(Q12939)
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Expositio super novem lectiones mortuorum /
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Bible. Gospels--Commentaries--Early works to 1800
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Bible. Job--Commentaries--Early works to 1800
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Manuscripts, Latin (Medieval and modern)--England
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Manuscripts, Latin (Medieval and modern)--New Jersey--Princeton
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between 1300 and 1400
14. century
1300Gregorian
1400Gregorian
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Extent: iv, 23, iv : parchment ; 369 x 239 (266 x 180) mm bound to 383 x 252 mm.
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Incipit: “Parce mihi domine nihil enim sunt dies mei Job 7:16. Exprimitur autem in hiis verbis humane condicionis instabilis que non habet in hac miserabili valle manentem mansionem…”
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Explicit: “Quem queris in iubilum tu christe corona Ricardum. Explicit tractatus Ricardi heremite de hampole super iob.”
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Ms. codex.
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Title from printed catalog.
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A few marginal notes. On spine: "Rich. Rolle Paroum Job. Engl. XIV cent." Anonymous sermon notes and brief commentaries on Gospel texts (Matt. 8:1, 8:23; Luke 2:1, 2:15; John 1:1, 1:9–13, 2:1) on folios 17v-23r. On fol. 18r is an extract from Peter Comestor (d. ca. 1178), Historia scolastica. In evangelia cap. 141 (De signis quindecim dierum ante judicium), which begins “Ieronimus in annalibus...
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Collation: Parchment ; fols. iv (modern French handmade paper) + 23 + iv (same paper) ; catchwords at end of quires ; modern foliation in pencil.
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Layout: 41-42 long lines per page.
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Description: One 14th-century scribe, probably in Oxford, was responsible for the main text. An early 15th-century scribe was responsible for the marginal annotations and second text.
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Decoration: Chapters open with 2- to 3-line blue initials with red pen flourishes (fols. 1r-17v); guide letters were left for unexecuted 2-line initials at the beginning of brief notes or commentaries (fols. 17v-22v).
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Origin: The manuscript was produced in England in the 14th century.
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Intermediate provenance is unknown. Robert Garrett purchased the manuscript on 10 June 1926 from the New York antiquarian bookseller Wilfrid M. Voynich. Owner's or dealer's marks “M6145” and “H10749” (flyleaf, pencil). Garrett's gift to the Princeton University Library, 1942.
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8 November 2023
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8 November 2023
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