Life of St. Lambert

Description

Title: Life of St. Lambert
Creator: Sigebert, of Gembloux, approximately 1030-1112
Contributor: Nicolaus, Leodiensis, canonicus, 12th century.
Published / Created: [ca. 1450].
Publication Place: Belgium
Abstract: Manuscript on parchment of Vita S. Lamberti, by Nicolaus canonicus Leodiensis (12th cent.), Sigebertus Gemblacensis (c. 1030-1112), Godescalcus canonicus Leodiensis (8th cent.), and Godescalcus diaconus Leodiensis
Description: In Latin.
Script: copied by two hands in Gothica Hybrida Libraria: A, ff. 1r-16r (artt. 1-7); B, f. 16v (artt. 8-10), in a more rapid form of the script.
Decoration: Headings and stroking of majuscules in red. A 6-line red initial on f. 1ra; and elsewhere there are various red plain initials (2-5 lines).
Binding: 18th or 19th century brown speckled paper over pasteboard.
Provenance: The present two quires are part of a larger manuscript, which belonged to the collection of Richard Heber (1773-1833). Bookplate
Extent of Digitization: This object has been completely digitized.
Language: Latin

Genre: Manuscripts, Medieval Belgium 15th century
Medieval and Renaissance Manuscripts in Beinecke Library
Resource Type: unspecified
Subject (Geographic): Connecticut
New Haven.
Subject (Name): Lambert, Saint, Bishop of Maastricht, ca. 635-ca. 705.
Sigebert, of Gembloux, approximately 1030-1112.
Subject (Topic): Christian hagiography
Manuscripts, Medieval
Subjects: Lambert, Saint, Bishop of Maastricht, ca. 635-ca. 705
Sigebert, of Gembloux, approximately 1030-1112
Christian hagiography
Henriette, Duchess of Vendôme 1870-1948 > Bookplate
Manuscripts, Medieval > Connecticut > New Haven
Belgium > 15th century
Medieval and Renaissance Manuscripts in Beinecke Library

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Citation: Sigebert of Gembloux, Vita Sancti Lamberti. General Collection, Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Yale University.