Pauline Epistles, with commentary of Gilbert de la Porree
Description
- Title
- Pauline Epistles, with commentary of Gilbert de la Porree
- Creator
- Gilbert, de La Porrée, Bishop, ca. 1075-1154
- Published / Created
- s. XII med [mid-12th century]
- Publication Place
- France,
- Abstract
- Manuscript on parchment of Pauline Epistles (Epistola ad Romanos 2.27 through Epistola ad Hebreos 11.34), with commentary of Gilbert de la Porree. With Argumenta, later additions, all attributed to Hugo de Sancto Caro or Peter Lombard.
- Description
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Binding: Twentieth century, United States (?). Half bound in dark red goatskin with gold-tooled lettering on the spine ("St. Paul/ Epistulae cum commento/ MS. 12th Cent."), marbled paper sides, and yellow edges.
Script: Written in fine early gothic bookhand in two sizes of script, above top line.
Three illuminated initials at beginning of first three Epistles of excellent quality, ff. 34v, 69v, 86v, 8- to 5-line, with descenders extending into margins, red, blue, green and beige against gold ground. Bodies of initials filled with stylized scrolling foliage, bright blue, red, green, orange, silver and yellow with white highlights against gold ground. Descenders serve as a trellis for similar scrolls, some ending in biting animal's heads or fantastic birds. Scrolling foliage, f. 86v, inhabited by beasts of a canine variety, white with red shading. The decoration of manuscript is unfinished; f. 99r pen and ink underdrawing for an initial as above, with only touches of red added; blank spaces left for initals for remaining Epistles. Small initials, 3-line, gold with red penwork, for beginning of commentary for each Epistle. Headings in red or alternating red and blue majuscules. Plain initials touched with red. Running titles, later addition, in red. - Extent
- ff. iii + 165 + iii : parchment ; 293 x 215 (215 x 150) mm.
- Extent of Digitization
- Completely digitized
- Language
-
Latin
Collection Information
- Call Number
- Marston MS 152
Subjects, Formats, And Genres
- Format
- mixed material
- Genre
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Annotations
Hand coloring
Historiated initials
Illustrations
Manuscripts
Marginalia
Rubrics - Material
- parchment
- Resource Type
- Archives or Manuscripts
- Subject (Name)
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Gilbert, de La Porrée, Bishop, ca. 1075-1154
Hugh, of Saint-Cher, Cardinal, ca. 1200-1263
Paul, the Apostle, Saint
Peter Lombard, Bishop of Paris, ca. 1100-1160 - Subject (Topic)
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Bible.--N.T.--Epistles of Paul
Bible--Commentaries
Illumination of books and manuscripts, Medieval
Manuscripts, Medieval--Connecticut--New Haven
Medieval and Renaissance Manuscripts in Beinecke Library
Access And Usage Rights
- Access
- Public
- Rights
- The use of this image may be subject to the copyright law of the United States (Title 17, United States Code) or to site license or other rights management terms and conditions. The person using the image is liable for any infringement.
- Citation
- Pauline Epistles, with Commentary of Gilbert de la Porree. 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, Marston MS 152.
Identifiers
- Orbis Record
- 9811067
- OID
- 2043634
- More Information
- https://pre1600ms.beinecke.library.yale.edu/docs/pre1600.mars152.htm