Harvard University, MS Lat 226

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Metadata

DS ID:

DS10884

Shelfmark:

MS Lat 226

Title:

Tractatus magistri Petri Comestoris

Historia scholastica

Author:

Petrus, Comestor, active 12th century

Petrus Comestor WIKIDATA

Date:

between 1300 and 1325

fourteenth century (dates CE) AAT

Language:

lat

Latin WIKIDATA

Material:

vellum

Parchment AAT

Physical Description:

Extent: 217] leaves, bound : vellum ; 29 cm.

Former Owner(s):

Chandon de Briailles, comte

Comte Chandon de Briailles WIKIDATA

Note:

Title from caption, f. 1r.
Written in France in two columns in a small rounded gothic script, with penwork initials in red and blue.
Bound in thick oak boards.
In a protective tray case, 31 cm.
Unidentified armorial bookplate: "HRL / Nec dura nec aspera terrent"; book label: "Comte Chandon de Briailles."
Purchased with the Susan A. E. Morse fund, 1955.

Keyword:

Manuscripts, Medieval

France

rules (layout features)

Bible

History of Biblical events

Institutional Record:

https://id.lib.harvard.edu/alma/990093981180203941/catalog

IIIF Manifest:

https://iiif.lib.harvard.edu/manifests/drs:4261868

Holding Institution:

Harvard University