Etymologiae (fragment).

Description

Title: Etymologiae (fragment).
Creator: Isidore, of Seville, Saint, -636
Published / Created: [between 1150 and 1199]
Publication Place: Germany
Abstract: Manuscript fragment on parchment of Isidore's Etymologia with portions of books 13 and 14.
Description: In Latin.
Script: written in late Caroline minuscule.
Decoration: 2- and 3-line initials are in red capitals with an uncial M and round E decorated with small round balls or with two or three cross-hatches; 1-line initials are in brown and a mixture of rustic capitals, uncials, and enlarged minuscules; rubrics are in red minuscule with some capital forms; punctuated with the punctus, punctus elevatus, and the punctus versus; hyphenation in the same ink as the text; accents added by later hand.
Provenance: The bifolium was used as a wrapper for another volume.
Extent: ff. 1-2 : 340 x 265 mm.
Extent of Digitization: This object has been completely digitized.
Language: Latin

Genre: Manuscripts, Medieval Germany 12th 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): Isidore, of Seville, Saint, -636.
Subject (Topic): Manuscripts, Medieval
Latin language
Etymology
Christian literature, Latin (Medieval and modern)
Subjects: Isidore, of Seville, Saint, -636
Manuscripts, Medieval > Connecticut > New Haven
Latin language > Etymology
Christian literature, Latin (Medieval and modern)
Germany > 12th century
Medieval and Renaissance Manuscript Fragments in Beinecke Library
Medieval and Renaissance Manuscripts in Beinecke Library

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Citation: Isidore, Etymologiae (fragment). General Collection, Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Yale University.