Boston Public Library, H.41.8 endleaves

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Metadata

DS ID:

DS3314

Shelfmark:

H.41.8 endleaves

Title:

2 leaves from the Etymologiae : in Latin].

Author:

Isidore, of Seville, Saint, -636

Isidore of Seville WIKIDATA

Place:

France or Germany?]

France TGN

Date:

between 1000 and 1099?

eleventh century (dates CE) AAT

Language:

lat

Latin WIKIDATA

Physical Description:

Extent: 2 leaves : parchment ; 340 x 214 (278 x 182) mm

Note:

Title devised by cataloger; place of production conjectured from script.
Script: Carolingian minuscule with uncial chapter headings.
Layout: 1 column, 30 lines, ruled in plummet, pricking visible.
Detached from a large codex, the two leaves are binder's waste used as endsheets in H 41.8, Testamenti Veteris Biblia Sacra published in 1603.
Origin: From a codex manuscript written in the 11th century in France or Germany.
Immediate source of acquisition: Thomas Prince Collection and Library of the Old South Church.
Call number: H.41.8 endleaves.

Keyword:

Manuscripts, Latin (Medieval and modern)

Manuscript waste

Digital images

Manuscripts, Medieval

Institutional Record:

https://catalog.mbln.org/Polaris/search/title.aspx?ctx=12.1033.0.0.5&pos=1&cn=8444647

IIIF Manifest:

https://ark.digitalcommonwealth.org/ark:/50959/nc581d095/manifest

Holding Institution:

Boston Public Library