Imago Mundi (fragment).

Description

Title: Imago Mundi (fragment).
Alternative Title: De imagine mundi
Creator: Honorius, of Autun, approximately 1080-approximately 1156
Published / Created: [between 1140 and 1160].
Publication Place: Southern Germany and Germany
Abstract: Manuscript fragment on parchment of Honorius of Autun's Imago Mundi
Description: In Latin.
Script: written in late Caroline minuscule.
Decoration: 1-line initials in brown rustic capitals; the initials that begin new chapters are dotted with orange; punctuated with the punctus; hyphenation is in the same ink as the text; the marginal chapter headings are written by a contemporary hand in brown minuscule and are encircled in orange, with an orange line connecting each circle; the same orange is used to adorn the chapter initials and to mark roman numerals in the text.
Provenance: The fragment was used as the wrapper for another volume; some of the books in the Lambach library were bound in this method, suggesting the possibility that this leaf also comes from Lambach.
Extent: ff. 1 : 203 x 154 mm.
Extent of Digitization: This object has been completely digitized.
Language: Latin

Genre: Manuscripts, Medieval Germany 12th century
Medieval and Renaissance Manuscript Fragments in Beinecke Library
Medieval and Renaissance Manuscripts in Beinecke Library
Material: parchment ;
Resource Type: text
Subject (Geographic): Connecticut
New Haven.
Subject (Name): Honorius, of Autun, approximately 1080-approximately 1156.
Subject (Topic): Manuscripts, Medieval
Christian literature, Latin (Medieval and modern)
Subjects: Honorius, of Autun, approximately 1080-approximately 1156
Manuscripts, Medieval > Connecticut > New Haven
Christian literature, Latin (Medieval and modern)
Germany > 12th century
Medieval and Renaissance Manuscript Fragments in Beinecke Library
Medieval and Renaissance Manuscripts in Beinecke Library

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Citation: Honorius of Autun, Imago Mundi (fragment). General Collection, Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Yale University.