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| Varying Form of Title: | De miraculis Sanctae Mariae Virginis
De miraclis Sce Marie Virg
Former catalog title: Miracula Sanctae Virginis Mariae, et. al. : manuscript [ca. 1150]
Title from Bibliotheca Phillippica: Miracula Sanctae Dei Genitricis Mariae
Title from Ricci: Miracula xxxv B. Virginis Mariae
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| Other authors / contributors: | Julianus, Saint, Bishop of Toledo, -690, author.
Leontius, Bishop of Neapolis, active 7th century, author.
Remi, d'Auxerre, approximately 841-908, author.
Isidore, of Seville, Saint, -636, author.
Phillipps, Thomas, Sir, 1792-1872, former owner.
Libri, Guillaume, 1803-1869, former owner.
Voynich, Wilfred Michael, 1865-1930, bookseller.
University of Chicago. Library. Special Collections Research Center.
University of Chicago. Library. Codex Ms. 147.
S. Leigh Sotheby & John Wilkinson (Firm), bookseller.
Sotheby, Wilkinson & Hodge, bookseller.
Bernard Quaritch (Firm), bookseller.
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| Provenance: | Presented to the University of Chicago in 1923 by the Manuscript Committee of the Alumni Council.
Heading added to fol. 17v in Cursiva Libraria hand (15th century?). Erased monastic ownership inscription and inscription "flon est inuent finibus isti" at end on fol. 84v; inscription on rear flyleaf recto, partially erased: "Si quis eum abstulerit iram dei incurrat et sit anathema hic in eternam fiat fiat. C.V.IIII.III.II.I" Inscription in another hand on rear flyleaf recto: "Jesu [Christ]e." From the library of Guglielmo Libri; sold at his sale, March 1859, lot 683, by Sotheby & Wilkinson to Barthès. Belonged to Sir Thomas Phillipps (inscription of front flyleaf verso: "Phillipps MS 25142"); sold at his sale, April 1903, lot 802, by Sotheby, Wilkinson & Hodge to Quaritch. Obtained by University of Chicago Alumni Council from W.M. Voynich. Manuscript accession number for University of Chicago Library on front flyleaf recto: "681006."
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| Notes: | Manuscript codex.
Collation: Parchment, fol. ii (i is pastedown) + 84 + ii ; 1-10⁸ 11⁴ ; in center lower margin of final page of the gathering, quires 4-5 signed B-C, quires 6-8 signed iiii-vi, quire 10 signed viii.
Layout: Written in 2 columns of 30 lines (fol. 1-40), 34 lines (fol. 41-72), and 35 lines (fol. 73-84); occasional prickings in outer margin; occasional lead ruling.
Script: Written in Pregothic script by at least three scribes. Scribe changes on fol. 67v and fol. 73r.
Decoration: on fol. 1r, initial decorated with Virgin and Child under canopy in green, blue, red, brown, and black preceding text; painted initials with grotesques on fol. 1r and fol. 62v; initials throughout in green, red, and blue.
Binding: 19th-century brown morocco over boards; incorrect title lettered in gilt on spine: "Sallustii Invectiva in Ciceronem / M.T. Ciceronis"; possible shelfmark lettered in gilt on spine: "M. S.XI. S."; raised bands; inner dentelles; gilt edges covering earlier red edges; trimmed (16th-century heading on fol. 17r and initials on fol. 67v and fol. 82v partially cut off); binder's ticket for repairs by Sky Meadow Binding, June 1991.
Origin: Written in the Low Countries or the very north of northwest France in the second or third quarter of the 12th century. Dating based on script, particularly the use of both the ampersand and the Tironian et. Place of production based on initials.
Shelfmark: Chicago, IL, University of Chicago Library, Ms147.
Former shelfmark: M. S.XI. S.
Former shelfmark: Phillipps MS 25142.
Former shelfmark: Chicago, IL, University of Chicago Library, BT650.M65.
Ricci, S. de. Census of medieval and Renaissance manuscripts in the United States and Canada, volume 1, page 571
Dexter, Elise F. Miracula sanctae Virginis Mariae
Bibliotheca Phillippica (1903), pages 106-107
Catalogue of the extraordinary collection of splendid manuscripts ... formed by M. Guglielmo Libri, pages 150-151
In Latin.
Item cataloged from existing descriptions.
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| Summary: | Collection of religious, hagiographical, and liturgical writings written in the Low Countries or the very north of northwest France in the second or third quarter of the 12th century.
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| Other form: | Online version: De mirac[u]lis S[an]c[ta]e Mari[a]e Virg[inis]. [Low Countries?], [between 1125 and 1175?]
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