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Commentaries on Proverbs, Ecclesiastes, Wisdom and Ecclesiasticus
Title
Commentaries on Proverbs, Ecclesiastes, Wisdom and Ecclesiasticus.
Created
France (?), [ca. 1200]
Physical Description
ff. 16 : parchment ; 445 x 330 mm.
Language
Latin
Notes
Script: copied by one hand in early Gothica Textualis. Running headlines in flourished majuscules alternately red and blue; they stop after f. 6.
Many leaves are badly soiled.
Red underlining of biblical passages. 2-line flourished initials with extensions in the margin or in the intercolumnar space; they are in red and blue on ff. in quire I, in red only in quires II-III (two flourished initials on f. 1v are also executed only in red); two initials of that type are missing, ff. 11r and 16r. Larger initials at the beginning of the commentary of new Bible books: 4-line littera duplex "B(eatus)" on f. 4r, Prologue to Ecclesiastes; 3-line "Q(uecumque)" on f. 8v, Prologue to Wisdom; 11-line "S(ummi)" and 6-line "O(mnis)", both red on beige background, on f. 15r, Prologue and text of Ecclesiasticus.
Binding: unbound.
In Latin.
Provenance
Purchased from Bernard Quaritch Ltd.
Access and use
Material is open for research.
Summary
Manuscript fragment on parchment of Petrus Cantor (c. 1130-1197), Commentum in libros Proverbiorum, Ecclesiastes, Sapientiae et Ecclesiastici.
Format
Archives or Manuscripts
Added to Catalog
August 04, 2011
References
Petrus Cantor, Commentaries on Proverbs, Ecclesiastes, Wisdom and Ecclesiasticus. General Collection, Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Yale University.
Cite as
Petrus Cantor, Commentaries on Proverbs, Ecclesiastes, Wisdom and Ecclesiasticus. General Collection, Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Yale University.
Subjects
Subjects (Local Yale)
Genre/Form
Manuscripts, Medieval - France - 13th century.
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