17th-century ms. ownership inscription of Kloster Rheinau, a Benedictine abbey on the island of Rheinau in Switzerland
Liber Monast. b. M. V. in Rhino[uia?/wa?]. 1609.
[17th-century ms. ownership inscription of Kloster Rheinau, a Benedictine abbey on the island of Rheinau in Switzerland under the patronage of the Blessed Virgin Mary and St. Fintan of Rheinau. The abbey was founded ca. 878 and suppressed in 1862 by the canton of Zurich, at which point a large part of its notable library passed to the Kantonsbibliothek (now Zentralbibliothek) Zurich (cf. this exhibition). The RBMS Latin Place Names file, following Graesse, gives Renaugia, Rhenaugia, Rhenovium, Ricnavia, Rignavia, Rinaugia, Rinauva, Rinowa, and Rivova for Rheinau, but I'm really not certain what the back end of this inscription is trying to express. Elsewhere in this volume (though not yet pictured) are the inscriptions "Liber Monasterij Rhenouiensis." and "S. Findani D: Tutelaris monast. Rhenaugiensis. M.DC[...] XXIV. Feb[...]", however, which make the identification with Kloster Rheinau pretty certain.]
Woodcut vignette of the Virgin Mary as the woman clothed with the sun from Rev. 12:1. Used by Nikolaus Kalt of Konstanz.
Established heading: Kalt, Nikolaus, d. 1616
Penn Libraries call number: GC55 C6856 603c
17th-century ms. ownership inscription of Kloster Rheinau, a Benedictine abbey on the island of Rheinau in Switzerland
Liber Monast. b. M. V. in Rhino[uia?/wa?]. 1609.
[17th-century ms. ownership inscription of Kloster Rheinau, a Benedictine abbey on the island of Rheinau in Switzerland under the patronage of the Blessed Virgin Mary and St. Fintan of Rheinau. The abbey was founded ca. 878 and suppressed in 1862 by the canton of Zurich, at which point a large part of its notable library passed to the Kantonsbibliothek (now Zentralbibliothek) Zurich (cf. this exhibition). The RBMS Latin Place Names file, following Graesse, gives Renaugia, Rhenaugia, Rhenovium, Ricnavia, Rignavia, Rinaugia, Rinauva, Rinowa, and Rivova for Rheinau, but I'm really not certain what the back end of this inscription is trying to express. Elsewhere in this volume (though not yet pictured) are the inscriptions "Liber Monasterij Rhenouiensis." and "S. Findani D: Tutelaris monast. Rhenaugiensis. M.DC[...] XXIV. Feb[...]", however, which make the identification with Kloster Rheinau pretty certain.]
Woodcut vignette of the Virgin Mary as the woman clothed with the sun from Rev. 12:1. Used by Nikolaus Kalt of Konstanz.
Established heading: Kalt, Nikolaus, d. 1616
Penn Libraries call number: GC55 C6856 603c