Decorated initial "B" (Bernardus)

William, of Saint-Thierry, Abbot of Saint-Thierry (ca. 1085 - 1148?) (Author)

Jacques, de Vitry (ca. 1170-1240) (Author)

Hugo, of Saint-Victor (1096 (?)-1141) (Author)

Saint Hildegard (1098-1179) (Author)

German (Artist)

late 12th-early 13th century (Romanesque)

medium-weight parchment, unevenly finished with hair sides often darker and rougher; heavy wear visible to the lower corners
(Manuscripts and Rare Books, Medieval Europe )

Provenance

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Cistercian abbey of Himmerode (in the diocese of Trier throughout the medieval period until 1802-1803) [thirteenth-century (?) inscription in top margin of fol. 1r reading "Liber fratrem monachorum sancte marie in hemenrode ordinis cisterciensis" with shelf mark B.viii in lower margin; fols. 71v and 139r with same inscription in a second, fourteenth-century(?) hand, reading "Liber monachorum Sancte Marie in himerode ordinis cisterciensis trevirensis dioces"]; Josef von Görres collection, Germany, 1802/3-1902 [nineteenth-century library number N.93 in top margin of fol. 1r]; Görres collection sale, Munich, 1902, Catal.libr.mss. lot 60, p. 12 ; Léon Gruel and Engelmann collection, Paris, 1902-1903 (bookplate no. 125); Henry Walters, Baltimore, June 9, 1903, by purchase; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.

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Geographies

Germany, Trier, Cistercian abbey of Himmerode (Place of Origin)

Measurements

H: 12 5/8 x W: 8 13/16 in. (32 x 22.4 cm)

Credit Line

Acquired by Henry Walters

Location in Museum

Not on view

Accession Number

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W.71.1V

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Parent Object

Saints' Lives

William, of Saint-Thierry, Abbot of Saint-Thierry (ca. 1085 - 1148?)