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 In commemoratione defunctorum
In commemoratione defunctorum
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    • Creator: Catholic Church
    • Date Created: 1450-1499
    • Description: Text is a liturgy for observing a vigil for the deceased. The Office of the Dead is use of Paris as shown by the responses to the nine lessons, beginning respectively: Qui lazarum (image 23), Credo quod (image 25), Heu michi (image 27), Ne recorderis (image 36), Domine quando (image 38), Peccantem me (image 40), Domine secundum (image 50), Memento mei (image 52), Libera me domine de morte eterna (image 54). The second text in this codex is the Recommendation of Souls (images 75-105).
    • Parent Collections: Medieval and Renaissance Manuscripts
    Miniature of Hours of the Virgin Mary
    Hours of the Virgin Mary
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      • Creator: Catholic Church
      • Date Created: 1450-1499
      • Description: Text is from the sixth reading of the service at matins for the Virgin.
      • Parent Collections: Medieval and Renaissance Manuscripts
      Miniature of Eunuchus
      Eunuchus
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        • Date Created: 1450-1499
        • Description: Text is from the end of Act 2 through the beginning of Act 3 of The Eunuch.
        • 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 Hecyra
          Hecyra
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            • Date Created: 1450-1499
            • Description: Text is from the end of Act 4 through the beginning of Act 5 of The Mother-in-Law.
            • Parent Collections: Medieval and Renaissance Manuscripts
            Miniature of Vulgate Bible
            Vulgate Bible
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              • Date Created: 1450
              • Description: Text is Song of Songs (Song of Solomon) 3:3-8:7.
              • 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