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Postilla in Psalmos et Prophetas
Title
Postilla in Psalmos et Prophetas.
Created
England, [ca. 1400 to 1450].
Physical Description
ff. ii + 272 + ii : parchment ; 505 x 355 mm.
Language
Latin
Notes
Script: copied by two scribes: A copied ff. 1r-95r (with the exception of f. 40) in Gothica Cursiva Antiquior Libraria; and B copied ff. 97r-272r in the same type of script, but closer to Anglicana.
Decoration: Illuminated initials in red, purple, blue, and gold leaf. Elaborate marginal vine-and-floral ornamentation at beginnings of chapters in red, blue, green, brown, and gold leaf. Occasional multi-colored pictures and diagrams. Traces of indexing tabs on the first leaf of every book. See catalog description for further detail.
Binding: 19th century parchment over pasteboards. Each cover has a central embossed design of an interlocking lozenge and rectangle in red and black with floral ornamentation in gold and blue. Red leather labels on spine with embossed gold letters.
In Latin.
Record created by Beinecke staff from catalog description by Albert Derolez.
Provenance
Sold by Christie's to Laurence Witten, 1982; purchased on the Edwin J. Beinecke Fund.
Access and use
Material is open for research.
Summary
Manuscript on parchment of Nicolaus de Lyra, Postilla super psalterium; Postilla super libros prophetorum.
Publications
Barbara Shailor, "A New Manuscript of Nicolaus de Lyra," Yale University Library Gazette, vol. 58 (Oct 1983), pp. 9-16.
Format
Archives or Manuscripts
Added to Catalog
December 15, 2010
References
Nicholas of Lyra, Postilla in Psalmos et Prophetas. General Collection, Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Yale University.
Cite as
Nicholas of Lyra, Postilla in Psalmos et Prophetas. General Collection, Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Yale University.
Subjects
Subjects (Local Yale)
Genre/Form
Manuscripts, Medieval - England - 15th century.
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