Opera

Description

Title: Opera
Creator: Lactantius, approximately 240-approximately 320
Published / Created: [between 1425 and 1450]
Publication Place: Italy
Abstract: Manuscript on parchment of 1) Copy of passage omitted from Institutiones VII.9 and supplied in a later hand. 2) Prefatory material. 3) Lactantius, Divinarum Institutionum Libri VII. 4) Lactantius, De Opificio Dei. 5) Lactantius, De Ira Dei
Description: In Latin.
Script: Written by a single scribe in a "fractured" gothic script. Marginal notations by several later writers, one of whom made extensive corrections to the text and added Latin translations for the Greek passages.
Ten neat gold initials, 9- to 8-line, infilled and surrounded by white vinework on blue, pale green, and pale red grounds, with white dots and pale yellow highlights (ff. 9r, 33v, 53v, 77r, 100r, 119v, 144r, 163r, 163v, 177v). Greek quotations in red (only for ff. 1r-88r). Capitals and paragraph marks, alternating red and blue for ff. 2r-8v.
Binding: Eighteenth century. Brown calf case, gold- and blind-tooled with interesting pictorial tools.
Provenance: Collection of Sir Thomas Phillipps (no. 947). Presented to Yale in 1943 by Thomas E. Marston.
Extent: ff. i + 193 + ii : 280 x 192 (178 x 116) mm.
Extent of Digitization: This object has been completely digitized.
Language: Latin

Genre: Manuscripts, Medieval Italy 15th century
Medieval and Renaissance Manuscripts in Beinecke Library
Material: parchment ;
Resource Type: unspecified
Subject (Geographic): Connecticut
New Haven.
Subject (Name): Lactantius, approximately 240-approximately 320.
Subject (Topic): Apologies
Christian literature, Latin
Church history
Illumination of books and manuscripts, Medieval
Manuscripts, Medieval
Subjects: Lactantius, approximately 240-approximately 320
Apologies
Christian literature, Latin
Church history > Primitive and early church, ca. 30-600
Illumination of books and manuscripts, Medieval
Manuscripts, Medieval > Connecticut > New Haven
Italy > 15th century
Medieval and Renaissance Manuscripts in Beinecke Library

Access: Public
Rights: The use of this image may be subject to the copyright law of the United States (Title 17, United States Code) or to site license or other rights management terms and conditions. The person using the image is liable for any infringement.
Citation: Lactantius, Opera. General Collection, Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Yale University.