

Genre:

codices (bound manuscripts)

Prayers.

Manuscripts, German -- 16th century.

Manuscripts, Renaissance.

Penn Provenance:

Formerly owned by Bartholomeus Fürleger (inscription in ink, dated 1579, inside front cover).

Formerly owned by Paulus Conrad Fürleger (inscription in ink, f. 22v, possibly to be identified with Nuremberg merchant Paulus Fürleger the Elder, 1530-1604 (Venator & Hanstein)).

Sold by Venator & Hanstein (Cologne, Germany), Sale 169 (30 September 2022), lot 347.

Physical Description:

22 leaves : parchment ; 152 x 94 (75-80 x 60) mm bound to 158 x 102 mm

Place of Publication:

[Nuremberg?, Germany], [not after 1579].

Language Note:

German.

Summary:

A collection of approximately 20 prayers with calligraphic ornamentation, including prayers for the morning, forgiveness of sins, comfort and help, the sermon, receiving the Eucharist, and the evening meal; and to the Holy Trinity.

Notes:

Ms. codex.

Title from statement on title page (Hierinnen seint schöne ausgezogne und christliche Gebette begriffen, f. 1r).

Collation: Parchment, 22; 1⁶ 2-5⁴; modern foliation in pencil, lower right recto. Link to collation model at end of record.

Script: Written in Gothic textualis script, with the first words of titles and prayers in larger script with more elaborate initials.

Decoration: Strapwork border in black ink and strapwork initial in red ink on title page (f. 1r); one full-page foliate border in black and red ink with ruling in red ink (f. 14r); strapwork initials (2 to 6 lines in height) and foliate vignettes in black or red ink throughout; some words in larger script and initials in red throughout.

Binding: 16th-century calf, gilt stamped, on three supports (Venator & .Hanstein).

Origin: Probably written in Nuremberg, Germany (home of the Fürleger family (Venator & Hanstein)), not after 1579 (ownership inscription, inside front cover).

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Constance L. Rosenthal Book Fund.

Cited as:

Schöne ausgezogne und christliche Gebette (Ms. Codex 2141). Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts, University of Pennsylvania.

OCLC:

1399383804

Online:

Collation model