Commentaries on Proverbs, Ecclesiastes, Wisdom and Ecclesiasticus

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Title: Commentaries on Proverbs, Ecclesiastes, Wisdom and Ecclesiasticus
Creator: Petrus, Cantor, ca. 1130-1197
Contributor: Petrus,--Cantor,--ca. 1130-1197
Published / Created: [ca. 1200]
Publication Place: France (?),
Abstract: Manuscript fragment on parchment of Petrus Cantor (c. 1130-1197), Commentum in libros Proverbiorum, Ecclesiastes, Sapientiae et Ecclesiastici.
Description: Binding: Unbound.
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.
Script: Copied by one hand in early Gothica Textualis. Running headlines in flourished majuscules alternately red and blue; they stop after f. 6.
Extent: ff. 16 : parchment ; 445 x 330 mm.
Extent of Digitization: This object has been completely digitized.
Language: Latin

Format: text
Genre: fragments (AAT)
Manuscripts
Rubrics
Material: parchment
Resource Type: Archives or Manuscripts
Subject (Name): Petrus,--Cantor,--ca. 1130-1197
Subject (Topic): Bible.--O.T.--Apocrypha.--Ecclesiasticus
Bible.--O.T.--Ecclesiastes
Bible.--O.T.--Proverbs
Bible--Commentaries
Manuscripts, Medieval--Connecticut--New Haven
Medieval and Renaissance Manuscripts in Beinecke Library
Scholasticism

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Citation: Petrus Cantor, Commentaries on Proverbs, Ecclesiastes, Wisdom and Ecclesiasticus. General Collection, Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Yale University.

Orbis Record: 9884264
Object ID (OID): 11007470
More Information: https://pre1600ms.beinecke.library.yale.edu/docs/MS895.pdf