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Die vierundzwanzig Alten, oder, Der Goldne Thron.

Accession number
MS B.34
Object title
Die vierundzwanzig Alten, oder, Der Goldne Thron.
Created
Germany, Nuremberg (?) 1442
Binding
17th-century blind-stamped pigskin.
Credit line
Bequest of Curt F. Bühler; 1985.
Description
310 leaves (2 columns, 37-32 lines), bound : paper, ill. ; 292 x 210 mm
Provenance
Purchased by Curt F. Bühler in Apr. 1960 from Lathrop C. Harper, New York (cat. 10, no. 102).
Notes
Ms. written in Germany, dated 1442.
Decoration: 25 filigree initials; 25 blank spaces left for illustrations.
Contents: Otto von Passau, Die 24 Alten (fols. 1r-305v); Pseudo-Berthold von Regensburg, Zehn Lehren Bertholds für eine geistliche Schwester (fols. 306r-307r); Ars moriendi (fols. 307r-310r).
Script
bastarda
Language
German
Century
Classification