Manuscript leaf of glossed Gospel of John, 1200s.

Format:

• Manuscript

Contributor:

• Phillipps, Thomas, Sir, 1792-1872, former owner.

Standardized Title:

• Bible. John. Latin. Selections.

Language:

Latin

Subjects (All):

• Bible. John--Criticism, interpretation, etc--Early works to 1800.
• Bible. John.

Genre:

• fragments (object portions)
• commentaries
• glosses (annotations)
• Manuscripts, Medieval.

Penn Provenance:

• From a manuscript formerly in the collection of Sir Thomas Phillipps (probably Ms. 13805) and Spurgeon's College, London (Ms. 1)
• Sold by Bernard Quaritch (London), cat. 1348 (2007), no. 16.

Physical Description:

1 item (1 leaf) : parchment ; 361 x 248 (text 224 x 135) mm

Contained In:

Manuscript Fragment Collection. Folder 18

Place of Publication:

1200s.

Language Note:

In Latin.

Summary:

Leaf from a glossed Gospel of John, containing the text of John 7.25-39, written in northern France, probably Paris. The page is laid out in three columns, with the Bible text in a formal Gothic script on 24-25 lines in the center column (but frequently extending into the gloss columns on both sides) and the commentary text in 50 lines. The Bible text also has interlinear glosses. Plummet ruling and pricking visible. Red and blue initials with contrasting penwork, running heads and paragraph marks in alternately red and blue letters.

Local Notes:

Lawrence J. Schoenberg & Barbara Brizdle Manuscript Initiative.

OCLC:

155932881

Online:

The Lawrence J. Schoenberg and Barbara Brizdle Manuscript Initiative Fund Home Page