, Commentarius in ad Romanos, translated into Latin
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
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
Manuscript on parchment (poor quality: thick, holes, ends, repairs) of Gregory the Great, Homeliae in Hiezechielem prophetam. Written perhaps at the Cistercian abbey of Hautecombe to which it belonged.
Description:
Acquired from C. A. Stonehill in 1957 by Thomas E. Marston., Binding: 1800-1810, Italy. Half bound in mottled brown calf with bright pink paper sides. Two gold-tooled, brick red labels on spine: "Greg. Pape. in Ezechiel." and "Saecul. XIII". Red edges. Bound in the same distinctive style as Marston MSS 50, 125, 128, 135, 151, 153, 158, 197, also from the Cistercian abbey of Hautecombe., Many leaves damaged along outer edges, now repaired, but with loss of text; stained throughout., Script: Written by multiple scribes in spiky early gothic bookhand., and Spaces left unfilled, f. 1r, for initials and headings at beginning of prologue and text. Decorative monochrome initials and headings, which extend the width of columns, of modest quality, in red (many oxidized). Minor initials, 5- to 2-line, some with simple penwork designs, headings, initial strokes in red.
Subject (Name):
Cistercians and Gregory--I,--Pope,--ca. 540-604
Subject (Topic):
Bible.--O.T.--Ezekiel, Bible--Commentaries, Fathers of the church, Manuscripts, Medieval--Connecticut--New Haven, and Medieval and Renaissance Manuscripts in Beinecke Library