Historia scholastica, [1190s].

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Title: Historia scholastica, [1190s].
Alternative Title: Historia scholastica
Creator: Petrus, Comestor, active 12th century
Abstract: Manuscript on parchment, illuminated, in several proto-Gothic bookhands, of the Historia Scholastica, probably produced in the scriptorium of the monastery of Sutton-at-Hone. The text is complete but does not contain Comestor's later "additions" to the original chapters
Description: In Latin.
Text is heavily glossed in several hands.
Illuminated initials; rubricated.
Ownership: Benedict, Vicar of Sutton; Cathedral Priory of St. Andrew, Rochester, Kent; Philip Mainwaring, Esq. of Over Peover; Sir Henry Mainwaring. Also Royal Archaeological Institute and Warrington Public Library.
Binding: 19th century full paneled calf.
Provenance: Ex libris Benedict, Vicar of Sutton. Ex libris Cathedral Priory of St. Andrew, Rochester, Kent. Ex libris Philip Mainwaring, Esq. of Over Peover. Ex libris Sir Henry Mainwaring. Ex libris Royal Archaeological Institute. Ex libris Warrington Public Library. Purchased from Les Enluminures on the James Marshall and Marie-Louise Osborn Fund, 2003.
Extent: 1 33 cm. x 23 cm. vol. (244 l). ;
Extent of Digitization: This object has been completely digitized.
Language: Latin

Genre: Commentaries
Early works to 1800
Medieval and Renaissance Manuscripts in Beinecke Library
Resource Type: unspecified
Subject (Name): Petrus, Comestor, 12th cent.
Subject (Topic): History Bibles
Illumination of books and manuscripts, English
Subjects: Petrus, Comestor, 12th cent
Bible > Commentaries > Early works to 1800
Bible > History Bibles
Illumination of books and manuscripts, English
Medieval and Renaissance Manuscripts in Beinecke Library
Benedict, Vicar of Sutton > Ownership
Mainwaring, Philip, Esq. of Over Peover > Ownership
Mainwaring, Henry Sir > Ownership
Cathedral Priory of St. Andrew > Rochester, Kent > Ownership
Royal Archaeological Institute > Ownership
Warrington Public Library > Ownership

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Citation: Petrus Comestor, Historia Scholastica. James Marshall and Marie-Louise Osborn Collection, Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Yale University.