Horalogium sapientiae

Name:

Seuse, Heinrich, 1295-1366

Timespan:

Early works to 1800

Date:

1400

Description:

Suso's Horologium sapientiae, a mystical work in two books (f. 2r-188v), with Cantica canticorum (Song of Songs) at the end (f. 189r-193v).

Language:

Latin

Provenance:

Signature (f. 1r): "Acquistato in Vienna dall' Antiquario della Biblioteca Imperiale in quella città e portato in dono al mio caro Cognato G. Ghizzi. Maggio. 1869 [sig.] Frangnani[?]."; Sold to James H. Reddan (Venice), 1896; sold in a collection of Reddan's books at auction at Sotheby, Wilkinson & Hodge, 16 February 1905, lot 402.; Appears in Bernard Quaritch's catalog 699 (1952), no. 129.; Sold by E. P. Goldschmidt & Co. (London), 1955.

Subject:

Mysticism -- Early works to 1800; Mysticism

Resource Type:

Text

Form/Genre:

manuscripts (documents); codices (bound manuscripts); dialogues; Manuscripts, Latin; Manuscripts, Renaissance

Physical Description:

194 leaves : paper, color illustrations; 213 x 142 (152 x 90) mm bound to 220 x 140 mm

Rights:

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

Notes:

Ms. codex.; Title from caption heading (f. 2r) and front cover.; Foliation: Paper, 194; [1-194]; modern foliation in pencil, upper right recto.; Layout: Written in 27 long lines; frame-ruled in lead.; Script: Written in a Gothic cursive script by a single hand.; Decoration: 5-line initial in red and blue (f. 1r); rubricated headings, initials, and capitals throughout; manicule drawn in ink (f. 30v) and foliate design drawn in lead (f. 65v); simple decorated initials in red and black, some with foliate designs (f. 79v, 97v), and some with faces (f. 91v, 164v).; Binding: Contemporary dyed kid over wooden boards, clasps missing.; Origin: Written in Germany, in the first half of the 15th century (Zacour-Hirsch).; Latin.

Physical Location:

Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts, Manuscripts, Ms. Codex 709