Catenae

Description

Title: Catenae
Creator: Robert, of Bridlington, 1167
Published / Created: [between 1150 and 1200]
Publication Place: England
Abstract: Manuscript on parchment of 1) Robert of Bridlington, Catena on Romans, begins imperfectly at 1. 24; missing Romans 9.17-21 (and portions of 9.16, 22). 2) Robert of Bridlington, Catena on 1 Corinthians; missing 7.39-15.44. 3) Robert of Bridlington, Catena on 2 Corinthians; ends abruptly at 12.20.
Description: In Latin.
Script: Written in a neat gothic bookhand by three scribes. Scribe 1) ff. 1r-2v; 2) 3r-22v, 51r-71v; 3) ff. 22v-50v, 72r-96v.
Large elegant initial, 26-line, in red penwork, on f. 72r; smaller similar initial, 16-line, in green with red highlights, also on f. 72r; simple decorative letters, 14- and 6-line, green and red respectively, on f. 51r. Quotations from Bible and marginal notes referring to authors cited, in red. Modern illuminated title page inserted as f. iii: "Catena Commentariorum S. S. Patrum, in Epistolis ad Romanos et Corinthios. M. S. Saeculi XIV".
Binding: Nineteenth century. Russia leather, blind-tooled, over wooden boards; 4 metal bosses on each cover; leather thong.
Provenance: Purchased by Henry Fletcher from Dawson's Book Shop, Los Angeles; his gift to Yale in 1950.
Extent: ff. ii + i + i + 96 + i : 350 x 239 (268 x 181) mm.
Extent of Digitization: This object has been partially digitized.
Language: Latin

Genre: Manuscripts, Medieval England 12th century
Medieval and Renaissance Manuscripts in Beinecke Library
Material: parchment ;
Resource Type: unspecified
Subject (Geographic): Connecticut
New Haven.
Subject (Name): Robert, of Bridlington, 1167.
Subject (Topic): Catenae
Illumination of books and manuscripts, Medieval
Manuscripts, Medieval
Scholasticism
Subjects: Robert, of Bridlington, 1167
Bible. N.T. Corinthians
Bible. N.T. Romans
Catenae
Illumination of books and manuscripts, Medieval
Manuscripts, Medieval > Connecticut > New Haven
Scholasticism
England > 12th century
Medieval and Renaissance Manuscripts in Beinecke Library

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Citation: Robert of Bridlington, Catenae. General Collection, Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Yale University.