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Summary Catalogue no.: 2321

Contents

1.
Origen, Homilies on Genesis

tr. Rufinus

Language(s): Latin
2.
Origen, Homilies on Exodus

tr. Rufinus

Language(s): Latin
3.
Origen, Homilies on Leviticus

tr. Rufinus

Language(s): Latin

Physical Description

Form: codex
Support: parchment

Decoration

One fine historiated initial copying an earlier, probably insular, model, many good initials, some of which perhaps added, 12th century, second half. (Pächt and Alexander iii. 110, pl. XI)

Binding

White parchment on boards, clasp lost, but three old parchment markers remain, connected at the top, contemporary English work.

History

Origin: 12th century, second quarter ; English

Record Sources

Summary description abbreviated from the Summary Catalogue (1922). Decoration, localization and date follow Pächt and Alexander (1973).
Summary Catalogue, vol. 2, part 1, p. 307
Summary Catalogue, vol. 2, part 1, p. 308

Abbreviations

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Last Substantive Revision

2022-04-04: Add binding information from Summary Catalogue.