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Title

Prayer book

Authors

• Erbsin, Magdalena

Other related names

• Gebhard, Joseph, engraver

Call number

Ms. Codex 1145
(Philadelphia, University of Pennsylvania, Rare Book & Manuscript Library)

Alternate identifiers

• bibid: 4285855
• http://hdl.library.upenn.edu/1017/d/medren/4285855

Publisher

The University of Pennsylvania Libraries

Language

German, except for quotations in Latin below pictures

Origin

Date

1777

Place

Germany

Summary

Compendium of Catholic prayers for different times and purposes, such as prayers for morning and evening (p. 1, 16), for during mass (p. 21), for before and after confession (p. 36, 61), and for before and after communion (p. 71, 97); prayers to various saints (St. Joseph, p. 151; St. Magdalena, p. 152); devotional prayers (Andachtsübung zu der allerheiligsten Dreifaltigkeit, p. 171; Anbetung des allerheiligsten Sacrament des Altars, p. 188); and various services and litanies for communal worship (Kürze Tageszeit von der unbefleckten Empfängnus Maria zu der Metten, p. 122; Litanei vom Namen Jesu, p. 182), with inclusion of texts designated as hymns (Hymnus, p. 126, 128). A table of contents, listing categories of prayers, is included (Register, p. 255-256).

Notes

• Ms. codex.
   
• Title supplied by cataloger.
   

Extent

135 leaves : 162 x 97 (133 x 69) mm. bound to 166 x 102 mm

Foliation

Paper, iii + 129 + iii; 1-56, [i], 57-81, 81-101, 103-254, [255-256]; contemporary pagination in ink, modern pagination in pencil, upper outer corners.

Support

Paper

Binding

Contemporary gilt morocco (Zacour-Hirsch), with the name of the original owner, Magdalena Erbsin, and the date 1777 embossed on the cover.

Layout

Written in 21-27 long lines; frame-ruled in red ink.

Script

Written in a German cursive hand.

Provenance

• Gift of G. J. M. Fuhrman, 1960.
   

Subjects topical

• Catholic Church--Prayers and devotions--Early works to 1800
• Lord's Supper--Prayers and devotions--Early works to 1800

Genres

• Codices
• Hymns
• Prayers
• Prayer books
• Manuscripts, German--18th century
• Manuscripts, European

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