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 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 Van der lehre des Reinen Godtlichen wordes und Christlicher Ordenung und Caeremonienn in den Kercken unsers Landes Didtmarschen
    Van der lehre des Reinen Godtlichen wordes und Christlicher Ordenung und Caeremonienn in den Kercken unsers Landes Didtmarschen
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      • Date Created: 1550-1650
      • Description: The text of this manuscript appears to be a copy of the Danish Church Ordinance of 1537, here applied to Frederick II's new royal patrimony of Ditsmarschen. The original ordinance, by Frederick's father, Christian III, established Danish ecclesiastical organization (Lutheran) and was based on the Augsburg Confession of 1530. The principle text (fol. 1-60) is followed by a register of the articles (fol. 61-65r). This is follwed by copies, in several later hands, of various documents, agreements, and "konighliche und furstliche Constitutionen" of Danish rulers from 1422-1635 (fol. 65v-110).
      • Parent Collections: Medieval and Renaissance Manuscripts
      Miniature of Vulgate Bible
      Vulgate Bible
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        • Date Created: 1300-1399
        • Description: Text is Leviticus 5:4-8:15.
        • Parent Collections: Medieval and Renaissance Manuscripts
        Miniature of Will
        Will
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          • Date Created: 1294-06-14
          • Parent Collections: Medieval and Renaissance Manuscripts
          Miniature of Contract
          Contract
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            • Date Created: 1442-11-06
            • Parent Collections: Medieval and Renaissance Manuscripts
            Miniature of The Book of the Confraternity of the Holy Name of Jesus
            The Book of the Confraternity of the Holy Name of Jesus
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              • Date Created: 1500-1582
              • Parent Collections: Medieval and Renaissance Manuscripts
              Miniature of Koran
              Koran
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                • Date Created: 1207
                • Parent Collections: Medieval and Renaissance Manuscripts
                Miniature of Summa de Casibus Conscientiae
                Summa de Casibus Conscientiae
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                  • Date Created: 1400-1450
                  • Description: The text of this alphabetically arranged confessor's handbook is preceded by a table of contents, fol. 1r-4r.
                  • Parent Collections: Medieval and Renaissance Manuscripts
                  Miniature of Koran
                  Koran
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                    • Date Created: undated
                    • 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