Postilla in Psalmos et Prophetas

Description

Title: Postilla in Psalmos et Prophetas
Creator: Nicholas, of Lyra, approximately 1270-1349
Published / Created: [ca. 1400 to 1450].
Publication Place: England
Abstract: Manuscript on parchment of Nicolaus de Lyra, Postilla super psalterium; Postilla super libros prophetorum
Description: In Latin.
Script: copied by two scribes: A copied ff. 1r-95r (with the exception of f. 40) in Gothica Cursiva Antiquior Libraria; and B copied ff. 97r-272r in the same type of script, but closer to Anglicana.
Decoration: Illuminated initials in red, purple, blue, and gold leaf. Elaborate marginal vine-and-floral ornamentation at beginnings of chapters in red, blue, green, brown, and gold leaf. Occasional multi-colored pictures and diagrams. Traces of indexing tabs on the first leaf of every book. See catalog description for further detail.
Binding: 19th century parchment over pasteboards. Each cover has a central embossed design of an interlocking lozenge and rectangle in red and black with floral ornamentation in gold and blue. Red leather labels on spine with embossed gold letters.
Provenance: Sold by Christie's to Laurence Witten, 1982; purchased on the Edwin J. Beinecke Fund.
Extent: ff. ii + 272 + ii : 505 x 355 mm.
Extent of Digitization: This object has been completely digitized.
Language: Latin

Repository: Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library
Call Number: Beinecke MS 640
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Genre: Commentaries
Manuscripts, Medieval England 15th century
Medieval and Renaissance Manuscripts in Beinecke Library
Material: parchment ;
Resource Type: unspecified
Subject (Geographic): Connecticut
New Haven.
Subject (Name): Nicholas, of Lyra, ca. 1270-1349.
Subject (Topic): Christian literature, Latin (Medieval and modern)
Illumination of books and manuscripts, Medieval
Manuscripts, Medieval
Subjects: Nicholas, of Lyra, ca. 1270-1349
Bible > Commentaries
Christian literature, Latin (Medieval and modern)
Illumination of books and manuscripts, Medieval
Manuscripts, Medieval > Connecticut > New Haven
England > 15th century
Medieval and Renaissance Manuscripts in Beinecke Library

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Citation: Nicholas of Lyra, Postilla in Psalmos et Prophetas. General Collection, Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Yale University.