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Country |
United States
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City |
Trappist (Ky.)
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Repository |
Abbey of Our Lady of Gethsemani
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Shelfmark | MS 18 |
Current Status | In situ |
Type of Record | Manuscript |
Extent | 281 leaf(ves) |
Century(ies) | 15th century |
Language(s) | German |
Genre(s) | Hagiographies |
Feature(s) | Initial(s), Decorated |
Notes |
All texts written in Westphalian |
Bibliography |
Susan M. B. Steuer and E. Rozanne Elder, eds., Catalogue of the Manuscripts in the Dom Edmond Obrecht Collection of Gethsemani Abbey, Monastic Life 1 (2016). |
HMML Proj. Num. |
AGOC 00014 |
Permanent Link | https://w3id.org/vhmml/readingRoom/view/500936 |
Processed By | HMML |
Surrogate Format | Digital |
Access Restrictions | Registered |
Rights | http://www.vhmml.org/terms |

Type of Record | Manuscript |
Extent | 281 leaf(ves) |
Collation |
i + 281 + 1 |
Binding |
Bound in 15th-century tooled leather over boards; front and rear flyleaves are parchment from 14th-century liturgical calendar |
Type | Manuscript |
Part Location | fol. 1r-275v |
Place of Origin | Germany, Westphalia |
Century(ies) | 15th century |
Year Range | 1472 |
Date Precise | 1472 |
Support | Paper |
Support Dimensions | 20.5 x 14.3 cm |
Page Layout | 1 column, 23-32 lines per page |
Writing Space | 14.3 x 9.5 cm |
Signatures | Yes |
Writing System | Roman |
Script(s) | Gothic Textualis |
Notes |
Fol. 1r has Latin proverb |

Item Location | fol. 2r-210v |
Author |
William, of Saint-Thierry, Abbot, approximately 1085-1148?
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Author |
Arnaldus, Abbot of Bonneval, -approximately 1156
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Author |
Geoffrey, of Auxerre, active 12th century
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Title | Vita prima sancti Bernardi |
Alternate Title | Life of Saint Bernard |
Language(s) | German |
Item Location | fol. 212-226v |
Author |
Ruusbroec, Jan van, 1293-1381
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Title | Van den Kerstenen Ghelove |
Language(s) | German |
Incipit | So we beholden wyl wesen vnn komen |
Rubric | Hiir beghinnet up den creden |
Item Location | fol. 227r-275v |
Author |
Zerbolt, Gerard, 1367-1398
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Title | De libris tetonicalibus et de precibus vernaculis |
Language(s) | German |
Incipit | Want men nu somyghe menschen vynt |

Country |
United States
![]() |
City |
Trappist (Ky.)
![]() |
Repository |
Abbey of Our Lady of Gethsemani
![]() |
Shelfmark | MS 18 |
Current Status | In situ |
Type of Record | Manuscript |
Extent | 281 leaf(ves) |
Century(ies) | 15th century |
Language(s) | German |
Genre(s) | Hagiographies |
Feature(s) | Initial(s), Decorated |
Notes |
All texts written in Westphalian |
Bibliography |
Susan M. B. Steuer and E. Rozanne Elder, eds., Catalogue of the Manuscripts in the Dom Edmond Obrecht Collection of Gethsemani Abbey, Monastic Life 1 (2016). |
HMML Proj. Num. |
AGOC 00014 |
Permanent Link | https://w3id.org/vhmml/readingRoom/view/500936 |
Processed By | HMML |
Surrogate Format | Digital |
Access Restrictions | Registered |
Rights | http://www.vhmml.org/terms |
Type of Record | Manuscript |
Extent | 281 leaf(ves) |
Collation |
i + 281 + 1 |
Binding |
Bound in 15th-century tooled leather over boards; front and rear flyleaves are parchment from 14th-century liturgical calendar |
Type | Manuscript |
Part Location | fol. 1r-275v |
Place of Origin | Germany, Westphalia |
Century(ies) | 15th century |
Year Range | 1472 |
Date Precise | 1472 |
Support | Paper |
Support Dimensions | 20.5 x 14.3 cm |
Page Layout | 1 column, 23-32 lines per page |
Writing Space | 14.3 x 9.5 cm |
Signatures | Yes |
Writing System | Roman |
Script(s) | Gothic Textualis |
Notes |
Fol. 1r has Latin proverb |
Item Location | fol. 2r-210v |
Author |
William, of Saint-Thierry, Abbot, approximately 1085-1148?
![]() |
Author |
Arnaldus, Abbot of Bonneval, -approximately 1156
![]() |
Author |
Geoffrey, of Auxerre, active 12th century
![]() |
Title | Vita prima sancti Bernardi |
Alternate Title | Life of Saint Bernard |
Language(s) | German |
Item Location | fol. 212-226v |
Author |
Ruusbroec, Jan van, 1293-1381
![]() |
Title | Van den Kerstenen Ghelove |
Language(s) | German |
Incipit | So we beholden wyl wesen vnn komen |
Rubric | Hiir beghinnet up den creden |
Item Location | fol. 227r-275v |
Author |
Zerbolt, Gerard, 1367-1398
![]() |
Title | De libris tetonicalibus et de precibus vernaculis |
Language(s) | German |
Incipit | Want men nu somyghe menschen vynt |
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