Harvard University, MS Lat 150

Metadata

DS ID:

DS11043

Shelfmark:

MS Lat 150

Title:

Libri confessionum Aurelii Augustini

Author:

Augustine, of Hippo, Saint, 354-430

Augustine of Hippo WIKIDATA

Date:

between 1125 and 1150

twelfth century (dates CE) AAT

Language:

lat

Latin WIKIDATA

Physical Description:

Extent: 111 leaves, bound : vellum ; 26 cm.

Former Owner(s):

Phillipps, Thomas, Sir, 1792-1872

Thomas Phillipps WIKIDATA

Stetson, John B., Jr. 1884-1952

John B. Stetson Jr. WIKIDATA

Collegium Agennensis societatis Jesu (Agen, France)

Note:

Written in southern Europe, probably in Italy or Spain, in a minuscule script with red initials at book divisions; marginal notes.
In an 18th-cent. French (?) marbled calf binding.
In a protective tray case, 27 cm.
Traditionally said to have belonged to the Jesuit College at Agen, France (no ex-libris); sold by Thorpe, London, 1836, no. 75; to Sir Thomas Phillipps (MS 9460); his sale, London, Sotheby's, 1908, no. 44, to Maggs. Placed by J. Martini in a sale by Anderson, 14 Dec. 1909, no. 408; purchased by John Batterson Stetson (his bookplate).
Gift of John B. Stetson, Jr., 1935, in memory of Aleixo de Queiroz Ribeiro de Sotomayor d'Almeida e Vasconsellos, Count of Santa Eulalia.

Keyword:

Manuscripts, Medieval

Augustine, of Hippo, Saint, 354-430

Christian saints

Institutional Record:

https://id.lib.harvard.edu/alma/990093402900203941/catalog

Holding Institution:

Harvard University