Item Summary

Collection of 62 sermons. See the entry in Medieval & Renaissance manuscripts in the Princeton University Library, volume 1, pages 71-77 for detailed list of contents.

Descriptive Information

Title
[Sermon Collection].
Call Number
Garrett MS. 46
Identifier
http://arks.princeton.edu/ark:/88435/dcqn59qh953
Publisher
[Rebdorf, Germany], [between 1250 and 1300]
Language
Latin
Date Created
1250-1300
Format
Manuscript
Extent
137 leaves : parchment ; 281 x 180 (193-207 x 122-145) mm bound to 295 x 192 mm.
Provenance
Belonged to the Augustinian monastery of St. John the Baptist at Rebdorf, near Eichstätt, Bavaria until at least 1790. Was in the estate of General Dominique Joba when acquired by Charles Chardin in 1809. Sold from his collection in 1824 to J.P. Aillaud for Sir Thomas Phillipps. Sold from his collection in 1899 by Sotheby's London to George Dunn. Sold from his collection at Sotheby's London in 1914 to J&J Leighton who sold it on in 1919 to Maggs Bros who in turn sold it in 1925 to Robert Garrett (1875-1961), of Baltimore, Maryland, Class of 1897. His gift to the Princeton University Library, 1942.
Source Acquisition
Gift; of Robert Garrett, Princeton Class of 1897, 1942.
References
Medieval & Renaissance manuscripts in the Princeton University Library, volume 1, pages 71-77.
Rights Statement
Copyright Not Evaluated
Notes
Ms. composite codex.
Title from printed catalog.
Sermons numbered in the margins. Contents list (front pastedown). Inserts. Label on upper cover: "G 89 Sermones diuersi de sanctis per [annum?]".
Collation: Parchment ; fol. i + 137 ; modern foliation in pencil.
Layout: 33 long lines per page.
Decoration: Text opens with a 10-line initial A consisting of Romanesque white vine-stem outlined in red lead, partially oxidized, with brackets and rounded leaves (fol. 1r). Second half opens with a 4-line red initial N (fol. 74r). Remaining sermons each begin with a simple 2- to 3-line red initial.
Binding Note
Later binding. Germany, late 15th century. Blind-tooled leather over cushioned oak boards (approximately 8 mm thick). Central panel containing a lozenge intersected by diagonal crosses. 5 round bosses (now missing). Two clasps attaching from back to front.

Discovery Information

Subject
Sermons, Latin—Early works to 1800
Manuscripts, Latin (Medieval and modern)—New Jersey—Princeton

Physical Characteristics

File Count
280

Institutional Information

Collection
Medieval and Renaissance Mediterranean Manuscripts
IIIF Manifest URL

https://figgy.princeton.edu/concern/scanned_resources/9adc9641-7414-42d7-8005-5af9d83c9dcf/manifest