Commentary on psalms. Eleventh century (southern Germany). Lower half of a folio leaf, fine Carolingian script, double columns, 17 lines to the column, attractive.
Created:
1000 - 1099
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota Libraries, Special Collections and Rare Books.
Vellum leaf from a medieval manuscript. Switzerland(?); Early XIIth Century. Latin Text; Revived Carolingian Script. New Testament (testamentum Novum, cum Glossis Bedae, Hieronymi, et Gregorii).
Contributor:
von Scherling, Erik (dealer)
Created:
1100 - 1150
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota Libraries, Special Collections and Rare Books.
Bible. Old Testament. Chronicles. Vellum leaf, written in 12th century book hand. France 1115 AD. Thought to have been written in the Benedictine Abbey of Saint. Oyan.
Created:
1115
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota Libraries, Special Collections and Rare Books.
Manuscript. 12th century. 1150 AD. Gospel Lectionary Northern Italy. Vellum leaf (9 x 13 inches) written in an unusually fine Carolingian book hand. Maude Thompson calls this period and type the finest of all European book-hands. 22 lines with ornamented initials.
Created:
1150?
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota Libraries, Special Collections and Rare Books.
Book of Prayers. Vellum leaf. Written in characteristic 12th century Gothic book hand. Two large decorative initials in gold outlined in black. France, 1180 AD.
Created:
1180
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota Libraries, Special Collections and Rare Books.
Latvian choirs from Minnesota and Iowa in concert at the Latvian House. Front row: Members of folk group Teiksma playing the kokle, an ancient Latvian musical instrument.
Created:
1190?
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota Libraries, Immigration History Research Center Archives.
Vellum leaf from a medieval manuscript. France; Early XIIIth Century. Latin Text; Early Angular Gothic Script. Bible (Biblia Sacra Latina, Versio Vulgata).
Created:
1200 - 1250
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota Libraries, Special Collections and Rare Books.
Vellum leaf from a medieval manuscript. England (Cambridge); Early XIIIth Century. Latin Text; Early Angular Gothic Script. Cambridge Bible (Biblia Sacra Latina, Versio Vulgata).
Created:
1200 - 1250
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota Libraries, Special Collections and Rare Books.
Vellum leaf from a medieval manuscript. England; Early XIIIth Century. Latin Text; Early Angular Gothic Script, Square Gregorian Notation. Gradual (Graduale).
Created:
1200 - 1250
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota Libraries, Special Collections and Rare Books.
Early 15th-century manuscript. Part 1: folios 1r-498r, col. a According to information gathered from Ramón Menéndez Pidal, Larry Lee Collins, Mariano de la Campa, Inés Fernández-Ordóñez, and Aengus Ward, this includes a prólogo of the Estoria de España, and an incomplete copy of the "Versión primitava" of the Estoria de España, written under t...
Contributor:
Alfonso X, King of Castile and Leon, 1221-1284
Created:
1200 - 1499
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota Libraries, James Ford Bell Library.
Breviary. France, 1225 AD. Breviary leaf. Vellum leaf. Written in the early 13th century, in Gothic book hand, double columns, 30 lines to the page. Fragment reported to have been found in a Paris graveyard.
Created:
1200 - 1299
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota Libraries, Special Collections and Rare Books.
Manuscript, unidentified. 3.75 x 5.75 inches. Front: large ‘D’ in blue surrounded by multi-colored decoration. Multi-colored vines and flowers down margins. Two figures on bottom, one holding cross and wearing halo. Lettering in black with a few red and blue characters. Back: no ornamentation. Font in black, red and blue. ‘MF 1639’ in pencil on ...
Created:
1200 - 1299
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota Libraries, Special Collections and Rare Books.
Chain of Psalms. A special arrangement of the psalms and prayers made by an unknown church father of the 12th century. Written in typical 12th century book hand on vellum. France, 1190 AD. Erroneously listed as 1190 in the accompanying information, but certainly later, possibly 13th century.
Created:
1200 - 1299
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota Libraries, Special Collections and Rare Books.
Liturgical calendar for March. A proper incipit and explicit are impractical for this MS, because it consists in a graphic table. The first words listed on the recto are "AD Mars." A table with Roman numerals and letters follows, with saints listed to the right. The saints listed on the recto are "Saínt aubín" and "Saínt gr-egoir." The last sain...
Created:
1200 - 1299
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota Libraries, Special Collections and Rare Books.
Psalter (with commentary of Saint Augustine and Cassian). Single leaf, large folio. Double columns, red and blue initials with pen work, two water stains... fine early Gothic script. 13th century.
Created:
1200 - 1299
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota Libraries, Special Collections and Rare Books.
Manuscript, unidentified. 6.5 x 12.5 inches. Latin. Front: three columns. Mostly brown faded ink with a few large bright red characters. Only partly legible. Back: two columns surrounded by ‘frame’ of words. Two sizes of print. Mostly brown ink, some red letters.
Created:
1250 - 1299
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota Libraries, Special Collections and Rare Books.
Breviary. Breviary leaf, vellum. France, 1260 AD. Written in a strong and regular Gothic book hand, with numerous initials in blue and red, and dorsal decorations in the margins.
Created:
1260
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota Libraries, Special Collections and Rare Books.
Manuscript, unidentified. 9.5" x 6". Front: 13 lines, handwritten black ink. French manuscript written in Latin: "Decembre 1261". Red/orange underlining. Back: on top, four lines of light brown faded print (see back of card). Two red, waxy stamps with initials "D B P". "14235" Brown waxy numbers.
Created:
1261-12
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota Libraries, Special Collections and Rare Books.
Manuscript on vellum, Latin, approximately 1270; red and black. The Canones of Arzachel are preceded by a 2 leaf summary (folio 7-8) which internal evidence assigns to approximately 1407 or 8. See folio 112 for evidence. Binder's title on case: Toledo astronomical tables.
Creator:
Gherardo, da Cremona, 1113 or 1114-1187; Arzachel, active 1080; William, of Marseilles, active 1231
Created:
1270
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota Libraries, James Ford Bell Library.
Bible. Latin. Vulgate. Vellum leaf. Italy 1280 AD. Written in typical Italian Gothic script. Small initial letters in red and blue enriched with pen flourishes.
Created:
1280
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota Libraries, Special Collections and Rare Books.
Missal. Missal leaf, vellum. Written in Old Gothic hand with square musical staves. Initial letters in blue and old rose with white line over the decoration.
Created:
1285
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota Libraries, Special Collections and Rare Books.
Bond for 40 denarii (of Liege), dated 1286 (feast of purification), given by Basile and Mechtild, daughters of Baldwin de Molendino, to the Abbot of the monestary "de valle dei" made before Henry Albus and Florens, magistrates of (Maes) Tricht. In Latin on Vellum.
Created:
1286
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota Libraries, Special Collections and Rare Books.
Vellum leaf from an illuminated medieval manuscript. Italy; Early XIVth Century. Latin Text; Transitional Rotunda Script. Vulgate Bible (Biblia Sacra Latina, Versio Vulgata).
Created:
1300 - 1350
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota Libraries, Special Collections and Rare Books.
