Commentary on Proverbs
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17278716
Description
- Title
- Commentary on Proverbs
- Creator
- Bede, the Venerable, Saint, 673-735
- Contributor
- Peter Lombard, Bishop of Paris, approximately 1100-1160.
- Published / Created
- [between 1125 and 1150]
- Publication Place
- England
- Abstract
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Manuscript, on parchment, in a single hand, containing the text of Bede's Commentary on the Proverbs (Super parabolas Solomonis), nearly complete. Four original endleaves, at front, contain twelfth-century extracts from Peter Lombard on the Epistle to the Hebrews; exhortational material; and Latin verses (first line: Amittit proscriptus opes nec possi reverti).
- Description
-
In Latin.
Armorial bookplate of William John Monson, Baron Monson on front pastedown.
Ownership inscription of Anthony Watson on recto of first front endleaf.
Ownership inscription of "roberti di cantuaria" on verso of final front endleaf.
Layout: single columns of 31 lines.
Script: English book hand.
Decoration: Rubricated. Two-line initials in red, blue or green with contrasting penwork; two larger initials in red, blue and green with penwork flourishes. Large illuminated initial (f1r) in gold, enclosing gold foliage on blue and green grounds.
Binding: nineteenth-century tooled brown leather over pasteboards; gold-lettered spine. - Provenance
- Previously owned by Robert of Canterbury (roberti di cantuaria); Anthony Watson. Ex libris William John Monson, Baron Monson. Purchased from Richard Linenthal (Sotheby's London sale, 2013 July 2, lot 60) on the Edwin J. Beinecke Book Fund, 2013.
- Extent
- 56 l. + 5 endleaves : 223 mm. x 150 mm.
- Extent of Digitization
- This object has been completely digitized.
- Language
-
Latin
Collection Information
- Repository
- Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library
- Call Number
- Beinecke MS 1192
- Related Resource Online
- View a detailed description.
- Container / Volume
- Box
Subjects, Formats, And Genres
- Genre
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Manuscripts, Medieval England 12th century
Medieval and Renaissance Manuscripts in Beinecke Library - Material
- parchment ;
- Resource Type
- unspecified
- Subject (Geographic)
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Connecticut
New Haven. - Subject (Name)
- Bede, the Venerable, Saint, 673-735.
- Subject (Topic)
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Commentaries
Early works to 1800
Latin poetry, Medieval and modern
Manuscripts, Medieval - Subjects
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Bede, the Venerable, Saint, 673-735
Bible. O.T. Proverbs > Commentaries > Early works to 1800
Latin poetry, Medieval and modern
Manuscripts, Medieval > Connecticut > New Haven
England > 12th century
Medieval and Renaissance Manuscripts in Beinecke Library
Monson, William John Monson, Baron, 1796-1862 > Bookplate
Access And Usage Rights
- 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
- Saint Bede the Venerable, Commentary on Proverbs. General Collection, Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Yale University.
Identifiers
- Orbis Record
- 12419701
- Object ID (OID)
- 17278716
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