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Miracle in Waterlere | MS 590/48

OFFICIAL ACCOUNT OF A MIRACLE IN WATERLERE

MS 590/48
MS Short Title OFFICIAL ACCOUNT OF A MIRACLE IN WATERLERE
Text OFFICIAL ACCOUNT OF A MIRACLE WHICH OCCURRED IN THE VILLAGE OF WATERLERE, DIOCESE OF HALBERSTADT IN 1221, MENTIONING HERMIGARDIS AND CONRADUS DE ARNESTEM, A SAINT PROBABLY BELONGING TO THE CISTERCIAN ORDER, THE INDULGENCES CONNECTED WITH VISITS TO, OR DONATIONS TO, THE LOCAL MONASTERY, REFERRING TO THE CISTERCIAN ORDER AND THE ORDER OF THE TEUTONIC KNIGHTS
Description MS in Latin on vellum, Waterlere, Germany, 1332, 1 f., 51x36 cm, (42x31 cm), 63+4 long lines in a fine Gothic documentary script, important words in red, initials touched with red, a 3- line and a 4-line flourished initial in red.
Provenance 1. Jacques Rosenthal (Hans Koch), München (1965); 2. Bernard Rosenthal Collection, San Francisco, I/182 (1965-1989); 3. Bernard Quaritch Ltd., London.
Place of origin Waterlere
Dates 1332 AD