Postils on the Gospels

Description

Title: Postils on the Gospels
Creator: Alberti, Petrus
Published / Created: [between 1400 and 1500]
Publication Place: Bohemia
Abstract: Manuscript on paper of Postillae ("sermons," or treatises) on the gospels and epistles in a style close to Petrus Alberti (or, Aldeberti, or Adalberti).
Description: In Latin.
Script: The main text (artt. 5-41) is copied by two hands in Gothica Cursiva Currens: hand (A) copied ff. 13r-108v (quires II-IX); and hand (B) copied ff. 109r-247v (quires X-XXI partim). The other texts are in similar script types.
Decoration: Missing on many pages (ff. 37r-40r, 41v-56r, 67v-78v, 85v-89r, 92v-93v, etc.), but there is red underlining, paragraph marks, stroking of majuscules and punctuation, red headings, and occasional annotations and indications of the sources.
Binding: original blind-tooled brown leather over wooden boards; both covers are decorated with a spread eagle, a rampant lion, and a fleur-de-lis, with an inscription on the front cover. Two leather and brass clasps are attached to the rear board while brass catches are on the front board.
Provenance: Purchased on the Edwin J. Beinecke Fund.
Extent: ff. i (parchment) + 260 + i (parchment) : 215 x 145 mm.
Extent of Digitization: This object has been completely digitized.
Language: Latin

Genre: Early works to 1800
Manuscripts, Medieval Bohemia (Czech Republic) 15th century
Medieval and Renaissance Manuscripts in Beinecke Library
Material: parchment ;
Resource Type: unspecified
Subject (Geographic): Connecticut
New Haven.
Subject (Name): Catholic Church
Subject (Topic): Liturgy
Church dedication sermons
Church year sermons
Manuscripts, Medieval
Subjects: Catholic Church > Liturgy
Church dedication sermons
Church year sermons > Early works to 1800
Manuscripts, Medieval > Connecticut > New Haven
Bohemia (Czech Republic) > 15th century
Medieval and Renaissance Manuscripts in Beinecke Library

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Citation: Alberti, Petrus, Postils on the Gospels. General Collection, Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Yale University.