(Q45731)
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23 July 2024
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De civitate Dei
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Augustine, of Hippo, Saint, 354-430
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Desportes, Philippe, 1546-1606
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Meerman, Gerard, 1722-1771
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Meerman, Johan, 1753-1815
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Phillipps, Thomas, Sir, 1792-1872
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Beatty, A. Chester Sir, 1875-1968
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Collège de Clermont (Paris, France)
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Manuscripts, Medieval--Italy--1250-1300
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Manuscripts, Medieval--Italy--1300-1350
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Manuscripts, Medieval--France--1250-1300
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Manuscripts, Medieval--France--1300-1350
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ca. 1300
14. century
1300Gregorian
1300Gregorian
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Extent: 290 leaves, bound : vellum ; 35 cm.
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Written in a slightly rounded gothic book hand in brownish ink in 2 columns, initials and headlines in blue and red with pen-work decoration.
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Perhaps written in Italy (to judge from the style of script) and illuminated in France.
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There are 2 historiated initials (ff. 1v, 13r) and 20 other illuminated initials with part-borders and foliate decoration.
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Bound in 16th-cent. French brown calf, stamped in gilt on front and back.
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In a tray case, 37 cm.
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Philippe Desportes, abbot of Tiron (ca. 1600; signature on front flyleaf); Collège de Clermont (inscription on front flyleaf); Gerard Meerman and John Meerman (sale, The Hague, 1824, lot 454); Sir Thomas Phillipps (MS 4600); A. Chester Beatty (Western MS 68; his sale, 1933, lot 51).
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Deposited by Philip Hofer, 1967; bequeathed, 1984.
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25 July 2024
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