Oversize Ms. Codex 1871 Rechnung vom Schiffmeister Ampt.
Title
Rechnung vom Schiffmeister Ampt.Authors
- Schindler, Sebastian, 16th century
- Constance L. Rosenthal Book Fund
Call number
Oversize Ms. Codex 1871(3420 Walnut Street, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19104-6206, University of Pennsylvania, Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts)
Alternate identifiers
Publisher
University of PennsylvaniaLanguage
German; liturgical text on covers in LatinOrigin
Written in the Lucerne region of Switzerland (Christie's), from autumn 1585 to autumn 1586 (inscription, front cover; caption title, f. 4r).
- Date
- 1585-1586
- Place
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Switzerland
Summary
Accounts of Sebastian Schindler, shipmaster, listing expenses incurred for 1585-1586 (f. 4r-10r). Bound in a 12th-century noted breviary fragment with staffless, unheightened or nondiastematic neumes (Old German notation) with the opening texts from Vespers for Holy Saturday, including the antiphon Vespere autem Sabbati que lucescit, Psalm incipits, and lessons from Mark 16:1-3 and Gregory the Great's Homily XXI for Easter Day.
Notes
- Ms. codex.
- Title from caption title (f. 1r).
Watermark
Heawood, I, Crozier, no. 1174 (Basel, 1545) (Christie's).Extent
16 leaves : 303 x 103 mm bound to 307 x 110 mmCollation
Paper, 16; 1(8-1) 2(6) 3(2) 4(2-2); first leaf of first quire and last leaf of last quire are pastedowns; modern foliation in pencil, lower right recto 1-16 (1-3, 11-16 blank).Support
PaperBinding
Parchment wallet binding formed from a leaf of a 12th-century noted breviary, probably from Switzerland.Script
Provenance
- Sold at auction by Christie's (London), 28 November 2011, lot 5.
- Sold at auction by Bloomsbury Auctions (London), 7 December 2016, lot 77.
Subjects topical
- Catholic Church--Liturgy--Texts
- Gregorian chants--Manuscripts
- Lucerne (Switzerland)--History--16th century--Sources
Genres
- Codices
- Account books
- Gregorian chant
- Manuscripts, Latin--12th century
- Manuscripts, German--16th century
- Manuscripts, Medieval
- Manuscripts, Renaissance
Keywords
- Accounts
- 16th century
- German
- Swiss
- Paper
- Switzerland
- Maritime
Licenses
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