| Description | Anthology of religious poems, 17th century, including penitential prayers and verse meditations on the joys of the next world. Following an introduction (ff 1r-6v), the text from folio 7r is in verse. With marginal references to passages in the Bible, written in the authoress' own hand, throughout the text. Her identity is not revealed, except that her Christian name was Dorothea, and, given references in the introduction to her grandchildren and other relations, she probably wrote the book in later life. With the name Jacobs Himmelsleiter inside the front cover.
Bound in a manuscript fragment parchment cover. Black text in a gothic textualis rotunda, 13th century? The work is from Aristotle's "De Anima" and part of the chapter heading "[De Somnis] et Vigilia" in alternating red and blue capitals is clearly visible on the rear of the book. The text starts at: "[Transferentibus] enim s[ecundu]m sensum sequitur passio velut de sole ad tenebras eni[m] nich[il] videre propter adhuc subsistentem motu[m] in oculis a lumine et si ad unum colorem..."
The parchment is very discoloured, with some large stains on the front and holes made by pests on the rear cover and spine. However, the text is in excellent condition with minimal rubbing along the spine. |
| CustodialHistory | The volume formerly belonged to the antiquary Rosenthal of Munich, and bears on the inside front cover: Ch. B XX 343246. |