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Title

Ex quo vocabularii varii et autentici

Other related names

• Täxer, Wolfgang, 16th cent, former owner
• Seilern, Oswald, Count, 1900-1967, former owner

Call number

LJS 452
(3420 Walnut Street, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19104-6206., University of Pennsylvania, Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts)

Alternate identifiers

• bibid: 9954478973503681
• http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/780097817
• http://hdl.library.upenn.edu/1017/d/medren/5447897

Publisher

University of Pennsylvania

Language

Latin and Middle High German

Origin

Date

14--

Place

Germany

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.
   

Extent

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

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.

Support

Paper

Binding

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

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.

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).

Script

Written in Gothic cursive script.

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.
   

Subjects topical

• 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

Genres

• Codices
• Dictionaries
• Manuscripts, Latin--15th century
• Manuscripts, German--15th century
• Manuscripts, Medieval
• Manuscripts, Renaissance

Keywords

• 15th century
• Germany
• German
• Dictionary
• Paper
• Commentary

Licenses

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Decorations

• Inside front cover — Bookplate, Inside front cover
• fol. 1r — Decorated initial, Initial E, f. 1r
• fol. 1r — Decorated initial, Initial A, f. 1r
• fol. 6v — Decorated initial, Initial A, f. 6v
• fol. 7r — Decorated initial, Initial A, f. 7r
• fol. 8r — Decorated initial, Initial A, f. 8r
• fol. 10v — Decorated initial, Initial A, f. 10v
• fol. 12v — Decorated initial, Initial A, f. 12v
• fol. 14v — Decorated initial, Initial A, f. 14v
• fol. 16r — Decorated initial, Initial A, f. 16r
• fol. 19r — Decorated initial, Initial A, f. 19r
• fol. 20r — Decorated initial, Initial A, f. 20r
• fol. 20v — Decorated initial, Initial A, f. 20v
• fol. 22v — Decorated initial, Initial A, f. 22v
• fol. 23r — Decorated initial, Initial B, f. 23r
• fol. 25r — Decorated initial, Initial W, f. 25r
• fol. 28r — Decorated initial, Initial C, f. 28r
• fol. 33v — Decorated initial, Initial C, f. 33v
• fol. 45v — Drawing, Bird, f. 45v
• fol. 61r — Decorated initial, Initial E, f. 61r
• fol. 62r — Decorated initial, Initial E, f. 62r