(Q49643)
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ca. 1210-1240
13. century
1210Gregorian
1240Gregorian
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Extent: fols. 1; membrane; 230 x 115 (192 x 72)
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Layout: 1 column, 51 lines
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Decoration: Nine 2-5 line initials in alternating red and blue with penwork in the contrasting color
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Foliated “39” in pencil at top right corner of recto
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Verso, , line 5: correction by subpunction and insertion in different colored ink, but in a contemporary hand
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Ruled in plummet
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Written in ledger book format
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Provenance: Formerly the property of Otto Ege, Cleveland, OH. Ege broke this manuscript and distributed 40 of its folios as part of his portfolio set, Fifty Original Leaves. See Scott Gwara, Otto Ege’s Manuscripts, HL 7
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Text from the second redaction of the Aurora, Petrus Riga’s metrical paraphrase of the Bible, featuring lines 259-343 retelling a portion of Numbers
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Incipit: Sic cristi corpus surgens de pulvere mortis
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Explicit: Post illam macheloth…secunda paratur
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26 August 2024
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26 August 2024
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