Gemma animae, etc
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Description
- Title
- Gemma animae, etc
- Creator
- Honorius, of Autun, approximately 1080-approximately 1156
- Contributor
- Beleth, Jean, -1182.
- Published / Created
- [between 1175 and 1200, ca. 1200]
- Publication Place
- England
- Abstract
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Manuscript on parchment composed of three distinct parts. Part I (ff. 1-64): Honorius of Autun, Gemma animae. Part II (ff. 65-80): Pseudo-Hugh of St. Victor, Speculum de mysteriis ecclesiae. Part III (ff. 81-122): Jean Beleth, Summa
- Description
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In Latin.
Script: Each part written by a different scribe, all in early gothic bookhand.
Part I: Initials, 12- to 2-line, red, green, blue, with exuberant designs in contrasting colors that often extend full length of folio, some trimmed. Headings in red. Part II: Decorative initials, 8- to 2-line, alternate red and blue, with designs in contrasting colors; plain initials, 1-line, some with simple ornamentation, in red or blue throughout. Heading in red. Guide-letters in inner margin. Part III: Simple initials, a few with designs. Paragraphs marks in red and/or black. Guide-letters in outer and inner margins; notes to rubricator perpendicular to written space in gutter and outer margin. Headings in red.
Binding: Nineteenth century. Vellum case with a black label, gold-tooled, and arms of Athelstan Riley on covers. Bound by John R. Hering, London, active 1817-35. - Provenance
- Presented by Thomas E. Marston to the Beinecke Library in 1964.
- Extent
- ff. ii + 122 + ii : 232 x 161 mm.
- Extent of Digitization
- This object has been partially digitized.
- Language
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Latin
Collection Information
- Repository
- Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library
- Call Number
- Beinecke MS 315
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Subjects, Formats, And Genres
- Genre
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Manuscripts, Medieval England 12th century
Medieval and Renaissance Manuscripts in Beinecke Library - Material
- parchment ;
- Resource Type
- unspecified
- Subject (Geographic)
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Connecticut
New Haven. - Subject (Name)
- Honorius, of Autun, approximately 1080-approximately 1156.
- Subject (Topic)
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Illumination of books and manuscripts, Medieval
Manuscripts, Medieval
Scholasticism - Subjects
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Honorius, of Autun, approximately 1080-approximately 1156
Illumination of books and manuscripts, Medieval
Manuscripts, Medieval > Connecticut > New Haven
Scholasticism
England > 12th century
Medieval and Renaissance Manuscripts in Beinecke Library
Access And Usage Rights
- Access
- Public
- Rights
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- Citation
- Honorius of Autun, Gemma Animae, etc. General Collection, Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Yale University.
Identifiers
- Orbis Record
- 9788091
- Object ID (OID)
- 2052983
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