Hagiographic Texts

Description

Title: Hagiographic Texts
Creator: Ephraem, Syrus, Saint, 303-373
Published / Created: [between 1450 and 1499].
Publication Place: Italy
Abstract: Manuscript on paper of Life of the patriarch Joseph son of Jacob, attributed to Ephraem Syrus (ca. 300-373). The text differs significantly from the known Sermo sancti Efrem in Ioseph. Manuscript also includes Conversion of St. Paul, Passion of St. Paul the Apostle, and Praise of St. Paul
Description: Script: Copied by a single hand in Humanistica Cursiva Currens.
Decoration: Orange-red headings in Humanistica Textualis; 3- to 4-line plain initials in the same colour on ff. 2r, 24r and 26r.
Binding: Original limp parchment binding, sewn on two leather thongs. Inscriptions on the spine and the front cover, both in ink.
In Italian.
Provenance: Purchased on the Edwin J. Beinecke Fund.
Extent: ff. 41 : 245 x 170 mm.
Extent of Digitization: This object has been completely digitized.
Language: Italian

Genre: Manuscripts, Medieval Italy 15th century
Medieval and Renaissance Manuscripts in Beinecke Library
Material: paper ;
Resource Type: unspecified
Subject (Geographic): Connecticut
New Haven.
Subject (Name): Ephraem, Syrus, Saint, 303-373.
Joseph, Saint.
Paul, the Apostle, Saint.
Subject (Topic): Christian hagiography
Manuscripts, Medieval
Subjects: Ephraem, Syrus, Saint, 303-373
Joseph, Saint
Paul, the Apostle, Saint
Christian hagiography
Manuscripts, Medieval > Connecticut > New Haven
Italy > 15th century
Medieval and Renaissance Manuscripts in Beinecke Library

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Citation: Ephraem Syrus, Hagiographic Texts. General Collection, Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Yale University.