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Historical Archive: 13th- to 15th-century Manuscripts, Seals, and Prints
many from the Museum of Kloster Wienhausen

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St. Francis preaching to birds, prayer book c.1230-40, Karlsruhe, Badische Landesbibliothek, which has its own page
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private seal imprint, Marguerite de Constantinople, countess of Flanders 1244-80, Cluny Cl. 22299, Louvre OA 6691. For oblique view see Cluny.
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St. Catherine of Alexandria, fr. MS Golden Legend, north Italy? c.1265-1300, Cluny Cl. 23425
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liturgical chants and St. Francis legenda minor, Tongeren? late 13th c., the Hague, National Library of the Netherlands 70 E4, fols. 110v-111r, which has its own page
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miniature prayer/devotional book, 14th c., WienMus
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miniature book with person for scale
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prayer/devotional book, 14th c., WienMus
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gathering: prayer/devotional book, 14th c., WienMus
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folded prayer/devotional book, 14th c., WienMus
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seal imprint of King Philippe IV le Bel of France, c.1300, Cl. 22297, Cluny: Louvre OA 6301. For full cords see Cluny.
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St. Francis legenda maior by Jacob van Maerlant, c.1300-50, Leiden University Library BPL 101, fol. 02r. For full opening see Leiden.
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Hours of Jeanne d'Evreux, Jean Pucelle c.1324-28, Met 54.1.2, which has its own page.
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Streeter-Picard Hours, full fol. 77v, Flanders, second 1/4 15th c., Bryn Mawr College Library MS 27; for details see Bryn Mawr
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Ethiopian Gospels, late 14th-early 15th c., Met 1998.66, which has its own page.
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Annunciation, woodcut/paper, Oberrhein c.1430-40, WienMus
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charter of Abbess Katharina von Hoya authorizing construction of a chapel, Dec. 13, 1433, WienMus
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charter text
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charter seals: left abbey, right abbess
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St. Bernward of Hildesheim with Cistercian nun, paper, Wienhausen, c.1450-1500, WienMus
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St. Barbara, parchment, north German, c.1450-1500, WienMus
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song book (Wienhäuser Liederbuch), paper, c.1470, WienMus
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Wienhausen necrology 1474-1622, parchment, WienMus
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St. Bernard of Clairvaux with dogs, parchment, Wienhausen late 15th c., WienMus
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Stigmatization of St. Francis, copper engraving on paper, Netherlandish c.1500, WienMus