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Martyrologium : [manuscript]

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Description
ff. 1-131v (+117r-v bis); f. 132r-v, blank. [Usuard] [Martyrologium]. Latin. Rubric: Incipit martirologium ordinis fratrum beatissime marie virginis dei genitricis de monte carmeli conventus eiusdem gloriose virginis ad urticas extra muros prope heylprun. On ff. 1-130, martyrology as in PL 123:601-992, 124:9-858; many corrections by one person of single words, of omitted or reversed passages, of an omitted day (f. 117 bis, 28 November) or notes on leap year (f. 20); on ff. 130v-131v, explanation of the use of kalends, nones and ides.
Type
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Date
[between 1450 and 1499]
Call number
mssHM 1044
Creator
Usuard (-876 or 887)(Opens in new tab)
Provenance
Written in the second half of the fifteenth century in Germany for the Carmelite house near Heilbronn, whose chapel, dedicated to Sancta Maria ad Urticas (from a vision of a peasant women, who saw an image of the Virgin overgrown with nettles), was founded in 1447 and dedicated in 1458. During the Thirty Years War the monastery was destroyed and its monks moved within the city walls. Owned ca. 1860 by the Parisian bookseller Tross, whose stamp is on f. 132v. Source and date of acquisition by Henry E. Huntington unknown.
Restrictions
RESTRICTED. Available with curatorial approval. Requires extended retrieval and delivery time.
Dimensions
159 x 223 mm
Associated organization
Henry E. Huntington Library, Art Museum, and Botanical Gardens.
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