Carmen in honorem Beatae Mariae Virginis (Poem in honor of the Blessed Virgin Mary)
Medieval Manuscripts
Item Info
Item No: mca0570011
Title: Carmen in honorem Beatae Mariae Virginis (Poem in honor of the Blessed Virgin Mary)
Script:
Caroline minuscule
Language: Latin
Folio Number: f. 1r
Source: Rare Book Department
Notes:
The leaves of this manuscript fragment were used as part of the binding in a book belonging to Bartholdus and Johann Flachmann in 1491, as identified by an ownership inscription.
Notes:
This poem to the Virgin Mary is composed in leonine verse, a popular poetic form in the Middle Ages based upon an internal rhyming structure.
Country: Country:Germany
Creation Year (Single Year or Range Begin): 1299
Image Dimensions Width: 176 mm
ShelfMark: Lewis E 57
f. 1r
f. 3r 
ff. 9v-10r