Historia scholastica, etc

Description

Title: Historia scholastica, etc
Alternative Title: Historia scholastica
Creator: Petrus, Comestor, active 12th century
Contributor: Peter, of Poitiers, approximately 1130-1205.
Published / Created: [between 1250 and 1300]
Publication Place: France
Abstract: Manuscript on parchment of Petrus Comestor, Historia scholastica. With a Commentary on the Acts of the Apostles attributed to Petrus Pictaviensis
Description: In Latin.
Script: Written in small neat gothic textura by two scribes. Scribe 1) ff. 1r-214v; Scribe 2) ff. 214v (bottom of first column) -279r. Writing is above top line.
Numerous calligraphic initials in red or blue with simple penwork designs of the same colors; some letters have green added as well. Running titles in red.
Portions of the text are faded and difficult to read.
Binding: Eighteenth century. Red goat-skin, gold-tooled. Two paper flyleaves inserted at beginning contain extracts from the library catalogue of the duc de la Valliere and from the Nouveau dictionnaire historique.
Provenance: Presented to Yale in 1928 by Frank Altschul.
Extent: ff. iv + 279 + ii : 264 x 176 (189 x 119) mm.
Extent of Digitization: This object has been completely digitized.
Language: Latin

Genre: Manuscripts, Medieval France 13th century
Medieval and Renaissance Manuscripts in Beinecke Library
Material: parchment ;
Resource Type: unspecified
Subject (Geographic): Connecticut
New Haven.
Subject (Name): Petrus, Comestor, 12th cent.
Subject (Topic): History Bibles
Catenae
Manuscripts, Medieval
Subjects: Petrus, Comestor, 12th cent
Bible > History Bibles
Bible. Acts
Catenae
Manuscripts, Medieval > Connecticut > New Haven
France > 13th century
Medieval and Renaissance Manuscripts in Beinecke Library

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Citation: Petrus Comestor, Historia Scholastica, etc. General Collection, Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Yale University.