Western Michigan University, WMU MS 168

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Metadata

DS ID:

DS6449

Shelfmark:

WMU MS 168

Title:

Leaf from Magna Glossatura in Epistolas Pauli

Author:

Peter Lombard, Bishop of Paris, approximately 1100-1160

Peter Lombard WIKIDATA

Place:

France

France TGN

Date:

between 1200-1250

thirteenth century (dates CE) AAT

Language:

Text in Latin

Latin WIKIDATA

Physical Description:

Extent: 1 leaf : parchment ; 352 x 254 mm

Note:

Ms. leaf.
Title supplied by cataloger.
Cut in parchment in the outer margin of recto with no loss of text; stub of conjugate leaf is present; remnant of a mended cut in the inner margin, sewing holes visible. Running title: on recto "GA" and verso "AD" alternating red and blue; biblical quotations underlined in red; 2-line initials in blue or blue with contrasting pen flourishes in red or blue; 1-line initials alternating red and...
The format of the manuscript, and the quality of the parchment and decoration, suggest that this manuscript was intended for a wealthy abbot or bishop or a well-off scholar (see Frońska, Royal Manuscripts (2005)). The script and the decoration suggest a French production. According to Avril, 'Un manuscrit d'auteurs classiques' (1975), pp. 268-69, the decoration might be connected with the...

Keyword:

decorated initials

detached leaves

Manuscripts, Medieval

Manuscripts, Latin (Medieval and modern)

Bible. Galatians--Latin--Commentaries--Early works to 1800

Initials

Institutional Record:

https://primo-pmtna01.hosted.exlibrisgroup.com/permalink/f/4dvb3u/01WMU_ALMA21361385310002436

IIIF Manifest:

https://luna.library.wmich.edu/luna/servlet/iiif/m/WMUwmu~77~77~1222505~160214/manifest

Holding Institution:

Western Michigan University