MS. Lat. th. d. 41

Summary Catalogue no.: Not in SC (late accession): no full description available

Bede, Commentary on the Canonical Epistles

Language(s): Latin

Physical Description

Form: codex

Support: parchment

Extent: i (paper) + 84 + ii (paper, the second perhaps once a pastedown)

Dimensions (leaf): 280 × 195 mm.

Dimensions (ruled): 215–20 × 135–40 mm.

Foliation: Modern pencil, i, 1–86

Collation

Layout

31 lines, in 2 columns

Hand(s)

Fine rounded romanesque caroline

Decoration

Coloured initials with penwork.

Sketch of uncertain date on the lower pastedown

Binding

Sewn on three split straps attached to the outer faces of the wood boards with nails, very slighly bevelled at the edges between the corners, and with recesses for a pair of clasps at the fore-edge of the lower-board; covered in reddish-brown leather; the spine inscribed in grey-blue ink 'V. Bed[æ] | Expos. in | Epist. Can.'; the edges of the leaves red; the lower board with the remains of a paper pastedown earlier than the present leather covering, with various inscriptions including 12 lines in a 16th-cent. Italian hand 'Nel [a]nno 1559 al'(?) 13 d[i] Aprille ... de Benedetto ... de bonis(?) de Bexozo ...'

History

Origin: 12th century, late - 13th century, early ; Italian

Provenance and Acquisition

Ex-libris of the Cistercian monastery of Chiaravalle della Colomba, near Piacenza, 'Liber sancte Maria de Columba' (fol. 84v)

Paolo Giovio (?) (1483–1552)

Bought at Christie's 17 Nov. 1976, lot 369.

Record Sources

Preliminary description by Peter Kidd, late 1990s

Abbreviations

View list of abbreviations and editorial conventions.

Last Substantive Revision

2017-07-01: First online publication.

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