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Postils on the Gospels
Creator
Title
Postils on the Gospels.
Created
Bohemia, [between 1400 and 1500]
Physical Description
ff. i (parchment) + 260 + i (parchment) : parchment ; 215 x 145 mm.
Language
Latin
Notes
Script: The main text (artt. 5-41) is copied by two hands in Gothica Cursiva Currens: hand (A) copied ff. 13r-108v (quires II-IX); and hand (B) copied ff. 109r-247v (quires X-XXI partim). The other texts are in similar script types.
Decoration: Missing on many pages (ff. 37r-40r, 41v-56r, 67v-78v, 85v-89r, 92v-93v, etc.), but there is red underlining, paragraph marks, stroking of majuscules and punctuation, red headings, and occasional annotations and indications of the sources.
Binding: original blind-tooled brown leather over wooden boards; both covers are decorated with a spread eagle, a rampant lion, and a fleur-de-lis, with an inscription on the front cover. Two leather and brass clasps are attached to the rear board while brass catches are on the front board.
In Latin.
Provenance
Purchased on the Edwin J. Beinecke Fund.
Access and use
Material is open for research.
Summary
Manuscript on paper of Postillae ("sermons," or treatises) on the gospels and epistles in a style close to Petrus Alberti (or, Aldeberti, or Adalberti).
Format
Archives or Manuscripts
Added to Catalog
August 09, 2011
References
Alberti, Petrus, Postils on the Gospels. General Collection, Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Yale University.
Cite as
Alberti, Petrus, Postils on the Gospels. General Collection, Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Yale University.
Subjects
Subjects (Local Yale)
Genre/Form
Manuscripts, Medieval - Bohemia (Czech Republic) - 15th century.
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