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Lambert le Bègue (d. 1177)
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ca. 1450
15. century
1425Gregorian
1475Gregorian
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Extent: fols. 2; membrane; 148 x 103 (109 x 72)
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Layout: 11 column, 28 lines
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Decoration: 7 large initials in alternating blue and red in col. 2 of Fol. 98.1v, with text throughout the table written predominantly in red and blue with occasional text in black
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Bifolium
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Fol. 1r is blank, but with offset of paint from an illumination on the previously facing page
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Authorship of the table is attributed to Lambert le Bègue (d. 1177), priest of the diocese of Liège, founder of the Beguines, and translator into French of hagiographies of the Virgin Mary and St. Agnes, the Acts of the Apostles, and the Pauline Epistles
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Perpetual calendar for the computation of the date of Easter, with the lunar cycle in columns and the solar cycle in rows. 35 individual monosyllables represent the 35 possible dates of Easter between 22 March and 25 April.
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Fol. 98.2v includes a continuation of the the table, but with a short verse broken into syllables crediting Lambert le Bègue with authorship of the table: "Lambertum talem qui nobis ingerit artem Ad paradisiaci perducat lumina regni Magnus celorum factor."
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(See Paul Meyer. "Le Psautier de Lambert le Bègue," in Romania. Recueil Trimestrial. Paris: Libraire Emile Bouillon, 1900, pp. 528-545, esp. 536-539)
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26 August 2024
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26 August 2024
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