Hugh of St. Victor's Homilies on Ecclesiastes written in the Netherlands in 1443. Span folios: ff. 1-120v. Support: Parchment. Layout: 1-158. Catchwords in inner corner in a noting hand; quires and leaves signed with letters and roman numerals. 2 columns of 29 lines, ruled in lead; prickings visible in outer margins. Written in a well-formed hybrida. Decoration: Opening initial, 7-line, in blue with void design and red flourishing. 3- or 2-line initials in red or blue; initials within the text slashed in red; red paragraph marks and running headlines across the opening. Input into Digital Scriptorium by: C. W. Dutschke, 8/23/2012. Belonged to the Augustinian house of Bethlehem near Louvain: f. ii verso, erased, "Hoc volumen pertinet Bethle[hem] [...?] regularium prope lovenium." Notes in French in pencil on f. i, including "vente Vergauwen [...?] n. 425." On f. i verso, "Purchased of George Perkins Humphrey about 1890, Rochester, New York"; in a different hand on f. ii, "Craig Carlton Miller 1933." Given to the...
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