Medieval and Renaissance Manuscripts

The Medieval and Renaissance Manuscripts Collection contains images of 21 unbound manuscript items and 10 bound manuscript items from the Silver Special Collections Library of the University of Vermont. These manuscripts were written in various locations across Europe and the Middle East, from early in the 12th century to the 17th century C.E. Many of the texts are religious in nature. There are examples from Vulgate Bibles, the Koran, liturgical books, books of private devotion, handbooks for confessors, and a book of church law. Other texts include works by Cicero, Terence, Eberhard Hicfelt, and Ascanio Savorgnano; and contain topical works on medicinal herbs, the island of Cyprus, and the laws of Carpeneto, Italy. The collection also includes a contract and a will, both from Italy. These beautiful books are often heavily illustrated or decorated, and provide examples of a wide range of scripts, both Gothic and later varieties. Most of the manuscripts are written on parchment, but several are made of paper, including the oldest item, a Koran leaf with a supplied date of 1106. The scope of the collection will facilitate studies of book history, codicology, paleography, and Medieval and Renaissance history.

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Miniature of Aucupatorium herodiorum, ex antiquorum philozophorum dictis per magistrum ebirhardum hitfelt collectum et translatum in laycum ydeoma.
Aucupatorium herodiorum, ex antiquorum philozophorum dictis per magistrum ebirhardum hitfelt collectum et translatum in laycum ydeoma.
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    • Date Created: 1600-1699
    • Description: This is probably a 17th c. copy of a 15th c. book on Falconry.
    • Parent Collections: Medieval and Renaissance Manuscripts
    Miniature of Book of Hours
    Book of Hours
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      • Creator: Catholic Church
      • Date Created: 1425-1475
      • Description: Texts are canticles from Psalms (Iuxta LXX) 119:7-122:4.
      • Parent Collections: Medieval and Renaissance Manuscripts
      Miniature of Book of Hours
      Book of Hours
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        • Date Created: 1450-1499
        • Description: Text is from a set of Responsories.
        • Parent Collections: Medieval and Renaissance Manuscripts
        Miniature of Book of Hours
        Book of Hours
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          • Creator: Catholic Church
          • Date Created: undated
          • Description: Text is from the Litany of the Saints.
          • Parent Collections: Medieval and Renaissance Manuscripts
          Miniature of Book of Hours
          Book of Hours
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            • Date Created: 1450-1499
            • Description: Text is Psalms (Iuxta LXX) 123:6-124:5.
            • Parent Collections: Medieval and Renaissance Manuscripts
            Miniature of Book of Hours
            Book of Hours
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              • Date Created: 1400-1499
              • Parent Collections: Medieval and Renaissance Manuscripts
              Miniature of Book of Hours?
              Book of Hours?
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                • Creator: Catholic Church
                • Date Created: 1250-1299
                • Description: Text is Psalm (Iuxta LXX) 118:21-40.
                • Parent Collections: Medieval and Renaissance Manuscripts
                Miniature of Book of Hours?
                Book of Hours?
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                  • Creator: Catholic Church
                  • Date Created: 1400-1499
                  • Parent Collections: Medieval and Renaissance Manuscripts
                  Miniature of Book of Hours?
                  Book of Hours?
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                    • Creator: Catholic Church
                    • Date Created: 1325-1375
                    • Description: Text is probably part the daily office for lay individuals according to the Sarum Use. This leaf begins in a reading from Genesis 3 in the middle of verse 1.
                    • Parent Collections: Medieval and Renaissance Manuscripts
                    Miniature of Book of Hours?
                    Book of Hours?
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                      • Date Created: undated
                      • Parent Collections: Medieval and Renaissance Manuscripts