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Metadata

DS ID:

DS30497

Shelfmark:

ege-07

Title:

Ege leaf 07: Aurora, England, 1200s

Aurora

Author:

Bourdin, Gilles, 1515-1570

Gilles Bourdin WIKIDATA

Peter Riga, approximately 1140-1209

Petrus Riga WIKIDATA

Place:

England

England TGN

Date:

1200s

thirteenth century (dates CE) AAT

Language:

Latin

Latin WIKIDATA

Material:

Vellum (parchment)

Parchment AAT

Physical Description:

Extent: 1 leaf; Vellum (parchment); 23 cm x 11.5 cm

Former Owner(s):

Ege, Otto F.

Otto Ege WIKIDATA

Note:

Script: Gothic
Decoration: initials (layout features); pen-flourished initials; rubrics; rules (layout features); long-line format; marginalia (annotations);
The following text is based on the original seller's label. 7. VELLUM LEAF FROM A MEDIEVAL MANUSCRIPT
ENGLAND
early XIIIth Century
Latin text
early Gothic script
Aurora
(Aurora)
FROM THE COLLECTION OF OTTO F. EGE.
This famous paraphrase of the Bible in Latin verse was one of the most popular Latin books of poetry of the late XIIth and XIIIth century
Petrus de Riga, who died in 1209, began it
Aegidius of Paris finished it
This version did not appear in printed form until a very late date, despite its popularity
The format of this page, twice as long as it is wide, demonstrates the English custom of folding the skins lengthwise
The practice of setting off by a space the initial letter of each line also helps to give the page an unusual appearance
It is written in a very small script, six lines to an inch, in a hand characteristic of Northern France and England at this period.
Fifty original leaves from medieval manuscripts, Western Europe, XII-XVI century

Keyword:

Bible

Manuscripts

Commentaries

Institutional Record:

http://media.library.ohio.edu/digital/collection/p15808coll19/id/39

IIIF Manifest:

https://media.library.ohio.edu/iiif/2/p15808coll19:39/manifest.json

Holding Institution:

Ohio University