De laude virginitatis
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Description
- Title
- De laude virginitatis
- Creator
- Aldhelm, Saint, 640?-709
- Published / Created
- [between 800 and 815]
- Publication Place
- England
- Abstract
-
Manuscript on parchment of portions of Saint Aldhelm, De laude virginitatis, copied probably in Canterbury or Worcester. With glosses in Anglo-Saxon added between 950 and 1000, which may be of Kentish origin
- Description
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In Latin and Anglo-Saxon.
Script: Written by two scribes, Scribe 1, ff. 1r-9v: a vigorous and well spaced Anglo-Saxon minuscule; preference for minuscule d; strokes of letters often extend well into margin at end of line. Scribe 2, ff. 10r-26v: slightly cramped hand; preference for uncial d. Anglo-Saxon glosses added by several hands either in small upward-leaning Caroline minuscule or in a somewhat larger script that uses insular letter-forms.
Decorative initials, 5- to 2-line, in black surrounded by red dots; smaller initials, 2- to 1-line, in red, often with traces of yellow. Letters, stroked with red, many now oxidized; occasional punctuation in red.
Folios 8, 9, and 22 have been used as wrappers; mutilated with loss of text. Significant water damage on ff. 19r-20v, 26r; rewritten by later scribe.
Binding: ca. 1850. Olive paper case with "Middle Hill boards," bound by George Bretherton of Gloucester who worked for Sir Thomas Phillipps, 1848-51. - Provenance
- Collection of Sir Thomas Phillipps. Acquired from H. P. Kraus in 1970 as the gift of Edwin J. Beinecke.
- Extent
- ff. i + 26 + i : 198 x 145 (138 x 110) mm.
- Extent of Digitization
- This object has been completely digitized.
- Language
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Latin
English, Old (ca. 450-1100)
Collection Information
- Repository
- Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library
- Call Number
- Beinecke MS 401
- Related Resource Online
- View a detailed description.
- Container / Volume
- Box
Subjects, Formats, And Genres
- Genre
-
Manuscripts, Medieval England 9th century
Medieval and Renaissance Manuscripts in Beinecke Library - Material
- parchment ;
- Resource Type
- unspecified
- Subject (Geographic)
-
Connecticut
New Haven. - Subject (Name)
- Aldhelm, Saint, 640?-709.
- Subject (Topic)
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Christian literature, Latin (Medieval and modern).
English literature
Manuscripts, Medieval - Subjects
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Aldhelm, Saint, 640?-709
Christian literature, Latin (Medieval and modern).
English literature > Old English, ca. 450-1100
Manuscripts, Medieval > Connecticut > New Haven
England > 9th century
Medieval and Renaissance Manuscripts in Beinecke Library
Access And Usage Rights
- Access
- Public
- Rights
- The use of this image may be subject to the copyright law of the United States (Title 17, United States Code) or to site license or other rights management terms and conditions. The person using the image is liable for any infringement.
- Citation
- Aldhelm, De Laude Virginitatis. General Collection, Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Yale University.
Identifiers
- Orbis Record
- 9731548
- Object ID (OID)
- 2015174
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