(Q43890)
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Miscellanies--England--13th century
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Sketches--England--13th century
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between 1200 and 1215
13. century
1200Gregorian
1215Gregorian
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Extent: ff. 147 : parchment ; 110 x 150 mm
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Owner-produced collection of theological materials written in England in the first third of the thirteenth century. Works are mainly in prose in the form of full sermons, which are sometimes reduced to sententiae; the preaching material towards the end is arranged schematically into distinctions. Among the authors cited are Stephen Langton as archbishop (e.g. f. 57), John of Cornwall (e.g. f...
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Span folios: ff. 1-147v. Support: Parchment. Layout: 1-38 48(+2) 58(to f. 41) 68(ff. 42-47) 710 812 96(ff. 70-74; 5 is a stub) 108(5 is cut away between ff. 78-79, apparently with text missing) 118 1210(-6, 9) 13-1412 1510 168(1 and 2 are stubs, but with text) 178. Signed in roman numerals on the last folio verso of each quire in the upper margin, II-[XIII]; the first quire is now missing...
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The texts have contemporary cross-referencing, consisting of quire numbers, leaves within the quire, sometimes the page, the position on the page, a mention of the rubric and a tie mark, for example: f. 91v, "Ad idem in anteriori parte ultimi folii iiiiti quaterni versus finem. Et in anteriori parte secundi folii v quaterni circa medium de herbis" (with no corresponding marks on ff. 24, 26 to...
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Decoration: Rubrics, when present, are usually in red; on ff. 110-123, they are in the ink of the text touched in green, as are the authorities carefully listed in the margins. Initials are seldom more than 2 lines in height, and usually plain red; occasionally they may be in green, yellow or a bright turquoise blue. The first letters of the distinctions on ff. 124-135 are touched in red...
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Input into Digital Scriptorium by: C. W. Dutschke, 8/21/2012.
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In sale catalogue 106 of H. W. Edwards, 1963, n. 22. Acquired by the Huntington Library at that time.
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22 July 2024
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22 July 2024
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