Historia scholastica, etc.

Description

Title: Historia scholastica, etc.
Creator: Peter, of Poitiers, ca. 1130-1205 and Petrus, Comestor, 12th cent
Published / Created: 1229
Publication Place: France
Abstract: Manuscript on parchment (trimmed) of Petrus Comestor, Historia Scholastica. Text missing at beginning of 2 Kings (one folio following f. 85), and at end of 2 Kings and beginning of 3 Kings (one bifolium following f. 90). With a paraphrase of the Acts of the Apostles attributed to Petrus Pictaviensis. Written for Abbey of Mont-Saint-Quentin in Northeastern France. and Title page in half-uncials, rows alternating orange and blue.
Description: Binding: ca. 19th-20th century. Gilt, gauffered edges. Brown goatskin blind-tooled, with elaborate bosses a
Modern blanks not digitized.
Written in or just before 1229 in Northeastern France for the Abbey of Mont-Saint-Quentin, as indicated on the title page and given by Petrus.
Extent: 450 x 305 (314 x 203) mm.
Parchment, ff. iii (parchment) + 203 + iii (parchment)
Extent of Digitization: Completely digitized
Language: Latin

Format: text
Genre: Decorated initials
Historiated initials
Manuscripts
Rubrics
Title pages
Resource Type: Archives or Manuscripts
Subject (Name): Petrus,--Comestor,--12th cent
Subject (Topic): Bible.--N.T.--Acts
Bible--History Bibles
Illumination of books and manuscripts, Medieval
Manuscripts, Medieval--Connecticut--New Haven
Medieval and Renaissance Manuscripts in Beinecke Library

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Citation: Petrus Comestor, Historia Scholastica, etc. General Collection, Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Yale University. and Shailor, B. Catalogue of Medieval and Renaissance Manuscripts in the Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library, MS 214.

Orbis Record: 9795597
OID: 2030424
More Information: https://pre1600ms.beinecke.library.yale.edu/docs/pre1600.ms214.htm