Accession number
MS M.298
Object title
Fasciculus morum.
Display Date
between 1412 and 1426.
Created
Oxford, England, Reutlingen, Germany, and at Schwäbisch Hall, Germany, between 1412 and 1426.
Binding
Original 15th century boards covered with pigskin; boards lined with end-parchments from an 11th century missal; chain attached with swivel and ring at end.
Credit line
Purchased by J. Pierpont Morgan (1837-1913) in 1908.
Description
181 leaves (1 column, 41-42 lines), bound : paper, ill. ; 220 x 150 mm
Provenance
Given by Johannes Sintram de Herbipoli in 1444 to the Franciscan Library in Würzburg; John Mortimer Hunt, Bellevue, The Holmwood, Surrey; his sale (London, July 10, 1899, no. 312) to Leighton; Robert Steele, Wandsworth Common; his sale (London, June 15, 1903, no. 467) to Heffer; Charles Scribner, Catalogue, New York Nov. 27, 1903, no. 2, pl.; Preston A. Perry; his sale (New York, Apr. 21, 1908, no. 268) to G.D. Smith; purchased by J.P. Morgan (1867-1943) as a gift for his father, J. Pierpont Morgan (1837-1913) in 1908; J.P. Morgan (1867-1943).
Notes
Ms.; written and illustrated in Oxford, England (1412), Reutlingen, Germany (1415), and at Schwäbisch Hall, Germany (1416-1426).
On the vices and virtues; divided into seven parts.
Compiler unknown; in manuscripts of this work, his name is variously given as Johannis Spiser, Robertus Selke, Rob. Silke, and Robert Selk; if identified as Robert Sulks (or Robert Sellack), O.F.M. this person probably a reviser and not the compiler--Cf. A. G. Little, p. 141.
Scribe: Johannes Sintram de Herbipoli, whose name is in manuscript on fol. 169v: librum ipsum scripsit frater Johannes Sinttram oxoniis, anno 1412.
Decoration: 2 full-page pen drawings of the Trees of the Virtues and the Vices.
Artist: Johannes Sintram de Herbipoli.
On the vices and virtues; divided into seven parts.
Compiler unknown; in manuscripts of this work, his name is variously given as Johannis Spiser, Robertus Selke, Rob. Silke, and Robert Selk; if identified as Robert Sulks (or Robert Sellack), O.F.M. this person probably a reviser and not the compiler--Cf. A. G. Little, p. 141.
Scribe: Johannes Sintram de Herbipoli, whose name is in manuscript on fol. 169v: librum ipsum scripsit frater Johannes Sinttram oxoniis, anno 1412.
Decoration: 2 full-page pen drawings of the Trees of the Virtues and the Vices.
Artist: Johannes Sintram de Herbipoli.
Script
German cursive
Language
Latin and German
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