De civitate Dei

Description

Title: De civitate Dei
Creator: Augustine, Saint, Bishop of Hippo
Raoul, de Presles, 1316-1382
Published / Created: s. XV^^in [ca. 1415]
Publication Place: France
Abstract: Manuscript on parchment (trimmed) of Augustine, De civitate Dei, translated into French by Raoul de Presles. Composed of 4 volumes, originally bound as 2.
Description: French version of Raoul de Presles.
Gilt initials.
Spines mislabelled: III labelled II.
Written in an informal batarde by one scribe who also added proper names in the margins.
Extent: 36 cm.
6 l.
color illustration
Extent of Digitization: This object has been partially digitized.
Language: French

Format: mixed material
Genre: Hand coloring
Illuminated manuscripts
Illuminations
Illustrations
Inhabited initials
Rubrics
Resource Type: Archives or Manuscripts
Subject (Topic): Spiritual life --Catholic Church

Access: Public
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Citation: Augustine, De Civitate Dei. General Collection, Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Yale University.
Shailor, B. Catalogue of Medieval and Renaissance Manuscripts in the Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library, MS 215.

Orbis Record: 9795575
Object ID (OID): 2053375
More Information: https://pre1600ms.beinecke.library.yale.edu/docs/pre1600.ms215.htm