Manuscript fragment on parchment (upper half of a leaf) of Gregory the Great, Moralia in Iob, XVIII.41-42.
Description:
In Latin., Script: Copied by one hand in a splendid large uncial with very few abbreviations. On f. 1v the two final letters of the last word on the top line ("habere") have been supplied in Anglo-Saxon minuscule; on line 6 the two final letters of the last word ("praemisimus") are supplied in smaller uncial script., The parchment is thin with greasy transparent patches and a hole (before writing) close to its lower edge., and Later the fragment was used as a flyleaf; an early owner wrote alongside the right-hand edge of f. 1v the ownership inscription "Liber iste est fratris Reyneri de Capella. Orate pro eo".
Manuscript on paper of Gregory I, Pope, Moralia in Iob. Books 1-4 translated into Italian by Zanobi de Strata
Description:
In Italian., Several watermarks, most indeterminate, but one resembling Piccard, vol. 10, II 307 (Pavia, 1397-99)., Copied in Italian humanist cursive., and Binding: Plain vellum over boards. Endleaves from a 14th-century breviary.
Subject (Geographic):
Connecticut and New Haven.
Subject (Name):
Gregory I, Pope, approximately 540-604.
Subject (Topic):
Christian literature, Italian, Literature, Medieval, and Manuscripts, Medieval