- Creator:
- Jerome, Saint, -419 or 420
- Published / Created:
- [ca. 1150]
- Call Number:
- Marston MS 197
- Image Count:
- 412
- Resource Type:
- Archives or Manuscripts
- Abstract:
- Manuscript on parchment in two volumes of Jerome, Commentaries on the Minor Prophets. Written perhaps at the Cistercian abbey of Hautecombe.
- Description:
- Acquired from E. Rossignol of Paris in 1958 by L. C. Witten, who sold it the same year to Thomas E. Marston., Binding: 1800-1810, Italy. Half bound in brown calf with bright pink paper sides. Three green gold-tooled labels on the spine of each volume: "Vol. I", "Vol. II"; "Hieronimi in XII Prophetas Manuscrip"; "Saecul XII". Title on black gold-tooled labels: "Hieronimi in XII Prophetas Manuscrip". Edges spattered blue-green. The same distinctive bindings also found on Marston MSS 50, 125, 128, 135, 151, 153, 158, and 159, all of Hautecombe provenance., Fine painted initials, 19- to 5-line, for major text divisions, monochrome red or polychrome in red, bright green, olive green and/or brown, with pale yellow washes. Preliminary sketches in lead often visible underneath; some bows appear to be drawn with compass. Smaller initials of similar design throughout. Initials are characterized by lattice work, acanthus scrolls and decorative empty spaces within initials. The opening initial on f. 1r is executed in red and blue. Headings in red throughout., and Script: Written and neatly corrected in early gothic bookhand by several scribes.
- Subject (Name):
- Cistercians
- Subject (Topic):
- Bible. Prophets, Bible--Commentaries, Illumination of books and manuscripts, Medieval, Manuscripts, Medieval--Connecticut--New Haven, and Medieval and Renaissance Manuscripts in Beinecke Library
- Found in:
- Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Commentaries on the minor prophets.
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- Creator:
- Origen
Rufinus, of Aquileia, 345-410 - Published / Created:
- [ca. 1150]
- Call Number:
- Marston MS 50
- Image Count:
- 322
- Resource Type:
- Archives or Manuscripts
- Abstract:
- Manuscript on parchment of Origen, Commentarius in ad Romanos, translated into Latin by Rufinus. Probably written at the Cistercian abbey of Hautecombe.
- Description:
- Binding: Between 1800 and 1810, Italy. Half bound in brown sheepskin, gold-tooled, with two green, gold-tooled labels: "Hieronimi/ In Epistol/ ad Romanos/ Manuscrip" and "Saecul XII". Bright pink paper sides and edges spattered blue-green. The spine of the manuscript is back bevelled at head and tail. Rust stains from the nails of four corner bosses of early binding on first two leaves., Fine painted initials, ff. 1r and 29v, red with simple green penwork designs and pale yellow wash, 8-line; smaller red, green, or dark yellow-brown monochrome initials, 7- to 1-line. On f. 141r red initial, 7-line, with pale yellow wash. Headings in red., and Script: Written by multiple scribes in well formed early gothic bookhand.
- Subject (Name):
- Cistercians and Origen
- Subject (Topic):
- Bible.--N.T.--Romans, Bible--Commentaries, Literature, Medieval--Translations, Manuscripts, Medieval--Connecticut--New Haven, and Medieval and Renaissance Manuscripts in Beinecke Library
- Found in:
- Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Commentarius in ad Romanos
- Creator:
- Ambrose, Saint, Bishop of Milan, d. 397
- Published / Created:
- [between 1125 and 1150]
- Call Number:
- Marston MS 153
- Image Count:
- 188
- Resource Type:
- Archives or Manuscripts
- Abstract:
- Manuscript on parchment of Ambrose, 1) De paradiso. 2) De Cain et Abel. 3) Exhortatio virginitatis. 4) De institutione virginis. Written perhaps at the Cistercian abbey of Hautecombe to which it belonged.
- Description:
- Acquired from Maggs Bros. of London in 1957 by L. C. Witten, who sold it the same year to Thomas E. Marston., Binding: 1800-1810, Italy. Half bound with a brown calf spine and goatskin corners, bright pink paper sides and red edges. Three green, gold-tooled labels on the spine: "Manuscri," "S Ambrosi de Cain" and "Seculi XII". Bound in the same distinctive style as Marston MSS 50, 125, 128, 135, 151, 158, 159 and 197, all of Hautecombe provenance., Heavily stained but with no loss of text., Plain red initials, 6- to 4-line, with small "pearls" on the thin strokes of the letters, introduce each text. Headings in red. Instructions to rubricator and guide letters., and Script: Written by two scribes in late caroline minuscule. Scribe 1 (ff. 1r-61r): preference for uncial d, angular abbreviation strokes, and a slightly larger module of script than that used by Scribe 2 (ff. 61r-83r).
