Postilla de tempore

Accession number: 
MS M.989
Title: 
Postilla de tempore
Created: 
Poland, possibly Przemysl, 1427.
Binding: 
Contemporary pigskin over wood, blind-tooled fillets around the sides and diagonally across the covers.
Credit: 
Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Robert W. Cremin, 1978.
Description: 
219 leaves (2 columns, 38-43 lines), bound : paper ; 305 x 220 mm
Notes: 

Ms. sermons; written in Poland, possibly in Przemysl, and dated 1427.
Watermarks are similar to those found in G. Piccard's Ochsenkopfwasserzeichnung--Cf. Nineteenth report to the Fellows of the Pierpont Morgan Library.
According to the opening paragraph these sermons were written by Wigandus, deacon of Przemysl, who dedicated the work to Matthew, who was bishop of Przemysl from 1392 to circa 1419-1420. The date in the incipit, 1427, probably refers to this copy rather than to the date of composition. The text appears to be unpublished--Cf. Nineteenth report to the Fellows of the Pierpont Morgan Library.

Script: 
gothica cursiva
Language: 
Latin
Century: 
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