Historia scholastica]. (DS3327) (Q16763)
Jump to navigation
Jump to search
Manuscript metadata collected by Digital Scriptorium from Boston Public Library (8444660, MS f Med.12)
| Language | Label | Description | Also known as |
|---|---|---|---|
| English | Historia scholastica]. (DS3327) |
Manuscript metadata collected by Digital Scriptorium from Boston Public Library (8444660, MS f Med.12) |
Statements
Historia scholastica].
0 references
Ashburnham, Bertram Ashburnham, Earl of, 1797-1878
0 references
Manuscripts, Latin (Medieval and modern)--France
0 references
Manuscripts, Medieval--Massachusetts--Boston
0 references
Bible. Acts--Commentaries--Early works to 1800
0 references
Latin literature, Medieval and modern--Early works to 1800
0 references
Christian literature, Latin--Early works to 1800
0 references
Manuscripts, Latin (Medieval and modern)--Massachusetts--Boston
0 references
Education, Medieval--Textbooks--Early works to 1800
0 references
Bible. Acts--Paraphrases--Early works to 1800
0 references
between 1175 and 1199
12. century
1175Gregorian
1199Gregorian
0 references
Extent: 200 leaves : parchment ; 345 x 225 (255 x 167) mm
0 references
Ms. codex.
0 references
In Latin.
0 references
Bibliographic record created by BPL staff based on description by Dr. Lisa Fagin Davis.
0 references
Secundo folio: unus deus est.
0 references
Collation: Parchment, fol. i (modern paper) + 200 + i (modern paper) ; 1-258 ; quires signed on the center margin of the last verso of each quire and occasionally on the lower center margin of the first recto, signatures a-p preserved. Modern arabic pencil foliation, upper right corner of each recto.
0 references
Layout: Two columns, 45 lines. Ruled in light plummet.
0 references
Script: Written in a late romanesque/early gothic script in black ink with red rubrics, some rubricator guides preserved vertically in outer margin (e.g. fol. 38 and 39).
0 references
Decoration: 2-line red epigraphic capitals throughout; books begin with 5-9 line red epigraphic capitals.
0 references
Binding: Contemporary vellum over boards, rebacked by BPL 7/9/30, early 20th-century endpapers and pastedowns, front hinge detached, clasps and bosses lacking.
0 references
Origin: Written in France in the late 12th century.
0 references
Provenance: 16th-century inscription on fol. 1 recto; chapter titles (possibly contemporary with the main text) written in the margins along outter edge of the page. Formerly ms. n. 26 in a French monastic library (?); owned by Jean-Baptiste-Joseph Barrois (1784-1855), his 1849 sale (n. 121) to Bertram, the Fourth Earl of Ashburnham (1797-1878. BPL embossed stamp on first two leaves.
0 references
Immediate source of acquisition: Purchased at the Ashburnham sale, Sotheby's London, 10 June 1901, lot 142 to Sydney Cockerell for the Boston Public Library (Cockerell's notes on front flyleaf).
0 references
Call number: MS f Med.12.
0 references
Former call number: MS G.31.86.
0 references
Bibliography: Zoltan Haraszti, "Medieval Manuscripts in the Library," More Books III (1928): 61.
0 references
28 November 2023
0 references
28 November 2023
0 references