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1. Historia gentis Longobardorum, etc
- Creator:
- Paul, the Deacon, approximately 720-799?
- Published / Created:
- [between 1450 and 1500]
- Call Number:
- Marston MS 218
- Image Count:
- 196
- Resource Type:
- unspecified
- Abstract:
- Manuscript on paper of 1) Paul the Deacon, Historia gentis Longobardorum. 2) Palladius of Helenopolis, Liber de moribus Brachmanorum, translated into Latin
- Description:
- In Latin., Watermarks: similar to Piccard Ochsenkopf I.731-35., Script: Written in a cursive minuscule script, above top line; the first words of each chapter in large gothic bookhand., One initial, divided red and blue, 5-line, with red penwork flourishes, f. 1r; the initial may have been retouched by a contemporary hand. Plain red initials throughout; spaces for rubrics left unfilled, except for those at beginning of each book. Running headlines in red. Guide letters for decorator., and Binding: Nineteenth century, Germany. Quires cut in for sewing. Rigid vellum case with a red, gold-tooled label: "P. Diacon. De Gest. langobar". Early title in ink on fore edge: "De Gest. Longobardo".
- Subject (Geographic):
- Connecticut, New Haven., and India
- Subject (Name):
- Paul, the Deacon, approximately 720-799?
- Subject (Topic):
- Literature, Medieval, Lombards, Manuscripts, Medieval, and History
- Found in:
- Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Historia gentis Longobardorum, etc
