Apocalypse commentary

Description

Title: Apocalypse commentary
Creator: Berengaudus, active approximately 859
Published / Created: [between 1000 and 1100].
Publication Place: Northern France(?)
Abstract: Manuscript on parchment of Berengaudus of Ferrières (9th cent.): 1) Expositio super septem visiones libri Apocalypsis, falsely attributed to St Ambrose; and 2) auctoris admonitio, a supplement to art. 1.
Description: In Latin.
Script: the main part of the codex (quires I-XXII) is copied by three hands in late Caroline handwriting: A copied ff. 1r-12r and 38r20-172v; B copied ff. 12v-38r19; and C copied ff. 173r-180v.
Decoration: extremely limited and applied inconsistently.
Binding: red morocco over pasteboard, dated 1904 and signed "K.A." [Katharine Adams at Broadway, Worcestershire]; and the spine has four raised bands and gold-tooled inscriptions. The previous binding was 19th century parchment over pasteboard.
Extent: ff. iii + 191 + iii : 180 x 125 mm.
Extent of Digitization: This object has been completely digitized.
Language: Latin

Genre: Commentaries
Manuscripts, Medieval France 11th century
Medieval and Renaissance Manuscripts in Beinecke Library
Material: parchment ;
Resource Type: unspecified
Subject (Geographic): Connecticut
New Haven.
Subject (Name): Berengaudus, active approximately 859.
Subject (Topic): Manuscripts, Medieval
Subjects: Berengaudus, active approximately 859
Bible > Commentaries
Bible. N.T. Revelation
Manuscripts, Medieval > Connecticut > New Haven
France > 11th century
Medieval and Renaissance Manuscripts in Beinecke Library

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Citation: Berengaudus, Apocalypse commentary. General Collection, Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Yale University.