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Bible, Genesis, with commentary (fragment)
Title
Bible, Genesis, with commentary (fragment).
Created
France, [between 1200 and 1250].
Physical Description
ff. 1-3 : parchment ; 314 x 258 mm.
Language
Latin
Notes
Script: written in two sizes of gothic script (littera textualis) with the script of the biblical text approximately twice as large as the script of the commentary.
Decoration: 1-line initials are in red with blue penwork; smaller 1-line initials are in brown; paragraph marks, letters of running titles, and the roman numerals which are in the margins to designate chapters alternate in red and blue; biblical text written in the inner column although on fol. 2r commentary also appears to the left of the biblical passage; occasional interlinear glossing; punctuated with the punctus; hyphenation in the same ink as the text.
In Latin.
Record created by Beinecke staff from catalog description by Robert G. Babcock, Lisa Fagin Davis, and Philip G. Rusche.
Provenance
The fragment was used as a binding for another volume.
Access and use
Material is open for research.
Summary
Manuscript fragment on parchment of the biblical book of Genesis with commentary borrowing from Augustine, Jerome, Gregory, and Andrew of St. Victor.
Format
Archives or Manuscripts
Added to Catalog
June 09, 2016
References
Bible, Gensis, with commentary (fragment). General Collection, Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Yale University.
Cite as
Bible, Gensis, with commentary (fragment). 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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