(Q43830)
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Davies, Robert, -1710
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Grotesques--England--13th century
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Sketches--England--13th century
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between 1190 and 1210
12. century
13. century
1190Gregorian
1210Gregorian
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Extent: ff. 170 : parchment ; 166 x 231 mm
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Title supplied by cataloger.
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Theological works by Augustine, Pascasius Radbertus, Julianus Pomerius, and passages from an unidentified work; written in approximately 1200 in England.
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Span folios: ff. 1-170v. Support: Parchment. Layout: 1-78 810(through f. 66) 9-218. Catchwords of scribe i in the gutter, and of scribe ii in a small script in the center lower margin. Quire signatures in roman numerals in the middle of the upper margin, first leaf recto, "vii" on f. 49 and "viii" on f. 57; another signature (?) trimmed away in the middle of the lower margin, last leaf verso...
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Decoration: Opening initial, f. 3v, 6-line, tan and blue, infilled with stylized vines and leaves in blue, tan, green and orange-red, on a tan ground within a green frame; 2-line initials in light blue, green or orange-red with infilling and extensions of stylized leaves through f. 66; thereafter 5- to 2-line unornamented initials in the same colors, except for a poor attempt at leaf infilling...
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Notes in the margins in the scribe's[?] hand for the first text, enclosed in decorated and tinted frames, e.g. f. 5, within a ship; f. 6, on a pedestal; f. 36v, supported by grotesques with a dog's and a rabbit's head and with fish tails; f. 46, encircled by a dragon sprouting leaves from his mouth. In the lower margin of f. 42, a half figure of Christ[?] blessing. Crude sketches in lead of a...
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Input into Digital Scriptorium by: C. W. Dutschke, 8/6/2012.
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Belonged from an early date to the Cistercian abbey of St. Mary at Holme Cultram, Cumberland: on f. i verso, late 12th c. inscription, "Liber Sancte Marie De Homcoltran. Hec Continentur in hoc volumine Enchiridion Augustini, Prosper De vita contemplativa"; on f. 1, in the lower margin, 13th c, "Liber sancte Marie de holmo"; on the same leaf, in the upper margin, the pressmark, 15th c., "liber...
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22 July 2024
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22 July 2024
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