- Subject (Name):
- Cistercians
- Subject (Topic):
- Celibacy--Christianity, Fathers of the church, Manuscripts, Medieval--Connecticut--New Haven, Medieval and Renaissance Manuscripts in Beinecke Library, and Theology--Early works to 1800
- Found in:
- Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > De paradiso, De Cain et Abel, etc.
- Creator:
- Gilbert, of Hoyland
Gregory I, Pope, ca. 540-604
Hugh, of Saint-Victor, 1096?-1141 - Published / Created:
- [between 1100 and 1150]
- Call Number:
- Marston MS 125
- Image Count:
- 254
- Resource Type:
- Archives or Manuscripts
- Abstract:
- Manuscript on paper and parchment, composed of three distinct sections. Part I: Gregory the Great, Liber regulae pastoralis. Part II: Gilbert of Hoyland, Sermones in Cantica Canticorum XVIII-XLVIII. Part III: Hugh of St. Victor, Homilia prima in Salomonis Ecclesiasten.
- Description:
- Binding: Between 1800 and 1810, Italy. Half bound in brown calf with bright pink paper sides and edges spattered bluish green. Two green, gold-tooled labels: "Gregorii. M/ Pastoralis/ Manuscrip" and "Saecul XII". Bound in the same distinctive style as Marston MSS 50, 128, 135, 151, 153, 158, 159, and 197, also from the Cistercian abbey of Hautecombe., Part I: Decorative initials, 3- to 2-line, in black, with simple pen designs and small "pearls" on the thin parts of the letters, on irregular grounds of pale yellow wash. Initial strokes and plain line-fillers in pale yellow (initial strokes in red on f. 9r presumably added by the rubricator of ff. 1-8). A series of red dots (also a later addition?) outline the ground of initial on f. 18v. Explicit on f. 80r brushed with yellow wash. Part II: Plain monochrome initials, 3- to 2-line, in red or blue. Spaces for rubrics left unfilled; guide letters., and Script: Part I (ff. 1-80): Written by a single scribe in a well formed late caroline calligraphic minuscule. Part II (ff. 81-114): Written by multiple scribes in small highly abbreviated noting hands, above top line. Part III (ff. 115-121): Written by a single scribe in gothic bookhand, above top line. Plain initials, 3- to 2-line, in red. Guide letters.
- Subject (Name):
- Gregory--I,--Pope,--ca. 540-604
- Subject (Topic):
- Bible.--O.T.--Ecclesiastes, Bible.--O.T.--Song of Solomon, Manuscripts, Medieval--Connecticut--New Haven, Medieval and Renaissance Manuscripts in Beinecke Library, Sermons, Latin, and Sermons--Early works to 1800
- Found in:
- Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Regula pastoralis, etc.
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- Creator:
- Bernard, of Clairvaux, Saint, 1090 or 91-1153
Hugh, of Saint-Victor, 1096?-1141 - Published / Created:
- [ca. 1150]
- Call Number:
- Marston MS 135
- Image Count:
- 156
- Resource Type:
- Archives or Manuscripts
- Abstract:
- Manuscript on parchment (thick, holes, end pieces), in two volumes, of a collection of sermons by various writers, including Bernard of Clairvaux, Geoffroi Babion, Jacobus Berengarius, Ivo of Chartres, and Hugh of St. Victor. Written perhaps at the Cistercian abbey of Hautecombe to which it belonged. The manuscript may originally have been a single volume. and Written in the middle of the 12th century, perhaps at the Cistercian abbey of Hautecombe to which it belonged.
