Manuscript fragment on parchment of Petrus Cantor (c. 1130-1197), Commentum in libros Proverbiorum, Ecclesiastes, Sapientiae et Ecclesiastici
Description:
In Latin., Script: copied by one hand in early Gothica Textualis. Running headlines in flourished majuscules alternately red and blue; they stop after f. 6., Many leaves are badly soiled., Red underlining of biblical passages. 2-line flourished initials with extensions in the margin or in the intercolumnar space; they are in red and blue on ff. in quire I, in red only in quires II-III (two flourished initials on f. 1v are also executed only in red); two initials of that type are missing, ff. 11r and 16r. Larger initials at the beginning of the commentary of new Bible books: 4-line littera duplex "B(eatus)" on f. 4r, Prologue to Ecclesiastes; 3-line "Q(uecumque)" on f. 8v, Prologue to Wisdom; 11-line "S(ummi)" and 6-line "O(mnis)", both red on beige background, on f. 15r, Prologue and text of Ecclesiasticus., and Binding: unbound.
Manuscript on parchment of Petrus Cantor (d. 1197), Distinctiones (Summa Abel); with various sermon and treatise material on virtues and vices (artt. 1-4).
Description:
In Latin., Script: The main text (art. 5) is copied by perhaps one hand in a small early Northern Gothica Textualis Libraria; while artt. 1-4 are copied by another hand in similar script and light brown ink., Decoration: In Art. 5, there is red stroking of majuscules; alternately red and blue 1- to 3-line plain initials at the opening of each lemma; the first initial of each letter of the alphabet is a large flourished initial or littera duplex (but N.B. initial “B” missing on f. 14v); and the lemmata are connected with their various explanations by means of wavy red lines. Artt. 1-4 have red headings, red stroking of majuscules and 2- or 3-line plain, decorated, or flourished initials entirely in red., and Binding: Twentieth century white pigskin over cardboard. Both covers blind-tooled with a frame of stamps, and with interior space divided into 25 rectangles, each decorated with lozenge-shaped foliate stamp. The spine has five raised bands, and most compartments are blind-tooled with a quadrangular stamp.
Subject (Geographic):
Connecticut and New Haven.
Subject (Name):
Abel (Biblical figure). and Petrus, Cantor, approximately 1130-1197.
