Meditationes

Name:

Torquemada, Juan de, 1388-1468

Timespan:

Early works to 1800

Date:

1469

Description:

Copy of Ulrich Han's printed edition (1466 or 1467) of Torquemada's 34 meditations on topics such as the birth of Christ, baptism, the Passion, and the Trinity.

Language:

Latin

Provenance:

Sold by Helmuth Domizlaff (Munich), 1953.

Subject:

Catholic Church -- Prayers and devotions -- Early works to 1800; Catholic Church; Meditations -- Early works to 1800; Meditations

Resource Type:

Text

Form/Genre:

Codices; Illuminations; Manuscripts, Latin; Manuscripts, Renaissance; Prayers and devotions; Prayers; Devotional literature; manuscripts (documents)

Physical Description:

27 leaves : paper, color illustrations; 273 x 202 (205 x 146) mm bound to 281 x 205 mm

Rights:

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

Notes:

Ms. codex.; Title and attribution from f. 1r.; Date from colophon, based on printed colophon with revised date (f. 27r): Ffinite sunt contemplaciones supradictae et continuatae Romae per Ulricum Han [Ulrich Han, printer in Rome] anno Domini millesimo quadringentesimo sexagesimo nono die ultima mensis octobris.; Foliation: Paper, i (modern paper) + 27 + i (modern paper); [1-27]; modern foliation in pencil, upper right recto.; Layout: Written in 31 long lines; ruled in ink and drypoint.; Script: Written in a Gothic cursive script by a single hand. Marginal notes indicating topics of meditations in a second hand.; Decoration: Foliate borders and initials in blue, white, green, pink, brown, and gold (f. 1r, 2r, 4v, 5r, 6r), with some unfinished. Spaces left for initials and decoration in the remainder of the volume; guide letters visible; rubricated heading (f. 1r).; Binding: Modern half-vellum.; Origin: Written in 1469 (f. 27r).; Worm hole damage to pages.; Latin.

Physical Location:

Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts, Manuscripts, Oversize Ms. Codex 684