Commentaries on the Psalms (fragment).

Description

Title: Commentaries on the Psalms (fragment).
Published / Created: [between 1100 and 1110].
Publication Place: France or Italy
Abstract: Manuscript fragment on parchment of the commentaries of Arnobius the Younger and Jerome on the Psalms
Description: In Latin.
Script: written in Caroline minuscule.
Decoration: 2- and 3-line initials at the beginning of each commentary are in red uncials; they are frequently decorated with balls or cross-hatching; 1-line initials are in brown uncials with occasional use of rustic capital forms; the first several words of each commentary are written in brown rustic capitals; punctuated with the punctus, punctus elevatus, and punctus versus; hyphenation is in the same ink as the text; accents were added by a later hand.
Provenance: Gift of Edmund T. Silk; purchased from Kraus in 1948.
Extent: ff. 1-2 : 299 x 209 mm.
Extent of Digitization: This object has been completely digitized.
Language: Latin

Genre: Commentaries
Manuscripts, Medieval Italy 12th century
Manuscripts, Medieval France 12th 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. Psalms > Commentaries
Manuscripts, Medieval > Connecticut > New Haven
Italy > 12th century
France > 12th century
Medieval and Renaissance Manuscript Fragments in Beinecke Library
Medieval and Renaissance Manuscripts in Beinecke Library

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Citation: Commentaries on the Psalms (fragment). General Collection, Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Yale University.