- Description:
- Acquired from C. A. Stonehill in 1957 by Thomas E. Marston., Binding: Nineteenth century, Italy. Backs of quires of both volumes cut in at sewing stations. Sewn on three cords. Paper lining between supports on spine. Red edges. Both volumes half bound in brown mottled calf with bright pink paper sides and two red gold-tooled labels on each volume: "Manuscr. Homiliae Caes. Max. Cod. I [and II]" and "Saecul. XIII". Bound in the same distinctive style as Marston MSS 50, 125, 128, 151, 153, 158, 159 and 197, all of Hautecombe provenance., Folios 1r and 158v stained with loss of text., Half bound in brown mottled calf with bright pink paper sides and two red gold-tooled labels on each volume: "Manuscr. Homiliae Caes. Max. Cod. I" The manuscript may have been a single volume before rebinding., Plain red initials, 4- to 2-line, some with small pearls added to the body of the letter. Spaces for rubrics remain unfilled., and Script: Written in late caroline minuscule by several scribes, above top line.
- Subject (Name):
- Catholic Church--France and Cistercians
- Subject (Topic):
- Manuscripts, Medieval--Connecticut--New Haven, Medieval and Renaissance Manuscripts in Beinecke Library, Sermons, Latin, and Sermons--Early works to 1800
- Found in:
- Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Sermons
6.
- Published / Created:
- [between 1225 and 1250]
- Call Number:
- Marston MS 128
- Image Count:
- 210
- Resource Type:
- Archives or Manuscripts
- Abstract:
- Manuscript on parchment (poor quality: heavily speckled, thick, holes, end pieces) of a collection of anonymous sermons. Written perhaps at the Cistercian abbey of Hautecombe.
- Description:
- Binding: Between 1800 and 1810, Italy. Half bound in brown calf with bright pink paper sides and a green gold-tooled label: "Sermones de Incarn. Uarii Manuscript". A second label covered by a paper one. Edges spattered blue-green. The same distinctive bindings also found on Marston MSS 50, 125, 135, 151, 153, 158, 159, and 197, all of Hautecombe provenance., Crude initials, 5- to 2-line, red with uninspired penwork designs in black and/or red. Rubrics and notes for rubricator. Paragraph marks in red or stroked with red., and Script: Written by multiple scribes in a cramped and highly abbreviated gothic bookhand, above top line.
- Subject (Name):
- Cistercians
- Subject (Topic):
- Manuscripts, Medieval--Connecticut--New Haven, Medieval and Renaissance Manuscripts in Beinecke Library, Sermons, Latin, and Sermons--Early works to 1800
- Found in:
- Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Sermons
7.
- Creator:
- Bernard, of Clairvaux, Saint, 1090 or 91-1153
Hugh, of Saint-Victor, 1096?-1141 - Published / Created:
- [ca. 1150]
- Call Number:
- Marston MS 135
- Image Count:
- 192
- Resource Type:
- Archives or Manuscripts
- Abstract:
- Manuscript on parchment (thick, holes, end pieces), in two volumes, of a collection of sermons by various writers, including Bernard of Clairvaux, Geoffroi Babion, Jacobus Berengarius, Ivo of Chartres, and Hugh of St. Victor. Written perhaps at the Cistercian abbey of Hautecombe to which it belonged. The manuscript may originally have been a single volume. and Written in the middle of the 12th century, perhaps at the Cistercian abbey of Hautecombe to which it belonged.
- Description:
- Acquired from C. A. Stonehill in 1957 by Thomas E. Marston., Binding: Nineteenth century, Italy. Backs of quires of both volumes cut in at sewing stations. Sewn on three cords. Paper lining between supports on spine. Red edges. Both volumes half bound in brown mottled calf with bright pink paper sides and two red gold-tooled labels on each volume: "Manuscr. Homiliae Caes. Max. Cod. I [and II]" and "Saecul. XIII". Bound in the same distinctive style as Marston MSS 50, 125, 128, 151, 153, 158, 159 and 197, all of Hautecombe provenance., Folios 1r and 158v stained with loss of text., Half bound in brown mottled calf with bright pink paper sides and two red gold-tooled labels on each volume: "Manuscr. Homiliae Caes. Max. Cod. I" The manuscript may have been a single volume before rebinding., Plain red initials, 4- to 2-line, some with small pearls added to the body of the letter. Spaces for rubrics remain unfilled., and Script: Written in late caroline minuscule by several scribes, above top line.
- Subject (Name):
- Catholic Church--France and Cistercians
- Subject (Topic):
- Manuscripts, Medieval--Connecticut--New Haven, Medieval and Renaissance Manuscripts in Beinecke Library, Sermons, Latin, and Sermons--Early works to 1800
- Found in:
- Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Sermons