Expositio in regulam S. Benedicti (DS6434) (Q28639)
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Manuscript metadata collected by Digital Scriptorium from Western Michigan University (99509945291702436, WMU MS 163)
| Language | Label | Description | Also known as |
|---|---|---|---|
| English | Expositio in regulam S. Benedicti (DS6434) |
Manuscript metadata collected by Digital Scriptorium from Western Michigan University (99509945291702436, WMU MS 163) |
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Bernardus, Abbot of Monte Cassino, -1282
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Monasticism and religious orders--Early works to 1800
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Manuscripts, Latin (Medieval and modern)--Michigan--Kalamazoo
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Benedictines--Rules
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between 1450-1499
15. century
1450Gregorian
1499Gregorian
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Extent: ff. ii + 85 + ii : parchment ; 150 x 100 mm
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Ms. codex.
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The Commentary on the Rule of St. Benedict by Bernard Ayglerius (d. 1282), Abbot of Monte Cassino. The Rule of St. Benedict, written in the sixth century, was the foundational document for the life in Benedictine monasteries throughout the Middle Ages. Commentaries on the Rule, like this commentary by Beranrd Ayglerius, were also read in the chapter, and were an important part of the education...
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Binding: Bound in two pieces of brown leather, probably contemporary, sewn together horizontally, which is stitched over paste-boards formed from ten leaves from other manuscripts (now partially visial at the top, front and long the fore edge, back); leather turn-ins are covered with a paper leaf, now fragmentary, in the front, and by leather in the back, part of this leather is broken off...
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Leather showing considerable wear including a small hole in the back cover near the spine and with corners and some edges of the leather covers worn away.
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Illustration of St. Catherine's Wheel, similar to Briquet 13290, Perigord, 1491; cf. also Briquet 13252, Decizes 1499; 13275, Bourg 1496; and 13281, Chateaudun, 1540.
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From dealer description: Written in the later decades of the 15th century, probably ca. 1480-1500, in central or southwestern France, as indicated by the style of the script and the watermark. Popular in 15th century Benedictine and Cistercian monasteries, the text is likely copied for a monastic library. Only one sale of this text is listed in the Schoenberg Database. Medieval shelf-mark...
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2 February 2024
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2 February 2024
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