De septem verbis Domini in cruce, De laudibus B. Mariae virginis

Creator:

Arnald, Abbot of Bonneval

Published/Created:

Northern France,
[between 1150 and 1175]

Physical Description:

1 fol.
22 cm.
ff. 52 : parchment ; 220 x 150 (156 x 98) mm.

Related Links:

https://pre1600ms.beinecke.library.yale.edu/docs/pre1600.mars268.htm

Notes:

Script: Written in a neat late caroline minuscule that is written above the text ruling, not on it.
Red initial, 4-line, with red and green arabesque designs on f. 1r; red monochrome initials with simple decorative designs, ff. 2v, 9r, 14r; less elaborate red initials, ff. 18v, 23r, 29v, 47r. Heading in red for art. 1 only. Initials stroked with red.
Binding: 13th-14th centuries (?), France. Original sewing on four tawed skin, slit straps laced from out to inside the boards and wedged at an angle. Pastedowns sewn with book. The upper board is beech, the lower oak. The grooves on the inside of the boards have been burned as well as gouged out. A blue and natural color endband is sewn in a chevron pattern. The primary core is laced into grooves parallel to the edges of the boards but not fastened and the endband is sewn through the cover. Fragment of an unidentified text (France, 1125-ca. 1150) used for front pastedown; portion of a document dated 1225 (?) involving Theobaldus, abp. of Rouen (1221-29) and the Cistercian nunnery of Fontaine-Guerard (Fontes Guerardi) for rear pastedown. Covered in very thick tawed skin, neatly patched and pieced out. The turn-ins are nailed near the corners. There are two strap-and-pin fastenings, the pins on the lower board and the kermes pink, tawed skin strap ending in a catch with a twisted, tawed skin cord and tassel attached, later additions (?). Remains of later title, in ink, on spine.

Abstract:

Early ex-libris on f. 52v in light ink: "iste liber est de fontibus geradi [sic].
Manuscript on parchment of Arnald, abbot of Bonneval, 1) Tractatus de septem verbis domini in cruce. 2) Libellus de laudibus de B. Mariae virginis.

Topics:

Devotional literature, Latin (Medieval and modern)
Manuscripts, Medieval--Connecticut--New Haven
Medieval and Renaissance Manuscripts in Beinecke Library

Topics:

Mary,--Blessed Virgin, Saint--Devotion to

Language:

Latin

Format:

Text

Content Type:

Archives or Manuscripts

Rights:

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Access Restrictions:

Public

Related Exhibit or Resource:

Teaching resource: Barbara A. Shailor, Medieval Studies

Call Number:

Marston MS 268

Orbis Record:

9855123

Orbis Barcode:

39002104685392

Yale Collection:

Beinecke Library

Digital Collection:

General Collection, BRBL, Yale University

oid pointer:

1002609

Citation:

Shailor, B. Catalogue of Medieval and Renaissance Manuscripts in the Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Marston MS 268.
Arnald, Abbot of Bonneval, De Septem Verbis Domini in Cruce, De Laudibus B. Mariae Virginis. General Collection, Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Yale University.

Extent of digitization:

Partial work digitized.

OID:

2013554

PID:

digcoll:3378835