Moralia in Iob

Description

Title: Moralia in Iob
Creator: Gregory I, Pope, approximately 540-604
Published / Created: [ca. 1200]
Publication Place: Southeastern France
Abstract: Manuscript fragment on parchment of Gregorius Magnus (Gregory the Great, pope 590-604), Moralia in Iob
Description: In Latin.
Script: written in bold Praegothica marked by strong bifurcation at the top of the ascenders, frequent use of lengthened i, unusual ct-ligature and the Southern form of tironian et.
The text opens with a 6-line decorated initial P, half inset, with long tail in the margin in red and blue.
The inner margin is trimmed, damaging part of the initial on the recto. Both pages are stained and the recto (hair side) is worn.
Provenance: In the upper margin of the recto, in a s. XV hand, the ownership inscription "Iste liber est *************** sancti Hugonis Carthusiensis ordinis". This is the Carthusian abbey of St. Hugon in the diocese of Grenoble, founded 1172.
Extent: f. 1 : ca. 380 x ca. 265 mm.
Extent of Digitization: This object has been completely digitized.
Language: Latin

Genre: Commentaries
Manuscripts, Medieval France 13th century
Medieval and Renaissance Manuscript Fragments in Beinecke Library
Medieval and Renaissance Manuscripts in Beinecke Library
Material: parchment ;
Resource Type: unspecified
Subject (Geographic): Connecticut
New Haven.
Subject (Name): Gregory I, Pope, approximately 540-604.
Subject (Topic): Manuscripts, Medieval
Subjects: Gregory I, Pope, approximately 540-604
Bible > Commentaries
Bible. O.T. Job
Manuscripts, Medieval > Connecticut > New Haven
France > 13th century
Medieval and Renaissance Manuscript Fragments in Beinecke Library
Medieval and Renaissance Manuscripts in Beinecke Library

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Citation: Gregory the Great, Moralia in Iob. General Collection, Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Yale University.