In Cantica Canticorum : with other works

Description

Title: In Cantica Canticorum : with other works
Creator: Cassiodorus, Senator, approximately 487-approximately 580
Published / Created: [circa 1250]
Publication Place: England
Abstract: Manuscript, on parchment, in two scribal hands, containing the text of this commentary on the Song of Solomon by Cassiodorus (fols. 1-26). This is followed by unidentified commentaries on the same text (fols. 26-64). The volume concludes with a copy of the Biblia Beatae Virginis (fols. 64-96).
Description: In Latin.
Commentary by Cassiodorus attributed to Bede in incipit (fol. 1r).
Erased ownership inscription: "Liber monastery Sc Marie ... Ste. ... wiknne."
Bookplate of Portsmouth Cathedral on front pastedown, with deaccession stamp dated 1941.
Layout: double columns of 38 lines.
Script: gothic script.
Decoration: rubricated.
Binding: medieval binding, pink doeskin over wooden boards; remains of metal clasps on lower board.
Provenance: From the library of the Augustine Priory of Our Lady and the Holy Cross at Spinney, Wicken, Cambridgeshire. Ex libris Portsmouth Cathedral Library. Purchased from Toshiyuki Takamiya on the Edwin J. Beinecke Book Fund, 2017.
Extent: 1 volume (96 leaves) : 295 mm x 207 mm
Extent of Digitization: This object has been completely digitized.
Language: Latin

Genre: Early works to 1800
Commentaries
Manuscripts, Medieval England 13th century
Medieval and Renaissance Manuscripts in Beinecke Library
Monasteries
Augustinians
Material: parchment ;
Resource Type: unspecified
Subject (Geographic): Connecticut
New Haven.
Subject (Name): Cassiodorus, Senator, approximately 487-approximately 580.
Mary, Blessed Virgin, Saint
Subject (Topic): Manuscripts, Medieval
Subjects: Cassiodorus, Senator, approximately 487-approximately 580
Mary, Blessed Virgin, Saint > Early works to 1800
Bible > Commentaries > Early works to 1800
Bible. Song of Solomon > Commentaries > Early works to 1800
Manuscripts, Medieval > Connecticut > New Haven
England > 13th century
Medieval and Renaissance Manuscripts in Beinecke Library
Monasteries > Wicken (Cambridgeshire, England) > Ownership
Takamiya, Toshiyuki > Ownership
Portsmouth Cathedral. Library > Bookplate
Priory of Spinney > Ownership
Augustinians > Wicken (Cambridgeshire, England) > Ownership

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Citation: Cassiodorus, In Cantica Canticorum (Takamiya MS 7). General Collection, Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript LIbrary, Yale University.