Historia ecclesiastica

Creator:

Eusebius, of Caesarea, Bishop of Caesarea, ca. 260-ca. 340

Published/Created:

Germany,
[ca. 1250]

Physical Description:

ff. i + 139 + i : parchment ; 302 x 215 (230 x 158) mm.

Related Links:

https://pre1600ms.beinecke.library.yale.edu/docs/pre1600.mars011.htm

Notes:

Script: Written in gothic bookhand below top line by several scribes whose hands are uneven; text is written for the most part between the rulings.
Decorative initials, 8- to 6-line, in red, some with modest penwork designs in red and black, or with foliage type appendages, in red, mark the beginning of each book; plain red 3-line initials, with knobs, for beginning of chapters. Rubrics, chapter numbers, and initial strokes, in red. Guide letters and instructions for rubricator.
Outer edge of f. 1v damaged and repaired resulting in some loss of text.
Binding: Nineteenth century, Germany. Bound in a grey-beige paper case with the title, in ink, on a label on the spine: "Eusebii Caesariensis Hystoria Ecclesiastica".
From the collection of Sir Thomas Phillipps (no. 19049).

Abstract:

Manuscript on parchment (thick; holes and end pieces) of Eusebius, Historia ecclesiastica, translated into Latin by Rufinus, preceded by the prologue of Rufinus. Written presumably at the Premonstratensian abbey of St. Peter at Weissenau.

Associated Names:

Eusebius, of Caesarea, Bishop of Caesarea, ca. 260-ca. 340 [Author]
Rufinus, of Aquileia, 345-410 [Translator]

Topics:

Church history--Primitive and early church, ca. 30-600
Literature--Translations
Manuscripts, Medieval--Connecticut--New Haven
Medieval and Renaissance Manuscripts in Beinecke Library

Topics:

Eusebius,--of Caesarea, Bishop of Caesarea,--ca. 260-ca. 340
Premonstratensians

Language:

Latin

Genre:

Decorated initials
Manuscripts
Marginalia

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 11

Orbis Record:

9805659

Orbis Barcode:

39002091599747

Yale Collection:

Beinecke Library

Digital Collection:

General Collection, BRBL, Yale University

oid pointer:

11395469

Citation:

Shailor, B. Catalogue of Medieval and Renaissance Manuscripts in the Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Marston MS 11.
Eusebius Pamphili, Historia Ecclesiastica. General Collection, Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Yale University.

Extent of digitization:

Complete work digitized.

OID:

10269809

PID:

digcoll:3759102