Bod-Inc: B-589
Büchlein
Büchlein von dem sterbenden Menschen [German].
Analysis of Content
[a2r] [Preface.] Incipit: ‘[G]ot der den menschen adenlich nach der piltnuß . . .’ Explicit: verwandelt ist
[a3r] Büchlein von dem sterbenden Menschen. Incipit: ‘[O] tod wie bitter ist dein gedacht nuß einem jungen froelich . . .’ Explicit: vnd sunderin This is the translation of a treatise sometimes known as Memoria improvisae mortis: see Rudolf, Ars moriendi, 18, note 34. The authorship of the treatise has sometimes been attributed to Johannes Münzinger or Müntzinger, although this is now considered to be a spurious attribution; see VL VI 794-9 at 799.
[c5v] [Gerardus de Vliederhoven]: Cordiale de quatuor novissimis [Middle Low German]. ‘Wie wir vnser letsten zeit sollen gedencken'. Incipit: ‘[D]iß lert vnß der weiß man vnd bedeutet als vyl zu teutsch . . .’ Explicit: got sein hilf send. Amen See VL II 1217-21 at 1220.
[k8r] Bernardus Claravallensis [pseudo-]: ‘Ein lere vnd ein gebet'. Incipit: ‘[E]s spricht sant Bernhart das ist ein lere vnd ein gebet . . .’ Explicit: allen cristen menschen See Rudolf, Ars moriendi, 24-5.
[l3v] [14 observations on how to love God.] Incipit: ‘[Z]u dem ersten lug wie wurdig got ist, das man in lieb habe . . .’ Explicit: der himmel aut schlossen. Amen For this work, but with a different incipit, see K. Schneider, Die deutschen Handschriften der Bayerischen Staatsbibliothek München: Cgm 691-867 (Wiesbaden, 1984), Cgm 758: p. 270, no. 4.
[l7r] [Marquardus de Lindavia: Eucharistietraktat extracts.] Incipit: ‘[E]in jegklich cristen mensch der su dem hochwurdigen sacrament . . .’ Explicit: die nit niessen will. Amen See Schneider, Die deutschen Handschriften der BSB München: Cgm 691-867, Cgm 758: p. 270, no. 5; see also VL VI 81-126, with this work at 99-103, no. A.7.
Imprint
Imprint: [Augsburg: Anton Sorg, c.1482]. 4°.
Collation
Collation: [a–m8].
Types: Types: 118 G, 140 G.
Leaves: 96 leaves.
Line number: 22 lines ([a2v]).
Type area: Type area: 129 ×90 mm ([a2v]).
Illustrations: Five woodcuts: see Schramm.
References
ISTC: im00870000
Hain: H *11628;
Goff: Goff M‑870;
Proctor: Pr 1694;
Others: BSB‑Ink M‑326; Sack, Freiburg, 2510; Schramm IV pp. 33 and 51; Schreiber V 4816; Sheppard 1247.
LCN: 14515267
Copies
Copy number: B-589(1)
Wanting [a1.8].
Many leaves mounted.
Binding: Wrappers of parchment leaves from a thirteenth/fourteenth-century (German?) manuscript ritual; two ties lost. Scar of a book-plate on the inside of the upper cover. Manuscript label at the head of the spine.
Size: 187 × 130 × 24 mm.
Size of leaf: 181 × 123 mm.
Provenance: Georg zu Wolkenstein-Rodenegg (fl. 1589); inscription on the recto of the front endleaf: ‘1589 V. V. V. Georg [ ] zu Wolckhenstain vnd Rodnegg'; see Warnecke 2509-11. Probably the ‘Ars moriendi, Germanice, cum figuris', which was purchased for £2. 10. 0; see Books Purchased (1845), 2.
SHELFMARK: Auct. 7Q 5.22.
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