(Q52698)
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Commentaria in Vetus Testamentum, Genesis, Libri I et II Regum
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Isidore, of Seville, Saint, -636
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Abbazia di Morimondo
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Acquafredda (Monastery : Milan, Italy)
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Giovio, Paolo, 1483-1552
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Giovio, Francesco, active 19th century
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Martini, Giuseppe, 1870-1944
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Moffitt, James K. 1865-1955
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Manuscrits médiévaux--Californie--Berkeley
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Manuscrits latins médiévaux et modernes--Californie--Berkeley
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Bible. Old Testament--Commentaries--Early works to 1800
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Manuscripts, Medieval--California--Berkeley
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Manuscripts, Latin (Medieval and modern)
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Manuscripts, Latin (Medieval and modern)--California--Berkeley
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between 1175 and 1199
12. century
1175Gregorian
1199Gregorian
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Extent: 144 leaves : parchment ; 240 x 160 (175 x 113) mm bound to 244 x 161 mm
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Extent: 1 microfilm reel : negative (Box 1021:2) & positive (BANC MS UCB 16 FILM)
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negative (Box 1021:2) & positive (BANC MS UCB 16 FILM)
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Transferred from abbey of origin at Morimondo to the daughter abbey of Acquafredda in Como at the beginning of 13th cent. (on last flyleaf is written in a 13th cent hand: "Liber Sancte Marie de Aqua Frigida"). Formerly in possession of Joseph Martini (catalogue 26, no. 12), who falsely attributed it to have been in the library of Paolo Giovio of Como (1483-1552); likely from the library of...
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Ms. codex.
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Title from modern inscription on front pastedown.
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Collation: Parchment, fol. ii + 144 + ii (2nd flyleaf now pastedown); 18 (+ half sheet added for table and preface of Genesis) 2-68 78 (+ one-third sheet added for table of Exodus) 8-108 118 (+ one-fourth sheet added for table of Numbers) 12-138 146 (+2) 15-178 186 (+2); catchwords at the end of each quire; quires 3 and 4 signed "iiii"; quire 6 signed "vi."
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Layout: 22-23 long lines; ruled in lead.
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Script: Written in a Caroline-gothic script by one hand; additions written by several other hands.
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Decoration: 7 contemporary pen-and-ink drawings in margins, some touched in red, of a snake, fish, geometrical forms, grotesque and chimerical animals; 3- 11-line initials in red, decorated in void, some with pen-flourishing in black; 1-line initials within text in red and green; corrections in the text, marginalia and commentary often enclosed in a decorated frame.
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Binding: 17th cent. goatskin over contemporary thick wooden boards cut square; top cover detached.
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Origin: Probably written in the Cistercian abbey of Morimondo (founded Nov. 10, 1134, Diocese of Milan), to judge by the entry "Item Ysidorus super vetum testamentum" in an inventory of books of this monastery (inventory is part of a lectionary in the collection of Philip Hofer, De Ricci, p. 1693, no. 5), and also by the characteristic script.
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Shelfmark: Berkeley, CA The Bancroft Library, UC Berkeley, MS UCB 16.
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Former shelfmark: MAR 23.
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Former shelfmark: Berkeley, CA The Bancroft Library, UC Berkeley, 2MS BS1145.I8.
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20 September 2024
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20 September 2024
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