Bible, Wisdom Books (fragment).

Description

Title: Bible, Wisdom Books (fragment).
Published / Created: [between 1090 and 1099]
Publication Place: Italy
Abstract: Manuscript fragment on parchment of the biblical Wisdom Books
Description: In Latin.
Script: written in Caroline minuscule.
Decoration: 2-line initials are in red square capitals filled with yellow; 1-line initials are in brown rustic capitals; the incipit is written in red and the explicit in brown rustic capitals; punctuated with the punctus.
Provenance: The fragment was used as the binding of another volume; the name "Appollinare Matterozzi" is written on the verso in a seventeenth-century hand.
Extent: ff. 1 : 320 x 220 mm.
Extent of Digitization: This object has been completely digitized.
Language: Latin

Genre: Manuscripts, Medieval Italy 11th century
Medieval and Renaissance Manuscript Fragments in Beinecke Library
Medieval and Renaissance Manuscripts in Beinecke Library
Material: parchment ;
Resource Type: unspecified
Subject (Geographic): Connecticut
New Haven.
Subject (Topic): Manuscripts, Medieval
Subjects: Bible. Wisdom of Solomon
Bible. Sirach
Manuscripts, Medieval > Connecticut > New Haven
Italy > 11th century
Medieval and Renaissance Manuscript Fragments in Beinecke Library
Medieval and Renaissance Manuscripts in Beinecke Library

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Citation: Bible, Wisdom Books (fragment). General Collection, Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Yale University.