Digital Medieval Manuscripts at Houghton Library
Bibliography for Harvard University, Houghton Library,
MS Typ 197
This bibliography was compiled by Aden Kumler, Julia Schlozman, Nadia Marx, Johanna Rodda and William Stoneman.
Please be advised that some links may require Harvard ID and PIN.
HOLLIS Record (Link) and Digital Images (Link)
Jacques Seligmann & Co and Meyer Schapiro, Illuminated Manuscripts, 11th Century Through 16th Century, from the Biblothèque of Their Highnesses the Dukes D'Arenberg. New York: Seligmann, 1952. MS cited pp. 32-34 as no. 21, with pls. (reproducing ff. 7v and 145).
HOLLIS
Bookseller’s description.
Harvard College Library, Illuminated & Calligraphic Manuscripts: An Exhibition held at the Fogg Art Museum & Houghton Library, February 14–April 1, 1955. Cambridge, Mass.: n.p., 1955. MS cited as no. 57 and pl. 47 (reproducing f. 7v).
HOLLIS
A brief description of the manuscript’s physical properties, with additional notes on binding, provenance and bibliography.
W.H. Bond and C.U. Faye, Supplement to the Census of Medieval and Renaissance Manuscripts in the United States and Canada. New York: Bibliographical Society of America, 1962. MS cited p. 269.
HOLLIS
A brief description, with information on the provenance and physical properties of the MS.
Ulla Sander Olsen. Et klosterbibliotek Mariënwater, far ca. 1434-1713; forsøg på en rekonstruktion. Unpublished. Copenhagen: Danmarks Bibliotheksskole, 1977. MS cited as no. 103.
Roger S. Wieck, Late Medieval and Renaissance Illuminated Manuscripts, 1350–1525, in the Houghton Library. Cambridge: Department of Printing and Graphic Arts, Harvard College Library, 1983. MS cited pp. 127-128 and fig. 31 (reproducing f. 145).
HOLLIS
A brief description of the manuscript, with additional notes on bibliography and provenance.
Claudine Lemaire, “La bibliothèque des ducs d’Arenberg: Une première approche,” in Liber Amicorum Herman Liebaers, ed by Frans Vanwijngaerden, pp. 81-106. Brussels: Les Amis de la Bibliothèque roayle Albert 1er par le Crédit Communal de Belgique, 1984. HOLLIS MS cited p. 101 as no. 21 in a list of “89 manuscrits réservés” as part of an “Essai de reconstitution de la bibliothèque” of the Dukes of Arenberg.
Ulla Sander Olsen, “Handschriften uit het Birgittinessenklooster Mariënwater te Rosmalen bij ‘s-Hertogenbosch,” in Serta Devota in memoriam Guillelmi Lourdaux, ed. by Werner Verbeke, pp. 225-251. Mediaevalia Lovaniensia, series 1, studia 21. Leuven: Leuven University Press, 1995. HOLLIS MS cited p. 230 in a list of “Bewaarde Handschriften.”
Digital Scriptorium. Columbia University Libraries. (Online) Accessed 24 May 2010. Internet Link
A searchable database of manuscripts from various collections. Search or browse under shelfmark MS Typ 0197. Contains a basic description of the physical layout and contents of the manuscript. Link
