Catena on Job

Description

Title: Catena on Job
Creator: Nicetas, Archbishop of Heraclea, active 11th century
Published / Created: [between 1550 and 1600]
Publication Place: Italy (?)
Abstract: Manuscript on paper (polished).
Description: In Greek.
Watermarks: similar to Briquet Chapeau 3467, 3486, 3488, 3489 and 3507; unidentified crossbow.
Script: Written by a single scribe who is the same as Scribe 2 in Beinecke MS 289, as Scribe 3 in MS 290, and as Scribe 1 in MS 490.
Floral headpiece, in red, on f. 9r; elaborate initials, 10- to 2-line, in red, throughout text, many with accompanying floral motifs. Headings and most marginalia in red.
Binding: Eighteenth century. Edges spattered red and blue/green. Rigid vellum case. According to J. L. Sharpe this manuscript was bound at the Jesuit College of Clermont, Paris.
Provenance: Belonged to Sir Thomas Phillipps (no. 14041). Purchased from L. C. Witten with funds from the Jacob Ziskind Charitable Trust in 1957.
Extent: ff. ii + 220 + ii : 300 x 211 (210 x 122) mm.
Extent of Digitization: This object has been completely digitized.
Language: Greek, Ancient (to 1453)

Genre: Manuscripts, Medieval Italy 16th century
Medieval and Renaissance Manuscripts in Beinecke Library
Material: paper ;
Resource Type: unspecified
Subject (Geographic): Connecticut
New Haven.
Subject (Name): Nicetas, Archbishop of Heraclea, active 11th century.
Subject (Topic): Catenae
Manuscripts, Medieval
Subjects: Nicetas, Archbishop of Heraclea, active 11th century
Bible. O.T. Job
Catenae
Manuscripts, Medieval > Connecticut > New Haven
Italy > 16th century
Medieval and Renaissance Manuscripts in Beinecke Library

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Citation: Nicetas of Heraclea, Catena on Job. General Collection, Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Yale University.