[Horae de Sancta Katherina]

Date:

1400

Description:

Hours of St. Catherine, incomplete at the end, where prayers to St. Barbara, an Office of St. Barbara, and the Passion account from the Gospel of Matthew (partial) are added in a second hand.

Language:

Latin

Provenance:

Formerly owned by Ernest F. Salmon, 1892 (autograph, front endleaf).; E. B. Krumbhaar, 1910 (autograph, front endleaf; stamp with winged crown, f. 1r).; Krumbhaar, E. B. 1882-1966, former owner.

Subject:

Jesus Christ Passion; Jesus Christ; Catherine, of Alexandria, Saint; Barbara, Saint; Catholic Church; Passion of Jesus Christ; Barbara, Saint Prayers and devotions; Catherine, of Alexandria, Saint Prayers and devotions; Catholic Church -- Prayers and devotions -- Early works to 1800; Catholic Church -- Liturgy -- Texts; Liturgics; Christian saints -- Prayers and devotions

Resource Type:

Text

Form/Genre:

books of hours; codices (bound manuscripts); illuminations (paintings); Manuscripts, Latin; Manuscripts, Renaissance; prayers (compositions); devotional literature; manuscripts (documents)

Physical Description:

28 leaves : parchment, illustrations; 122 x 90 (70 x 54) mm bound to 132 x 101 mm

Rights:

http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/NoC-US/1.0/

Notes:

Ms. codex.; Title from Zacour-Hirsch Catalogue.; Foliation: Parchment, iii (modern paper) + 28 + ii (modern paper); [1-28]; modern foliation in pencil, upper right recto.; Layout: Written in 19 long lines; ruled in ink, prickings visible.; Script: Written in a single Gothic book hand with added texts (f. 24v-25r, 27r-28v) and some corrections in a hybrid script written by a second hand.; Decoration: 2-line and 3-line Illuminated initials in gold (worn off in places), red, green, blue, and pink; rubrics in red.; Binding: 18th- or 19th-century morocco, front endleaves loose.; Origin: Written in Germany in the early 15th century (Zacour-Hirsch). 19th-century description tipped onto front endleaf has date ca. 1390.; Incipit: Incipiunt hore de lauda Katherina edite...Text: Deprecare regem celi...; Probably hours of St. Katherine of Alexandria (f. 13v): "O beata Katherina babylonis."; Latin.

Physical Location:

Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts, Manuscripts, Ms. Codex 674