A catalogue of Western manuscripts at the Bodleian Libraries and selected Oxford colleges

Auct. 2Q 5. 7, inserted manuscript leaves

Contents

Bernard Silvestris (Ps.-Bernard of Clairvaux), Epistola de gubernatione rei familiaris
Incipit: Ick Bernaert ghecomen terhoutheden ontbiede saluut dem gracieusen ende zalighen riddere

Manuscript insertion in printed book (Bod-Inc C-170(1)).

Language(s): Middle Dutch

Physical Description

Form: codex
Support: paper

Decoration

Miniature (coloured drawing) depicting a messenger delivering a letter to St Bernard.

History

Origin: Dutch ; 16th century (?)

Record Sources

Description adapted (October 2019) from the following sources:
Bod-Inc C-170 [content, decoration]
Otto Pächt and J. J. G. Alexander, Illuminated Manuscripts in the Bodleian Library, Oxford, I (1966), no. 264 [decoration, origin, date]

Availability

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Last Substantive Revision

2019-10-29: First online publication.

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