Bible, Genesis, with commentary (fragment).

Description

Title: Bible, Genesis, with commentary (fragment).
Published / Created: [between 1200 and 1250].
Publication Place: France
Abstract: Manuscript fragment on parchment of the biblical book of Genesis with commentary borrowing from Augustine, Jerome, Gregory, and Andrew of St. Victor
Description: In Latin.
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.
Provenance: The fragment was used as a binding for another volume.
Extent: ff. 1-3 : 314 x 258 mm.
Extent of Digitization: This object has been completely digitized.
Language: Latin

Genre: Commentaries
Manuscripts, Medieval France 13th century
Medieval and Renaissance Manuscript Fragments in Beinecke Library
Medieval and Renaissance Manuscripts in Beinecke Library
Material: parchment ;
Resource Type: unspecified
Subject (Geographic): Connecticut
New Haven.
Subject (Name): Gregory I, Pope, approximately 540-604.
Augustine, of Hippo, Saint, 354-430.
Jerome, Saint, -419 or 420.
Subject (Topic): Manuscripts, Medieval
Subjects: Gregory I, Pope, approximately 540-604
Augustine, of Hippo, Saint, 354-430
Jerome, Saint, -419 or 420
Bible. Genesis > Commentaries
Glossa ordinaria
Manuscripts, Medieval > Connecticut > New Haven
France > 13th century
Medieval and Renaissance Manuscript Fragments in Beinecke Library
Medieval and Renaissance Manuscripts in Beinecke Library

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Citation: Bible, Gensis, with commentary (fragment). General Collection, Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Yale University.