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Item donated to Knox College by Harriet Robbins Moses (1888-1973) of Salina, KS as part of a bequest through her estate in 1973. Moses graduated from Knox College in 1912.8
Item from the donation of Edward (1861-1949) and Lucy Smith Morse Caldwell (1864-1941), acquired in 1953. The Caldwells graduated from Knox in 1886.2
One of three manuscript leaves gifted to Earlham College in the 1920s or 1930s by Ruby Davis, a longtime English professor who specialized in medieval literature. No information known regarding where she obtained these leaves.2
Part of the NIU Collection of Leaves from Medieval European Christian Texts. Purchased by Northern Illinois University in 2003.2
Purchased in Lyon, France by Foliophiles (New York). The Muskegon Museum of Art then purchased the leaf from Foliophiles in 1932. Accessioned 9/20/1932.2
This leaf was purchased by the Muskegon Museum of Art from Otto F. Ege, Cleveland, OH. Accessioned May 1937.2
A modern pencil inscription in the bottom margin of the recto reads "VM 1754." Leaf 3 of the IWU Lamson collection. This set of nine leaves was gifted to Illinois Wesleyan University by Alfred (Class of 1939) and Helen Lamson. The Lamson donation was orchestrated by IWU's President, Minor Myers, Jr., who negotiated with Harry L. Stern, antiquarian book seller, regarding the purchase of the leaves (circa 1990) which were then donated to the University. A similar set of leaves is held by Loyola Marymount University and known as the Bruce Ferrini Liturgical Manuscript Leaf Collection. Ferrini likely sold these leaves as well.1
A modern pencil inscription on the verso reads "VM 3300." Leaf 5 of the IWU Lamson collection. This set of nine leaves was gifted to Illinois Wesleyan University by Alfred (Class of 1939) and Helen Lamson. The Lamson donation was orchestrated by IWU's President, Minor Myers, Jr., who negotiated with Harry L. Stern, antiquarian book seller, regarding the purchase of the leaves (circa 1990) which were then donated to the University. A similar set of leaves is held by Loyola Marymount University and known as the Bruce Ferrini Liturgical Manuscript Leaf Collection. Ferrini likely sold these leaves as well.1
Acquired by the Muskegon Museum of Art from Orientalia, Inc. (New York, NY) in 1924. Accessioned 9/1/1924.1
Acquired by the Muskegon Museum of Art from Orientalia, Inc. (New York, NY) in 1924. Accessioned 9/1/1924. Possible dealer's inscription in pencil on the recto reading "NL 14."1
An unidentified heraldic crest has been added to fol. 113v, with quarters 1 and 4 azure, three crowns in bend, bendwise (perhaps a reference to the arms of the legendary Brutus of Troy) and quarters 2 and 3 or a cross gules with four fleur-de-lis gules (perhaps a reference to the Irish branch of the Haydon, or Heydon, family). This crest was added in the fifteenth century, presumably by its owner at that time. Donated to University Archives and Special Collections in 1974 by Zelia C. Friel in memory of John Whiting Friel. Bookplate for John Whiting Friel (1891-1970) and Helen Otillie Friel (1891-1959) attached to the inside cover.1
Bookplate for Robert R. Dearden, Jr. (d. 1938) attached to the inside cover. Signature of Jacobus Urbanus (Jacob Urban) on the back of the second flyleaf. The front of the second flyleaf once included another name that has been crossed out with ink, making that name unreadable. Note from Robert Dearden, Jr. states “The manuscript was purchased by me from a dealer in Germany shortly after the World War and was formerly in one of the libraries of that county.” Charles Williams purchased the bible from Robert Dearden, Jr. Donated to Xavier University by Mrs. Lawrence H. Kyte (Mary Elizabeth Williams Kyte) in 1964.1
Donated by Dr. Charles Weis, emeritus faculty member of English at Ohio Wesleyan University, to the Beeghly Library in 2016. Weis was gifted these leaves by his mother in 1952. He speculates that they perhaps were purchased from an antiquarian in Washington D.C., as his mother, Jessica M. Weis, was actively involved in national politics at that time. She later served as a member of the House of Representatives (1959-1963). While owned by Dr. Charles Weis, these leaves were framed and displayed as art objects in his home.1
Donated to the College of Wooster by Dr. Amy Vandersall (Class of 1955, The College of Wooster), Alumni Weekend, 2010.1
From the library of St. Ignatius College (Chicago, IL). A dealer's description, in French, is pasted into the inside front cover. This book is recorded in de Ricci, Census, where the dealer's description is dated c. 1890.1
Gift of former Professor of Art and Art History Catherine E. Fruhan (1948-2015) to DePauw University in 2015. Fruhan reported that she purchased this leaf in Paris.1
In SBT_001, there is a bookplate of Charles W. G. Howard found on the inner front cover. That bookplate reads that the volume was "The Gift of the Right Honorable Sir David Dundas, Knight of Ochtertyre" in 1877. No bookplate is found in this volume, but it is probable that these two codices traveled together during this exchange.1
In the calendar, added obits of John and William Gurney (1479), of their brother Thomas Gurney (1479), and their father Thomas Gurney (1480), also of Dorothy Sankey (1493). Owned in 1570 by Thomas Sankey and circa 1600 by Robert Hewerdyne, of Broughton, Yorkshire. Thomas Pigott then owned the volume shortly thereafter. Bookseller catalogue note pasted to fol. 1v suggests that this volume was "rescued from obscurity" by Sir Robert Cotton, but this attribution has not been confirmed. Acquired by the Library of Congress in March of 1904 from Prof. William Kurrelmeyer, of Baltimore (Acquisition number 110133, Ms. Ac. 544). The College of Wooster obtained this manuscript by exchange in 1932 and accessioned it into their collection on Jan. 9, 1933. Thanks to Cynthia Turner Camp for her observations on the Feast of the Translation of St. Osmund.1
Inside the front cover is the bookplate of "George Dunn of Woolley Hall near Maidenhead." De Ricci indicates that the manuscript was purchased by George Dunn in May of 1896 and subsequently sold as a part of his collection in London in February of 1914 (II, n. 736) to James Tregaskis. Ohio Wesleyan's records suggest that Tregaskis, a bookseller, later sold the manuscript to Frank W. Gunsaulus either directly or via catalog. The family of Frank Wakely Gunsaulus, class of 1875, presented this manuscript to OWU in 1923.1
Item donated to Knox College by Harriet Robbins Moses (1888-1973) of Salina, KS as part of a bequest through her estate in 1973. Moses graduated from Knox College in 1912. Described and likely sold by Erik von Scherling of Leiden, Holland sometime between 1928 and his death in 1956.1