Basil Saint, Bishop of Caesarea, approximately 329-379
Published / Created:
[between 890 and 910].
Call Number:
Beinecke MS 481.3
Image Count:
2
Resource Type:
unspecified
Abstract:
Manuscript fragment on parchment of St. Basil of Caesarea, Regula ad Monachos (translated into Latin by Rufinus of Aquileia).
Description:
In Latin., Script: written in Visigothic minuscule., and Decoration: 2-line initials in brown uncials with occasional red-orange filling; 1-line initials in brown uncials; chapter headings in a script with both Visigothic and uncial elements; punctuated with puncti (occaionally, punctus elevatus).
Subject (Geographic):
Connecticut and New Haven.
Subject (Name):
Basil Saint, Bishop of Caesarea, approximately 329-379. and Rufinus,
Manuscript fragment on parchment bifolium of an unidentified text that discusses the nature of man's hereditas (christus est hereditas nostra) and the distinction between serui boni and serui mali (perhaps referring to Luke 12:42?); text appears to be continuous
Description:
In Latin., Script: Written in upright Visigothic minuscule., Traces of small, 2-line, decorative initial and rubric on f. 1r. Otherwise, text on this folio virtually illegible., and Removed from a binding: ff. 1r and 2v much damaged with loss of text.
Subject (Geographic):
Connecticut and New Haven.
Subject (Topic):
Catenae, Manuscripts, Medieval, and Theology, Doctrinal