De civitate Dei
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Description
- Title
- De civitate Dei
- Creator
- Augustine, of Hippo, Saint, 354-430
- Contributor
- Raoul, de Presles, 1316-1382.
- Published / Created
- [between 1400 and 1410]
- Publication Place
- France
- Abstract
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Manuscript on parchment (trimmed) of Augustine, De civitate Dei, translated into French by Raoul de Presles. Composed of 4 volumes, originally bound as 2.
- Description
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In French.
Script: Written in an informal batarde by one scribe who also added proper names in the margins.
The miniatures are dry and unoriginal copies of rather average quality. One large 2-column miniature of the Two Cities at the beginning of Bk. 1 (f. 5r) in a thin gold frame; on 3 sides a bar-border with pink, orange, and blue plant scrolls on a gold ground, surrounded by a full border of dense ivy in pink, red, orange, blue, and gold, with white highlights; interspersed with gold balls with hairsprays. Before the Prologue and all the remaining books, miniatures, 19- to 18-line (vols. 1-2) or 16- to 15-line (vols. 3-4), in thin frames, pink and blue, with white highlights, set within a gold band, with 3/4 bar borders in red, blue, and gold, highlighted in white, and a full ivy border, as described above (no orange).
Beneath each miniature there is a large initial, 7- to 5-line, blue or pink with scrolls and geometric forms in white highlighting, on blue or pink grounds respectively, set within thin gold frames, or blue and/or pink on a gold ground; both types filled with red and/or blue ivy scrolls with white highlights (in one case, v. 4, f. 74r, there is also a dragon terminal). Initials, 3- to 2-line, at the head of each chapter, gold edged in black, on pink and blue grounds with white highlights. Paragraph marks and book numbers, top center of each folio, recto and verso (which in v. 4, ff. 152r-54r read XXII instead of XXI) in the same manner. Ribbon line-fillers (in v. 3-4 only) red and blue, with gold dots or lozenges and white highlights, edged in black. Chapter headings and numeration in red (orange occasionally).
There are some stains, abrasions, and irregularities in the parchment throughout; none obscure text or miniatures.
Binding: Nineteenth century. Marbled and gilt edges. Blue goatskin heavily gold-tooled. Bound for Count Justin MacCarthy-Reagh. Spines mislabelled: II labelled IV, III labelled II, IV labelled III, I labelled correctly. - Provenance
- Collection of Sir Thomas Phillipps (no. 4359). Acquired from Dudley M. Colman through C. A. Stonehill in 1954 as the gift of the Yale Library Associates.
- Extent
- ff. ii + i + 219 + ii + ii + 187 + iv + ii + ii + iv + 146 + ii + ii + 211 + iv + ii : 345 x 253 (250 x 172) mm.
- Extent of Digitization
- This object has been partially digitized.
- Language
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French, Middle (ca. 1300-1600)
Collection Information
- Repository
- Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library
- Call Number
- Beinecke MS 215
- Related Resource Online
- View a detailed description.
- Container / Volume
- Vol. 4
Subjects, Formats, And Genres
- Genre
-
Translations
Manuscripts, Medieval France 15th century
Medieval and Renaissance Manuscripts in Beinecke Library - Material
- parchment ;
- Resource Type
- text
- Subject (Geographic)
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Connecticut
New Haven. - Subject (Name)
- Augustine, of Hippo, Saint, 354-430.
- Subject (Topic)
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Fathers of the church
French literature
Illumination of books and manuscripts, Medieval
Literature, Medieval
Manuscripts, Medieval - Subjects
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Augustine, of Hippo, Saint, 354-430
Fathers of the church
French literature > To 1500
Illumination of books and manuscripts, Medieval
Literature, Medieval > Translations
Manuscripts, Medieval > Connecticut > New Haven
France > 15th century
Medieval and Renaissance Manuscripts in Beinecke Library
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- 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
- Augustine, De Civitate Dei. General Collection, Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Yale University.
Identifiers
- Orbis Record
- 9795575
- Object ID (OID)
- 2053377
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