Codex Palatinus germanicus 3

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Cod. Pal. germ. 3, sheet 1r

The Codex Palatinus germanicus 3 is a late medieval manuscript from the former Bibliotheca Palatina in Heidelberg . The Codex belongs to the Codices Palatini germanici , the German-language manuscripts of the Palatina, which have been kept in the Heidelberg University Library since 1816 ; The signature of the Heidelberg University Library and the common scientific name is Cod. Pal. germ. 3 (short form: Cpg 3 ).

The illuminated manuscript is a lunar prophecy diary , created around 1400, probably in Heidelberg.

description

Cod. Pal. germ. 3, sheet 1v
Cod. Pal. germ. 3, sheet 3r

The codex is a parchment manuscript with 16 written sheets, plus three blank sheets of paper after the front mirror and in front of the rear mirror . The foliation of the 17th century counts the 16 written parchment pages (sheets 1r – 16v); the front and back sheets of paper are provided with modern counting (sheets 1r * –3v * and 4r * –6v *).

The sheet size of the codex is 34.5 × 20.5 cm, with a writing space of 22 × 17 cm with 28 lines per page; a line structure is drawn in ink. The leaves are rounded off in a semicircle at a height of 25 cm. The first two sheets (1r – 2v) are tables laid out in three columns; leaves 3r – 16v have continuous text with one pair of rhymes per line.

Continuous writing is a textura of two hands. In the semicircles above the writing area, there are miniatures from a third hand created at about the same time : On the first two sheets, depictions of the sun (sheet 1r) and the moon (1v – 2v, figurative: crescent moon with face). On the following sheets there are pen drawings of the wise men and prophets; executed, partly sketchy, but still clearly recognizable on sheets 3r, 3v, 5v, 6r, 7v, 8r, 13v, 14v, 15r, 15v, not at all recognizable on the other sheets, apart from names written in ink.

The manuscript has a Roman parchment binding from the 17th century.

origin

The manuscript was probably written towards the end of the 14th century and probably by Elector Ludwig III. acquired by the Palatinate (1378–1436). The inventory entry “Ein Loss book vff parchment written” in the younger castle library from 1610 may refer to this copy.

The writing language is South Rhine-Franconian.

The old Roman signature 1830 can be found on sheet 16v . Like the other manuscripts of the Electoral Palatinate Libraries, the Codex came into the possession of the Vatican Library in Rome after the conquest of the Electoral Palatinate in the Thirty Years War in 1622 and was only brought to Heidelberg in 1816 with the other German-language holdings of the Palatina as part of the regulations during the Congress of Vienna returned.

Content

The manuscript contains a lunar prophecy book ( Losbuch ) on sheets 1r – 16v , a script with predictions derived from the 28-day lunar month , on sheets 1r – 2v in the form of instruction tables, on the following sheets in the form of lines of rhymes.

See also

literature

  • Karin Zimmermann : Cod. Pal. germ. 3rd lunar prophecy diary. In: Karin Zimmermann (arrangement), with the participation of Sonja Glauch, Matthias Miller, Armin Schlechter: The Codices Palatini germanici in the Heidelberg University Library (Cod. Pal. Germ. 1–181). Catalogs of the Heidelberg University Library, Volume 6. Reichert Verlag , Wiesbaden 2003, ISBN 978-3-89500-152-9 , p. 5 ( digitized version ).

Older catalogs:

  • Karl Bartsch : Pal. germ. 3. Divination book. In: Karl Bartsch: The old German manuscripts of the university library in Heidelberg. Catalog of the manuscripts of the University Library in Heidelberg, volume 1. Verlag von Gustav Koester, Heidelberg 1887, No. 2, p. 4 ( digitized version ).
  • Hans Wegener : fortune telling book. pal. germ. 3 . In: Hans Wegener: Descriptive directory of the German picture manuscripts of the late Middle Ages in the Heidelberg University Library. Verlagbuchhandlung J. J. Weber, Leipzig 1927, p. 9 ( digitized version ).

Web links

Commons : Cod. Pal. germ. 3  - Collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Remarks

  1. ↑ Unless otherwise noted, the information in this section follows the description by Karin Zimmermann: Cod. Pal. germ. 3 . In: The Codices Palatini germanici in the Heidelberg University Library (Cod. Pal. Germ. 1–181) . Wiesbaden 2003, p. 5 ( digitized version ; accessed February 1, 2020).
  2. ↑ Hans Wegener : fortune telling book, pal. germ. 3 . In: Hans Wegener: Descriptive directory of the German picture manuscripts of the late Middle Ages in the Heidelberg University Library . Verlagbuchhandlung J. J. Weber, Leipzig 1927, p. 9 ( digitized version ).
  3. ↑ This is not entirely certain, s. the information from the literature in the Marburg Repertory , Cpg 3 ; accessed February 3, 2020.
  4. ^ Hans Wegener : The German pictorial manuscripts of the late Middle Ages in the Heidelberg University Library . In: Hans Wegener: Descriptive directory of the German pictorial manuscripts of the late Middle Ages in the Heidelberg University Library . Verlagbuchhandlung J. J. Weber, Leipzig 1927, S. VIf. (Introduction; digitized version ; accessed February 3, 2020).
  5. ↑ Unless otherwise noted, the information in this section follows the description by Karin Zimmermann: Cod. Pal. germ. 3 . In: The Codices Palatini germanici in the Heidelberg University Library (Cod. Pal. Germ. 1–181) . Wiesbaden 2003, p. 5 ( digitized version ; accessed February 3, 2020).
  6. ↑ transmitted in Cod. Pal. germ. 809 , sheet 142r (5th line from the bottom, digitized version ; accessed February 3, 2020).
  7. ↑ s. Digitized ; accessed February 3, 2020.
  8. ^ UB Heidelberg : The Bibliotheca Palatina - Fates of a world-famous library ; accessed February 3, 2020.
  9. ↑ Karin Zimmermann: Cod. Pal. germ. 3 . In: The Codices Palatini germanici in the Heidelberg University Library (Cod. Pal. Germ. 1–181) . Wiesbaden 2003, p. 5 ( digitized version ; accessed February 1, 2020).
  10. ↑ Cf. Francis B. Brévart: Mondwahrsagetexte (German) . In: Die deutsche Literatur des Mittelalters, author's lexicon , volume 6. De Gruyter publishing house , Berlin / New York 1987/2010 (VL 2 ), columns 674–681, especially section 3, columns 676–678.