Verba Seniorum (Vitae Patrum) (fragment).

Description

Title: Verba Seniorum (Vitae Patrum) (fragment).
Published / Created: [between 1200 and 1250].
Publication Place: Italy
Abstract: Manuscript fragment on parchment of the Verba Seniorum, which comprises chapters 5-7 of the Vitae Patrum, a collection of Saint's Lives
Description: In Latin.
Script: written in rounded early gothic script (littera textualis).
Decoration: 2- and 3-line initials are in red with red and blue penwork; 1-line initials are in brown uncials; punctuated with the punctus, punctus elevatus, and colon; accents and hyphenation in the same ink as the text.
Provenance: The fragment was used as the wrapper of a copy of the Liber de divitiis ascribed to Pope Sixtus III.
Extent: ff. 1 : 315 x 230 mm.
Extent of Digitization: This object has been completely digitized.
Language: Latin

Genre: Manuscripts, Medieval Italy 13th 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
Saints
Lives and legends
Subjects: Vitae patrum
Manuscripts, Medieval > Connecticut > New Haven
Saints > Lives and legends
Italy > 13th century
Medieval and Renaissance Manuscript Fragments in Beinecke Library
Medieval and Renaissance Manuscripts in Beinecke Library

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Citation: Verba Seniorum (Vitae Patrum) (fragment). General Collection, Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Yale University.