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Fribourg/Freiburg, Bibliothèque cantonale et universitaire/Kantons- und Universitätsbibliothek, Ms. L 308, p. 01r

Manuscript title: Otto von Passau, Die vierundzwanzig Alten

 

Manuscript summary: The work „Die vierundzwanzig Alten“ constitutes a sort of guide to Christian life, and, at the time of its composition, the author, Otto von Passau, belonged to the Franciscan convent of Basel. This copy was written in the second half of the 15th century in a dialect used in the upper Rhine region. Unfortunately, the spaces for illustrations at the beginning of the 24 speeches have been left blank.

 

Origin: upper Rhine region

 

Period: 15th century

 

Image source: Fribourg/Freiburg, Bibliothèque cantonale et universitaire/Kantons- und Universitätsbibliothek, Ms. L 308: Otto von Passau, Die vierundzwanzig Alten

(www.e-codices.unifr.ch/en/list/one/bcuf/L0308)

 

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