Canticum canticorum, with glossa ordinaria

Description

Title: Canticum canticorum, with glossa ordinaria
Published / Created: [between 1175 and 1200]
Publication Place: Tuscany
Abstract: Manuscript on parchment (scraps, endpieces) of the Canticum canticorum, with glossa ordinaria
Description: In Latin.
Script: Text written in large round late caroline minuscule; commentary in a similar, but smaller script with many abbreviations.
One unpretentious illuminated initial, f. 1r, 3-line, yellow edged in red, against blue and red ground with yellow filigree, filled with stylized vine-stem ornament, white with green and yellow shading. First word of text in alternating letters, red and brown with yellow touches. Small initials in blue or red. Guide letters for rubricator throughout.
Binding: Nineteenth century, Italy. Quarter bound in vellum, spine worm-eaten and peeling; blue-grey paper sides. Title in rectangular frame, in ink, on spine: "Cant. Salo. MS".
Provenance: Purchased from C. A. Stonehill in 1948 by Thomas E. Marston.
Extent: ff. iii + 63 + iii : 178 x 127 (102 x 86) mm.
Extent of Digitization: This object has been completely digitized.
Language: Latin

Genre: Manuscripts, Medieval
Medieval and Renaissance Manuscripts in Beinecke Library
Material: parchment ;
Resource Type: unspecified
Subject (Geographic): Connecticut
New Haven.
Subject (Topic): Illumination of books and manuscripts, Medieval
Manuscripts, Medieval
Subjects: Bible. O.T. Song of Solomon
Glossa ordinaria
Illumination of books and manuscripts, Medieval
Manuscripts, Medieval > Connecticut > New Haven
Medieval and Renaissance Manuscripts in Beinecke Library

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Citation: Canticum Canticorum, with Glossa Ordinaria. General Collection, Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Yale University.