Walters Ms. W.13, Synonyms of Isidore of Seville Preamble Synonyma Preface Synonyma Isidore, of Seville, Saint, d. 636 Cataloger Walters Art Museum curatorial staff and researchers since 1934 Editor Herbert, Lynley Editor Noel, William Copy editor Bockrath, Diane Contributor Bockrath, Diane Contributor Davis, Lisa Fagin Contributor Dutschke, Consuelo Contributor Emery, Doug Contributor Hamburger, Jeffrey Contributor Klemm, Elizabeth Contributor Noel, William Contributor Sciacca, Christine Contributor Tabritha, Ariel Contributor Toth, Michael B. Conservator Owen, Linda Conservator Quandt, Abigail The Walters Art Museum

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 This modest German monastic textbook from the middle of the twelfth century survives in excellent condition in its original binding. Isidore of Seville, who died in 636, was the last of the great Latin fathers, whose works became core to the medieval monastic curriculum. The Synonyma, also known as the Liber lamentationum, starts as a dialogue between Man and Reason, in which Reason tells Man how he can reach eternal joy. The second part is a discussion of vices and virtues. The manuscript contains seventy folios and four decorated or inhabited initials. Baltimore The Walters Art Museum W.13 The primary language in this manuscript is Latin. 1v - 70v Synonyma 1v - 2r Preamble In nomine Dei summi in subsequenti hoc libro 2r - 2v Preface Incipit prefacio soli loguiorum sancti Ysidori episcopi Venit nuper ad manus meas 2v - 70v Synonyma Ysidorus archi episcopus hispane, hominis personam lamentatis in se assumit. Incipit liber Ysidori episcopi Anima mea in angustiis est

Heavy, darkened parchment

 Foliation: 7017.5 12.9 13.0 9.6 No flyleaves

1-8(8), 9(6) None None Quires begin on fols. 1(1), 9(2), 17(3), 25(4), 33(5), 41(6), 49(7), 57(8), 65(9); hair side out

 Written in late Caroline minuscule script; interlocutors and rubrics mainly in majuscules Inhabited initial on fol. 1v Two inhabited initials (7 and 11 lines); two decorated initials (4 and 8 lines); initials drawn in red or black pen with yellow and/or red painted accents; incipits in alternating red and black capitals; rubrics in red; text in black ink Inhabited initial on fol. 2v; decorated initials on fols. 30v and 69r Inhabited initial "I" with beast heads Synonyma: Preamble Inhabited initial "I," 11 lines Inhabited initial "A" with beast Synonyma Inhabited initial "A," 7 lines Decorated initial "Q" Synonyma Decorated initial "Q," 8 lines Decorated initial "E" Synonyma Decorated initial "E," 4 lines

Romanesque binding of alum-tawed skin over beech boards with a later brass clasp; sewn on two slit, rolled tawed straps; "Synonima Isidorii" written on a rectangular strip of parchment on the upper board with the possible remains of a shelfmark above it; no pastedowns

 Middle of the 12th century CE Germany German monastic institution (ex libris, fol. 2r, "Iste libellus pertinet ad monasterium sanctum in [......]") Obtained ca. 1860-1865 by Sir Thomas Phillipps, no. 22130 (fol. 1r) Gruel and Engelmann collection, no. 130 (bookplate on inside upper board) Henry Walters, Baltimore, by purchase, with bill dated June 9, 1903 Walters Art Museum, 1931, by Henry Walters bequest Relevant Works De Ricci, Seymour. Census of Medieval and Renaissance Manuscripts in the United States and Canada. Vol. 1. New York: H. W. Wilson Company, 1935, p. 819, no. 380. Art Medicine Museum Poetry Script Muhammad, the Prophet Kashmiri Horses Walters Art Museum Document Astrology Devotion History Legal Literature -- Poetry Literature -- Prose Liturgy Philosophy Science Science -- Medicine Scripture Sufism Theology Mineralogy Logic Geography Geomancy Cosmology Cartography Fortune-telling Koran Qur`an Firman Palimpsest Prayer Bible Gospels Psalter Missal Lectionary Book of Hours Antiphonary Homilary Processional Horologion Breviary Hymnal Chronicle Maghreb Sub-Saharan (West) Africa Turkey Afghanistan Central Asia Egypt England India Iran Iraq Pakistan Germany France Austria Netherlands Ethiopia Armenia Flanders Greece Mamluk Mughal Ottoman Ottonian Armenian Byzantine Abbasid Qajar Rajput Christian Arabic Austrian Dutch Egyptian Fatimid German Indian Islamic Persian Safavid Timurid Turkish Umayyad English French Flemish Ethiopian Carolingian Calligraphy Colophon Headpiece Illumination Illustration Medallion Miniature Ornament Painting Early Abbasid script Ragini Romanesque Gothic Watermark Grotesques Historiated initial Inhabited initial White-vine lettering Textura Batarda Humanistic Uncial Accordion book Album Book Codex Manuscript Heraldry Saint's Life Drawing Grisaille Binding New Abbasid style Musical notation Russia Romania Charter Russian Genealogy Mass book Prayer book Gospel Lectionary Psalter-Hours Treatise Grammar Gloss Pontifical Private devotional text Gradual Protective scroll Scroll 10th century 11th century 12th century 13th century 14th century 15th century 16th century 17th century 18th century 19th century 20th century 8th century 9th century Block book Caroline minuscule Central Arab lands (Near East) Chart English secretary hand Kufic Gothic book hand Original binding Treasure binding Gospel Book Spanish Spain Italian Italy Liturgical Devotional Scriptural Theological Legal Historical Scientific Scientific -- Medical Literary -- Prose Literary -- Poetry Philosophical Astrological Sufi English Book Christian Codex Illumination Manuscript Walters Art Museum German Literature -- Prose Philosophy Germany Original binding Binding Caroline minuscule 12th century Treatise