Description: (Armorial?) stamp in purple ink, in the shape of a shield with three lozenge-like figures and a central circle (possibly three millrinds and a millstone, s. Wetzel 1994, p. 33). Owner and date unknown. Impressed on fol. 8r, the first surviving written leaf; preceding quire (fols. 1–7) likely lost before stamping. Manuscript dated 1455–1460 (Wetzel 1994, p. 32). Manuscript provenance unknown before 1905; first recorded in a description from the Franciscan monastery, Fulda (stamp is not mentioned there). Purchased by Martin Bodmer from H. P. Kraus (New York) in 1956.

Transcription: [no inscription]

Source: Boner , Der Edelstein

Institution: Genève, Fondation Martin Bodmer Shelfmark: Cod. Bodmer 42 Location: fol. 8r

Type: Stamp Technique: Stamp

Height: 4 Width: 3

See: https://www.e-codices.unifr.ch/de/fmb/cb-0042/8r

Last Edited: 2025/10/09 15:24:57