[Allegoriae Novi Testamenti].

Item Information

Title:
[Allegoriae Novi Testamenti].
Description:
German manuscript of chapters 1-30 and 32-71 of Hugo de S. Victore's Allegoriae Novi Testamenti. At the end of the codex are six lines from the Gesta Treverorum in the same hand, though much smaller characters. Script: Gothic characters, written in two columns, each 205 x 76 mm. Decoration: Seventy ornamental initials in red and blue. Condition: Parchment with several early repairs. A few marginal notes in a later German hand. First initial at the beginning of the codex was never completed. Origin: Probably German execution, 13th century. Ricci, S. de. Census of medieval and Renaissance manuscripts in the United States and Canada 17. Coy, D.I., European Manuscripts IX-XV Centuries at the Chapin Library 8. Allegoriae Novi Testamenti. Chapin Library, Williams College. Gift of Alfred Clark Chapin. Purchased on behalf of the Chapin Library from L. C. Harper, 1926. Phillipps Ms. 477, formerly owned by Professor Leander Van Ess of Darmstadt, who sold it to Thomas Phillipps in 1824. "Hugo de S. Victore / fol. 43205 / LB 100627" in pencil on inside front cover. Rebound in 19th century German marbled pasteboards, new endpapers. One flyleaf watermarked Nachf., the other G. Fichtine. In rebinding, the binder reversed the order of the leaves.
Creator:
Hugh, of Saint-Victor, 1096?-1141.
Creator:
Ess, Leander van, 1772-1847, former owner
Creator:
Phillipps, Thomas, Sir, 1792-1872, former owner
Date:
1200
Format:
Documents
Location:
Williams College
Collection (local):
Chapin Library Selections
Subjects:
Manuscripts, Medieval
Places:
Germany
Link to Item:
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Terms of Use:
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Publisher:
[Germany],
Language:
Latin
Identifier:
(OCoLC)1240495639