De civitate Dei (DS10082) (Q44348)

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Manuscript metadata collected by Digital Scriptorium from University of Missouri (Fragmenta Manuscripta 009, Fragmenta Manuscripta 009)
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De civitate Dei (DS10082)
Manuscript metadata collected by Digital Scriptorium from University of Missouri (Fragmenta Manuscripta 009, Fragmenta Manuscripta 009)

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    John Bagford (1650s-1716) to St. Martin-in-the-Fields; sale 1861 to Sir Thomas Phillipps, n.15758; his sale 22 May, 1913, lot 742; Sir Sydney Cockerell (1867-1962) sale Sotheby's 3 April, 1957; William Salloch (Ossining NY) Cat. 258 (1968) to U. Missouri.
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    s. XII(2); 1150-1199
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    Binding: Not bound.
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    Other decoration, f. 1r-v: 8-line decorated initial on recto (originally verso), formed of reserve parchment defined with red strips of varying widths on the outer edge. A stem with three, thick petals at circular terminus curves upward in interior.
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    Number of scribes, f. 1r-v: 1.
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    Script, f. 1r-v: Romanesque.
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    Layout, f. 1r-v: Recto/verso sides as fragment are opposite to recto/verso in original ms. 1 col., probably of 2, single bounding lines. 21 lines visible, 7 mm apart. Ruling in leadpoint. Brown Ink.
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    Bibliography: M. McC. Gatch, "Fragmenta Manuscripta and Varia at Missouri and Cambridge," Transactions of the Cambridge Bibliographical Society9 (1990) 434-75.
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    f. 1r-v: Initial is in style of early Ottonian illumination, foliate decoration was widespread in English Mss of s. XII.
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    f. 1r-v: Latin.
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    f. 1r-v: Contains part of xvii.23, 24, and xviii.1.
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    23 July 2024
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    23 July 2024
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