Liber de vita Christiana and Libellus de Sacramentis

Description

Title: Liber de vita Christiana and Libellus de Sacramentis
Creator: Bonizo, of Sutri, approximately 1045-approximately 1095
Published / Created: [between 1125 and 1150]
Publication Place: Italy
Abstract: Manuscript on parchment, in a single hand, containing two works by Bonizo, Bishop of Sutri
Description: Bonizo of Sutri was born around 1045, probably in Milan, and was appointed bishop of Sutri soon after his arrival in Rome in 1074. He was sent to Cremona as papal legate in 1078. Bonizo sided with Gregory VII during the investiture controversy, and lived for several years under the protection of Countess Mathilda of Tuscany.
In Latin.
Binding: modern full red leather.
Provenance: From the library of Thomas Gascoigne. Ex libris Heythrop College, Oxford. Bergendal Collection of Mediaeval Manuscripts (Bergandal 99). Purchased from Bernard Quaritch, Ltd., (Sotheby's sale, 2011 July 5, lot 43) on the Herman W. Liebert Book Fund, 2011.
Extent: 123 l. : 184mm. x 117mm.
Extent of Digitization: This object has been completely digitized.
Language: Latin

Genre: Early works to 1800
Manuscripts, Medieval Italy 12th century
Medieval and Renaissance Manuscripts in Beinecke Library
Material: parchment ;
Resource Type: unspecified
Subject (Geographic): Connecticut
New Haven.
Subject (Name): Bonizo, of Sutri, approximately 1045-approximately 1095.
Subject (Topic): Canon law
Manuscripts, Medieval
Subjects: Bonizo, of Sutri, approximately 1045-approximately 1095
Canon law > Early works to 1800
Manuscripts, Medieval > Connecticut > New Haven
Italy > 12th century
Medieval and Renaissance Manuscripts in Beinecke Library

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Citation: Bonizo, Bishop of Sutri, Liber de Vita Christiana and Libellus de Sacramentis. General Collection, Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Yale University.