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Opening of text, initial with animal heads, 2-line initial, rubric, placemarkers, [f. 2r]

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Renaissance and medieval manuscripts collection

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Homiliae

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Opening of text, initial with animal heads, 2-line initial, rubric, placemarkers

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Title
Opening of text, initial with animal heads, 2-line initial, rubric, placemarkers, [f. 2r]
Names
John of Abbeville (Author)
Collection

Renaissance and medieval manuscripts collection

Homiliae

Homiliae

Dates / Origin
Date Created: 1200 - 1299
Place: England?
Library locations
Manuscripts and Archives Division
Shelf locator: MssCol 2557
Shelf locator: MA 8
Genres
Religious books
Manuscripts
Notes
Ownership: Bought by John Preston for St. Augustine's abbey, Canterbury (strip of vellum, f. 1a, is ex libris); owned ca. 1733 by Maurice Johnson of Spalding. Given in 1909 by Dr. Robert Abbe.
Content: De Ricci, 1316-1317. Chart by Dr. G.B. Guest. Typed notes in manuscript box.
Content: 36 lines in two columns, ruled in pencil, prickings visible, some catchwords visible. Some content notes in lower margins. 17 quires of twelve folios each, followed by one quire of five folios.
Content: Parchment
Content: Opening initial with animal heads.
Content: 2-line red and blue initials with opposing color penwork extending into borders. Daubs of red as placemarkers. Passages underlined in red.
Content: De Ricci dates this manuscript to ca. 1300; Dr. Guest dates it to the 13th century.
Content: 1, plus other noting hands
Content: Modern note of contents f. ii. Folio 1a is a stub of vellum announcing purchase of book for St. Augustine's Canterbury. On f. 209v there is a poem in French which begins "Flour de flours columbine de mes dolours plain medicine."
Type of Resource
Text
Text
Languages
Latin
Identifiers
NYPL catalog ID (B-number): b12455533
MSS Unit ID: 2557
Digital Scriptorium 1.0 ID: NYPL MA 008
Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): f761db60-c5ca-012f-0078-58d385a7bc34
Rights Statement
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Item timeline of events

  • 1200: Created (Approximate)
  • 2015: Digitized
  • 2024: Found by you!
  • 2025

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Manuscripts and Archives Division, The New York Public Library. "Opening of text, initial with animal heads, 2-line initial, rubric, placemarkers" The New York Public Library Digital Collections. 1200 - 1299. https://qa-digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/510d47da-e38e-a3d9-e040-e00a18064a99

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Manuscripts and Archives Division, The New York Public Library. "Opening of text, initial with animal heads, 2-line initial, rubric, placemarkers" New York Public Library Digital Collections. Accessed November 22, 2024. https://qa-digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/510d47da-e38e-a3d9-e040-e00a18064a99

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Manuscripts and Archives Division, The New York Public Library. (1200 - 1299). Opening of text, initial with animal heads, 2-line initial, rubric, placemarkers Retrieved from https://qa-digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/510d47da-e38e-a3d9-e040-e00a18064a99

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Opening of text, initial with animal heads, 2-line initial, rubric, placemarkers