(Q16763)
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28 November 2023
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Historia scholastica].
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Petrus, Comestor, active 12th century
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Ashburnham, Bertram Ashburnham, Earl of, 1797-1878
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Barrois, Joseph, approximately 1785-1855
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Cockerell, Sydney Carlyle, Sir, 1867-1962
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Manuscripts, Latin (Medieval and modern)--France
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Manuscripts, Medieval--Massachusetts--Boston
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Christian literature, Latin--Early works to 1800
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Bible. Acts--Commentaries--Early works to 1800
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Bible. Acts--Paraphrases--Early works to 1800
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Latin literature, Medieval and modern--Early works to 1800
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Education, Medieval--Textbooks--Early works to 1800
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Manuscripts, Latin (Medieval and modern)--Massachusetts--Boston
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between 1175 and 1199
12. century
1175Gregorian
1199Gregorian
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Extent: 200 leaves : parchment ; 345 x 225 (255 x 167) mm
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Ms. codex.
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In Latin.
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Bibliographic record created by BPL staff based on description by Dr. Lisa Fagin Davis.
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Secundo folio: unus deus est.
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Collation: Parchment, fol. i (modern paper) + 200 + i (modern paper) ; 1-258 ; quires signed on the center margin of the last verso of each quire and occasionally on the lower center margin of the first recto, signatures a-p preserved. Modern arabic pencil foliation, upper right corner of each recto.
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Layout: Two columns, 45 lines. Ruled in light plummet.
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Script: Written in a late romanesque/early gothic script in black ink with red rubrics, some rubricator guides preserved vertically in outer margin (e.g. fol. 38 and 39).
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Decoration: 2-line red epigraphic capitals throughout; books begin with 5-9 line red epigraphic capitals.
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Binding: Contemporary vellum over boards, rebacked by BPL 7/9/30, early 20th-century endpapers and pastedowns, front hinge detached, clasps and bosses lacking.
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Origin: Written in France in the late 12th century.
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Provenance: 16th-century inscription on fol. 1 recto; chapter titles (possibly contemporary with the main text) written in the margins along outter edge of the page. Formerly ms. n. 26 in a French monastic library (?); owned by Jean-Baptiste-Joseph Barrois (1784-1855), his 1849 sale (n. 121) to Bertram, the Fourth Earl of Ashburnham (1797-1878. BPL embossed stamp on first two leaves.
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Immediate source of acquisition: Purchased at the Ashburnham sale, Sotheby's London, 10 June 1901, lot 142 to Sydney Cockerell for the Boston Public Library (Cockerell's notes on front flyleaf).
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Call number: MS f Med.12.
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Former call number: MS G.31.86.
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Bibliography: Zoltan Haraszti, "Medieval Manuscripts in the Library," More Books III (1928): 61.
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4 December 2023
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