Historia scholastica, with other works

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Title: Historia scholastica, with other works
Creator: Petrus, Comestor, active 12th century
Contributor: Hugh, of Saint-Victor, 1096?-1141.
Peter, of Poitiers, approximately 1080-1161.
Pseudo-Methodius.
Published / Created: circa 1225-1249.
Publication Place: England
Abstract: Manuscript volume, on paper, containing the complete text of Peter Comestor's Historia scholastica, with marginal glosses and later annotations. This work is preceded in the volume by the Compendium historiae in genealogia Christi of Peter of Poitiers, with complex genealogical diagrams in color. It is followed by the Prophesies of Pseudo-Methodius and the Allegoriae of Hugh of St. Victor
Description: In Latin.
Two original flyleaves. Manuscript preceded by three paper leaves to which bibliographical and historical notes about the texts contained in the volume have been affixed.
Script: small gothic book script.
Decoration: chapter headings in red; red and blue penwork initials.
Binding: twentieth-century full red morocco.
Provenance: Ex libris John Loveday. Previously owned by Henry Lake. Ex libris Walter Wilson Greg. Purchased from the Estate of Stephen John Keynes on the James Marshall and Marie-Louise Osborn Fund, 2019.
Extent: 151 leaves : 298 x 210 mm
Extent of Digitization: This object has been completely digitized.
Language: Latin

Genre: Early works to 1800
Manuscripts, Medieval England 13th century
Medieval and Renaissance Manuscripts in Beinecke Library
Material: parchment ;
Subject (Geographic): Connecticut
New Haven.
Subject (Name): Jesus Christ
Petrus, Comestor, active 12th century.
Subject (Topic): Genealogy
History Bibles
Manuscripts, Medieval
Subjects: Jesus Christ > Genealogy > Early works to 1800
Petrus, Comestor, active 12th century
Bible > History Bibles
Manuscripts, Medieval > Connecticut > New Haven
England > 13th century
Greg, W. W. (Walter Wilson), 1875-1959 > Bookplate
Keynes, Stephen John > Ownership
Lake, Henry > Presentation inscription from John Loveday
Loveday, John, 1711-1789 > Presentation inscription to Henry Lake
Medieval and Renaissance Manuscripts in Beinecke Library

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Citation: Petrus, Comestor, Historia scholastica with Other Works. General Collection, Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Yale University.