(Q5642)
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Haimo, of Auxerre, -approximately 855
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San Pietro (Monastery : Savigliano, Italy)
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Bible. Song of Solomon--Criticism, interpretation, etc
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[between 1200 and 1230?]
13. century
1200Gregorian
1230Gregorian
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Extent: 59 leaves : parchment, illustrations ; 148 x 100 (98-102 x 56-60) mm bound to 154 x 110 mm
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Origin: Written in northern Italy, before 1230 (Les Enluminures).
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The text of this manuscript belongs to a group of manuscripts known as the William family, named after William of Volpiano, founder of the monastery of Fruttuaria, about 20 miles from Savigliano (Burton Van Edwards).
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Title from caption title (f. 1r).
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Ms. codex.
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Binding: Leather, probably 15th-century (Les Enluminures).
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Script: Written in two Gothic bookhands (f. 1r-51r, 51v-59r).
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Collation: Parchment, 59; 1-7⁸ 8³; horizontal catchwords on the last verso of gatherings 1, 2, and 7 (f. 8v, 16v, 56v); modern foliation in pencil, [1-59], lower right recto.
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Layout: Written in 23-27 (f. 1r-51r), with the first line above the top line, or 21-24 (f. 51v-59r) long lines; frame-ruled in lead; double bounding lines except at the bottom of the text block, where the bounding line is single (f. 1r-51r).
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Decoration: Biblical texts in margins surrounded by double red circles or triangles filled with yellow and decorated with red dots; 6-line initial in red and yellow and caption title in red (f. 1r); 2-line and 1-line initials in red (f. 1r -v); initials touched in red; additional vertical bounding lines in red ink (f. 1r-48v); angle-brackets in black and yellow (f. 51v-57r).
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Held in the library of the Benedictine monastery of St. Peter's in Savigliano in the 15th century, manuscript no. 31 (f. 1r).
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Sold by Les Enluminures (Paris and Chicago), 2008.
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29 August 2023
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29 August 2023
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