Betrachtungen des leidens Christi

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Manuscript on paper.

Signatures: [a¹⁰, b²⁽⁺⁾, c¹², d¹⁴, e⁸, f¹², g-l⁸, m¹⁰, n⁸, o¹⁰⁺¹, p-q⁸, r⁸⁺¹, s-z⁸, A-D⁸, E⁶]

Cursive script in several hands.

Rubricated.

The illus. are mounted and consist of colored drawings and woodcuts (South German, ca. 1450-ca. 1500). Cf. Engelbert Baumeister's Formschnitte des 15. Jahrhunderts in den Sammlungen des fürstlichen Hauses Oettingen-Wallerstein. Strassburg, 1920, Bd. 2, where the woodcuts are described as no. 18, 23, 25-28, 36-38. No. 16-17, described as belonging to this ms., are wanting. Several other illus. appear to have been removed.

Title from label on spine (in modern writing).

Leaf [1a] (in red): Hye nach folgent XV stücklin des lydens xp̄i vnsers he'ren; leaf [207b] (in red): Dsz ist ein blůmēkrētzlin dem kindlin Jhs̄ vff sin krusses herlin 15ø18 vff nicolai dsz; leaves [209a]-[237a] contain more prayers ending: kum zu hilf minē lestē not amē.

Old binding of stamped red leather over wooden boards; damaged; clasp broken. Stamped on several leaves: F. Öttingen Wallerstein'sche Bibliothek.

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