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Explicatio in Cantica Canticorum (Dutch) / Richard of Saint Victor, and other text(s), VGG Q 7 I

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Title	Explicatio in Cantica Canticorum (Dutch) / Richard of Saint Victor, and other text(s), VGG Q 7 I
Content	Contains, in Dutch: (ff. 1r-146r) Explicatio in Cantica Canticorum / Richard of Saint Victor. Translation. Incomplete (chapter 1-40). - (ff. 146r-182v) Devotional texts: mainly exempla translated from: Vitae Patrum (157r, 157v); Caesarius of Heisterbach's Dialogus miraculorum (152r, 161r, 164v, 165v, 167r, 169v, 170v, 171r, 171v, 172r, 174r, 174v, 181v); Jean Gobi's Scala Caeli (165v, 168r, 169r, 170r, 171v, 173r, 173v, 176r, 179v, 180v, 181v); Henry Suso's Horologium Sapientiae (176r). - Also contains: Van die sonderlinge ende eerwaerdige doecht der oetmoedicheit (f. 146r); Vander oetmoedicheit (155v-157r); Vanden heilighen sacrament (ff. 162r-164v); Dat onse lieve vrouwe ende die heilghe trouweliken eren sellen (ff. 174v).
Creator/other	Richard (-1173) Caesarius (ca. 1180-1245) Gobi, Jean (1323-1350 fl) Suso, Henricus (ca. 1295-1366) Vossius, Isaac (1618-1689)
Shelfmark	VGG Q 7 I
Subject (topical)	Reading culture Reading culture (devotional) bible (MMDC) religious texts (MMDC)
Subject (temporal)	Middle Ages 15th century
Note	Origin: Based on penwork decoration (cf. Venner & 1979). Collation: Codex consists of 14 senios and 1 septenio; the outer and inner bifolium of each quire are made of parchment, the other bifolia in between of paper. Binding: Medieval binding, contemporary. - Leather (brown, blind-tooled) over wooden boards with bevelled edges. Remnants of two clasp fastenings (closing back to front; metal hooks and straps missing). Textual: (ff. 1r-146r) "Dit sijn Rijchaerdus woerden seer merckelic ende stichtich op Cantica Canticorum. Hoe men in rusten gode soeken sel ende van begeerten meere graecien". Incipit: "In minen beddekijn heb ik ghesocht dien mijn siel minnet ...". Explicit: "... Tot welker werscap mijn suster mijn bruut comen moet na desen arbeyde Amen". Description (Bouwman 2023): http://hdl.handle.net/1887.1/item:3619870 Description (Catalogus compendiarius 1932): http://hdl.handle.net/1887.1/item:491294 Description (BNM 465): http://hdl.handle.net/1887.1/item:1905920 Also described by A.W. Byvanckgenootschap (database RKD, The Hague).
Reference	BNM = Bibliotheca Neerlandica Manuscripta Bouwman 2023 = A. Bouwman, Inventory of western medieval manuscripts held by Leiden University Libraries. Leiden 2023 Catalogus compendiarius 1932 = [H.P. Blok,] Catalogus compendiarius continens codices omnes manuscriptos qui in Bibliotheca Academiae Lugduno-Batavae asservantur. Vol. 1 (Leiden 1932), MMDC = Medieval Manuscripts in Dutch Collections Senguerdius & 1716 = W. Senguerdius & al., Catalogus librorum tam impressorum quam manuscriptorum Bibliothecae Publicae Universitatis Lugduno-Batavae. Leiden 1716, Venner & = J.G.C. Venner & C.A. Chavannes-Mazel, 'Delftse handschriften en boekverluchting'. In: I. Spaander (ed.), De stad Delft. Cultuur en maatschappij tot 1572. [Exhib.cat. Prinsenhof, Delft]. Delft 1979, 134-138,
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Part of	Vossius, I. (1618-1689)
Language	Dutch
Country	Netherlands
Form	1 volume, 182 leaves : pen-flourished initials ; c.215x145 mm
Extent	187 scans
Ownership	Owned by: Isaac Vossius.
Published/created	Low Countries, northern part ; Delft, 15th century, second half
Persistent URL	http://hdl.handle.net/1887.1/item:3735080
Published (digital)	Leiden University Libraries,