xMMs.Se1. Sermons by Albertus de Padua. [1385-1400]. Latin. 215 x 155 mm binding, 210 x 155 leaf. Mixed parchment and paper codex.

Item — Box: xMMs.Se1

Identifier: 16

Staff Only

Scope and Contents

Pustille epistolarum et ewangeliorum per ciruculum anni et passio christi reverendi magistri Alberti de Padua in hac libri .... The Sermons on the letters and gospels and the passion of Christ throughout the liturgical year.

Dates

Creation: Majority of material found within 1100-1600

Conditions Governing Access

This collection is open for research.

Biographical / Historical

The manuscript is probably from southern Germany since one of the Saints noted is Saint Erhard, a patron saint of Regensburg.

Extent

From the Collection: 18.00 Linear Feet

Language of Materials

From the Collection: English

Additional Description

Custodial History

A colophon on folio 232r reads: Rubricado finiri [?] sub [annis?] d[omi]no 1400 in die 1 [?]. The remnants of a chain attachment can be seen at the head of the lower cover, as well as a repair from the chaining on the inside of the back cover. A label on the spine in a later hand indicates a shelf mark, possibly ‘74.’ These two details, as well as worm damage in the covers, match those of another manuscript, xMMs.Se4, which was purchased along with this manuscript for the University of Iowa Special Collections in 1968 by Frank Paluka, from a student. According to Paluka, the student's father had won two books in a poker game in World War II. These two books are of a similar subject (both are groups of sermons), were held in the same library at the same time, and ended up together in World War II; however, more information about provenance is uncertain at this time.

Related Materials

Related materials can be found in Research Materials Box 2.

Binding

Original, laced-in wooden board binding with leather cover (coming off in layers); vellum paste downs on the interior cover. Alum-tawed clasps coming out from the back cover only and held in with small brass square plates. Evidence of corresponding nails or clasps in the middle of the front cover. Two holes in the top back cover that once held an apparatus for a chain, indicating that this came from a chained library. Spine is uncovered except for modern repairs at the head and tail. Pamela Spitzmueller believes this may be the oldest original binding in the University of Iowa Libraries collection.