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Metadata

DS ID:

DS30518

Shelfmark:

ege-35

Title:

Ege leaf 35: Writings of St. Jerome, France, 1400s

Works of Jerome

Author:

Jerome, Saint, -419 or 420

Jerome WIKIDATA

Place:

France

France TGN

Date:

1400s

fifteenth century (dates CE) AAT

Language:

Latin

Latin WIKIDATA

Material:

Vellum (parchment)

Parchment AAT

Physical Description:

Extent: 1 leaf; Vellum (parchment); 38.5 cm x 28 cm

Former Owner(s):

Ege, Otto F.

Otto Ege WIKIDATA

Note:

Script: rotunda
Decoration: chrysography; initials (layout features); rubrics; rules (layout features); columns (layout features);
The following text is based on the original seller's label. 35. VELLUM LEAF FROM AN ILLUMINATED MEDIEVAL MANUSCRIPT
FRANCE
Middle XVth Century
Latin Text
Lettre de Somme
Writings of St.Jerome
(Sanctus Hieronymus, Contra Jovinianum)
FROM THE COLLECTION OF OTTO F. EGE.
Jerome, the father of the Latin Church and translator of the Bible, shows in his writings his active participation in the controversies of his day (c
332 to 420 A.D.)
With the frequent use of vehement invective, he is often as biting as Juvenal or Martial
This fine book hand, lettre de somme, obtained its name from the fact that Fust and Schoeffer used a type based on it for the printing of their Summa Theologica of St.Thomas Aquinas in 1467
It was the favorite manuscript book hand in the second half of the XVth century for the transcribing of French chronicles and romances
Simplicity and dignity are maintained by omitting all enrichment around the burnished gold letters
The first printed books followed the practice seen here of marking off by hand and with a stroke of red the capitals at the beginning of each sentence
Fifteenth century ink frequently had a tendency to fade to a gray tone as in this example.
Fifty original leaves from medieval manuscripts, Western Europe, XII-XVI century

Keyword:

religious texts

Manuscripts

Institutional Record:

http://media.library.ohio.edu/digital/collection/p15808coll19/id/123

IIIF Manifest:

https://media.library.ohio.edu/iiif/2/p15808coll19:123/manifest.json

Holding Institution:

Ohio University