Prosper, of Aquitaine, Saint, approximately 390-approximately 463
Published / Created:
[between 1400 and 1425]
Call Number:
Beinecke MS 15
Image Count:
230
Resource Type:
unspecified
Abstract:
Manuscript on parchment of Prosper Aquitanus, Epigrammata ex sententiis Sancti Augustini. With Johannes Shepey, Sermones
Description:
In Latin., Script: Written in various styles of Anglicana, with some portions in gothic bookhand, by four scribes. Scribe 1) ff. 1r-10r; Scribe 2) ff. 10v-30r; Scribe 3) ff. 31r-107v; Scribe 4) f. 75r to the top of 76r (perhaps to supply text missing from the exemplar)., Blue initials with elaborate red, blue, and black penwork borders that almost totally encompass the written space on ff. 1r and 31r (trimmed along upper and outer edges); similar initials in blue with red penwork designs extending entire length of folio introduce each new section of text., and Binding: Nineteenth century. Brown sheepskin, blind- and gold-tooled. Rebacked.
Subject (Geographic):
Connecticut and New Haven.
Subject (Name):
Augustine, of Hippo, Saint, 354-430. and Prosper, of Aquitaine, Saint, approximately 390-approximately 463.
Subject (Topic):
Epigrams, Latin, Illumination of books and manuscripts, Medieval, Manuscripts, Medieval, Scholia, Sermons, and Theology, Doctrinal
Manuscript on paper (with parchment of poor quality for inner and outer bifolios of each gathering) of a collection of sermons and materials for the construction of sermons
Description:
In Latin., Watermarks: unidentified crown in gutter., Script: Written by two scribes in Secretary script: Scribe 1 (pp. 1-141) uses a looped d; Scribe 2 (pp. 142-502) uses an unlooped d., Flourished initials, 3- to 2-line, red with blue designs and vice versa throughout manuscript. Brackets, initial strokes and underlining, in red, throughout. Opening words or line of each sermon in a careful text hand., and Binding: Nineteenth century. Half bound in brown calf, blind-tooled, with a gold-tooled title ("Sermones") on spine; dark blue cloth sides. Impression of oval label in upper register of spine.
Subject (Geographic):
Connecticut and New Haven.
Subject (Name):
Conrad, of Saxony.
Subject (Topic):
Illumination of books and manuscripts, Medieval, Manuscripts, Medieval, Sermons, and Sermons, Latin
Manuscript on parchment of Michael of Hungary, XIII Sermones, bound with several other texts
Description:
In Latin., Script: Written by several scribes in a gothic cursive script., Initials in red. Rubricated. Flyleaves contain an early 14th-century English canon law manuscript., and Binding: Fifteenth century. Blind stamped leather over wooden boards.
Subject (Geographic):
Connecticut and New Haven.
Subject (Name):
Michael, of Hungary.
Subject (Topic):
Canon law, Education (Christian theology), Manuscripts, Medieval, Sermons, and Sermons, Latin