Manuscript/Mixed Material Image 1 of Historia scholastica

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Title

  • Historia scholastica

Other Title

  • First lines of text, leaf 1r: Incip[it] p[ro]log[us] epistolaris Reve[re]ndo pat[ri] et d[omi]no suo et W[i]ll[elm]o d[e]i gra[tia] senone[n]si archiep[iscop]o petrus serv[us]

Names

  • Petrus, Comestor, active 12th century

Created / Published

  • [France], [1200-1250]

Notes

  • -  Latin
  • -  Ms. Codex.
  • -  Layout: 2 columns; 49 lines per page; written area 201 x104 mm and begins above the first ruled line; visible ruling.
  • -  Script: Protogothic book script.
  • -  Explicit: 186v: gladio eni[m] p[er]imebant[ur] nobiles et in loco magis honorabili s[cilicet] in catacumbis. Expliciunt Historie.
  • -  Decoration: Thirteen inhabited initials on gold leaf background, six of which have foliate or grotesque-head terminals painted in blue and white. Litterae notabiliores alternating in blue and red with accompanying blue and red penwork throughout. Running titles in alternating blue and red letters.
  • -  Annotations: Marginal notes in several different hands and chapter numberings appear in the Old Testament books. Names of former owners and several marginal annotations have been removed.
  • -  Binding: Blind stamped white pigskin over wooden boards. "Anno 1749" stamped on the front.
  • -  Ricci, S. de. Census of medieval and Renaissance manuscripts in the United States and Canada, 29
  • -  Bond, W.H. Supplement to the Census of medieval and Renaissance manuscripts in the United States and Canada, 16
  • -  Library of Congress. Medieval and renaissance manuscript books in the Library of Congress, 67

Medium

  • 186 leaves, parchment; 32.5 cm.

Call Number/Physical Location

  • Ms. 16

Digital Id

Library of Congress Control Number

  • 2020449710

Online Format

  • pdf
  • image

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Chicago citation style:

Petrus, Comestor, Active 12Th Century. Historia Scholastica. [France, to 1250, 1200] Manuscript/Mixed Material. https://www.loc.gov/item/2020449710/.

APA citation style:

Petrus, C. (1200) Historia Scholastica. [France, to 1250] [Manuscript/Mixed Material] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://www.loc.gov/item/2020449710/.

MLA citation style:

Petrus, Comestor, Active 12Th Century. Historia Scholastica. [France, to 1250, 1200] Manuscript/Mixed Material. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <www.loc.gov/item/2020449710/>.