Basel. Universitätsbibliothek, A II 4

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Basel. Universitätsbibliothek
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  • A II 4
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Date
  • 15th century
  • 1400-1401
Language
  • Latin
Title
  • Nycolaus de Lyra, Postilla super libros Regum et Esther
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  • Postil on Kings and Esther, written in 1400-1401 by the Freiburg priest Rüdiger Schopf, decorated with 52 single-column, partly colored pen and ink drawings. This manuscript is part of a multi-volume, richly illustrated copy of the Bible commentary Postilla super totam Bibliam by Nicholas of Lyra, which the secular priest Rüdiger Schopf from Memmingen created for the Carthusian Monastery of Freiburg between 1392 and 1415. In 1430 the work, to which ‬A II 1-‬3, ‬5-‬6 and ‬10-‬13 belong as well, was sold to the Carthusian Monastery of Basel.
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  • e-codices - Virtual Manuscript Library of Switzerland
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