Moralia in Job
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Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Moralia in Job
10621994
Description
- Title
- Moralia in Job
- Creator
- Gregory I, Pope, approximately 540-604
- Published / Created
- [ca. 1000]
- Publication Place
- Merseburg, Germany
- Abstract
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Manuscript on parchment of books I-IX of Gregory the Great, Moralia in Job, also containing two Masses: (1) feast of Charlemagne (Jan 28) and (2) feast of St Catherine (Nov 25); various prayers; scriptural excerpts; and a list of donations to the abbey of Mersburg
- Description
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In Latin.
Script: The main section is copied by various similar hands, in Carolingian script: hand (A) copied ff. 3v and 5r-65v; hand (B) ff. 66r-254v and 256r-259v; hand (C) f. 255r-v. The 15th century replacements for missing parts are copied in Gothica Hybrida Libraria, and the additional texts are copied by various 13th-14th century hands, writing in Gothica Textualis Libraria in various sizes, except art. 2, which is in Gothica Cursiva Antiquior.
Decoration: Limited and uneven, ceasing after f. 122r. A few simple initials. A small pen drawing of a young man sitting on a bench, with undecipherable accompanying text, and a dry-point sketch of a standing male figure.
Binding: 20th century brown morocco de luxe over cardboard, by Marguerite Duprez-Lahey (1880-1958); both covers blind-tooled with frames and disk motif, also apparent on the blind-tooled turn-ins; and the spine has four raised bands and gold-tooled inscriptions. - Provenance
- Donated by Werner, bishop of Merseburg (1063-1093), to the abbey of St. Peter's in Merseburg. Ex libris Estelle Doheny (1875-1958). Purchased on the Edwin J. Beinecke Fund.
- Extent
- ff. ii (paper) + 259 + ii (paper) : 340 x 255 mm.
- Extent of Digitization
- This object has been completely digitized.
- Language
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Latin
Collection Information
- Repository
- Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library
- Call Number
- Beinecke MS 1107
- Related Resource Online
- View a detailed description.
Subjects, Formats, And Genres
- Genre
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Commentaries
Manuscripts, Medieval Germany 11th century
Medieval and Renaissance Manuscripts in Beinecke Library - Material
- parchment ;
- Resource Type
- unspecified
- Subject (Geographic)
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Connecticut
New Haven. - Subject (Name)
- Gregory I, Pope, approximately 540-604.
- Subject (Topic)
- Manuscripts, Medieval
- Subjects
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Gregory I, Pope, approximately 540-604
Bible > Commentaries
Bible. O.T. Job
Manuscripts, Medieval > Connecticut > New Haven
Germany > 11th century
Doheny, Estelle, 1875-1958 > Bookplate
Medieval and Renaissance Manuscripts in Beinecke Library
Access And Usage Rights
- Access
- Public
- Rights
- The use of this image may be subject to the copyright law of the United States (Title 17, United States Code) or to site license or other rights management terms and conditions. The person using the image is liable for any infringement.
- Citation
- Gregory the Great, Moralia in Job. General Collection, Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Yale University.
Identifiers
- Orbis Record
- 9895858
- Object ID (OID)
- 10621994
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