Leaf from Speculum historiale, Book 29 : manuscript.

Format:

Book

Manuscript

Author/Creator:

Vincent, of Beauvais, -1264, author.

Contributor:

Bernard, of Clairvaux, Saint, 1090 or 1091-1153.

Libri, Guillaume, 1803-1869, former owner.

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

Creswick, H. R., 1902-1988, former owner.

Masson, Irvine, 1887-1962, former owner.

Schoenberg, Lawrence J., former owner.

Lawrence J. Schoenberg Collection (University of Pennsylvania)

Standardized Title:

Speculum historiale. Selections

Language:

Latin

Subjects (All):

Abbots--Early works to 1800.

Abbots.

Bishops--Early works to 1800.

Bishops.

Genre:

fragments (object portions)

excerpts

Manuscripts, Latin -- 14th century.

Manuscripts, Latin -- 15th century.

Manuscripts, Medieval.

Penn Provenance:

Part of manuscript formerly owned by Guillaume Libri; sold at auction at Sotheby's in a sale of part of the Libri collection, 1 June 1864, lot 71, to Boone (Thomas and William Boone or Thomas Boone & Son or a related firm, all London).

Part of manuscript formerly owned by Sir Thomas Phillipps (ms. 24654); appeared at auction at Sotheby's in a sale of part of the Phillipps collection, 6 June 1899, lot 367, but presumably not sold; sold at auction at Sotheby's in a sale of part of the Phillipps collection, 24 June 1935, lot 74.

Part of manuscript formerly owned by H. R. Creswick, Bodley's Librarian and Cambridge University Librarian; this leaf removed and given as a gift by Creswick to Irvine Masson.

Sold at auction at Sotheby's with other items from Masson's collection, 16 Dec. 1957, lot 32, to Francis Edwards, Ltd.

Sold at auction at Sotheby's, 17 June 1997, lot 1, to Lawrence J. Schoenberg.

Gift of Lawrence J. Schoenberg and Barbara Brizdle, 2010.

Physical Description:

1 item (1 leaf) : parchment ; 37 x 26 cm

Production:

Paris?, France, circa 1400.

Language Note:

Latin.

Summary:

Leaf from Book 29 (in some other versions, Book 28), containing text from the middle of Chapter 83 to the beginning of Chapter 86, which consists of excerpts from Saint Bernard of Clairvaux concerning abbots and bishops. The heading in red ink at the top on both sides is Flores Sancti Bernardi. The leaf was written in France, probably Paris, circa 1400, in a Gothic semi-cursive book script, in 2 columns of 47 lines, and frame-ruled in faint ink with double bounding lines on each side. 3 2-line chapter initials in red or blue with contrasting penwork in blue-black or bright red; chapter headings in red; capitals following some decorated initials touched in yellow.

Notes:

Title supplied by cataloger.

Manuscript leaf is housed with Oversize LJS 16, from which it was separated in the 20th century.

Local Notes:

Lawrence J. Schoenberg & Barbara Brizdle Manuscript Initiative.

Related Collections:

Another leaf from the same manuscript is Ms. F.4.14, Special Collections & Archives, Sydney Jones Library, University of Liverpool; also once part of Oversize LJS 16, Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts, University of Pennsylvania.

Cited in:

Described in Transformation of knowledge: early manuscripts from the collection of Lawrence J. Schoenberg (London: Paul Holberton, 2006), p. 137-138 (LJS 124).

Cited as:

Vincent of Beauvais, Leaf from Speculum historiale, Book 29 (UPenn Oversize LJS 124.1). Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts, University of Pennsylvania.

OCLC:

699771942

Online:

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