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| Genre/Form: | Illuminated manuscripts Historiated initials (Layout features) Illuminated initials (Layout features) Gothic scripts Rules |
|---|---|
| Material Type: | Manuscript |
| Document Type: | Book, Archival Material |
| All Authors / Contributors: |
Benedict, Saint Abbot of Monte Cassino.; William Horatio Crawford; Thomas Brooke, Sir; Acton Griscom; Benediktinerabtei St. Arnulf zu Metz (Metz, France),; Pre-1650 Manuscript Collection (University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Library) |
| OCLC Number: | 23670397 |
| Language Note: | Old French. |
| Notes: | Ms. codex. Title from opening rubric; place and date from dealer's description. Collation: Parchment, fol. ii (parchment, i is pastedown) + 59 (foliated 1-59) + ii (parchment, ii is pastedown) ; 1-7⁸ (+3) ; horizontal catchwords in inner margin of verso of last leaf of each quire. Layout: Written in 2 columns of 30 lines; frame-ruled; fol. 59v blank. Script: Written in a gothic hand; closing chapter (fols. 58r-59r in a different hand). Decoration: Illuminated opening initial (fol. 1r)--with miniature of St. Benedict delivering the Rule to four nuns; marginal decorations on fol. 1r inhabited with a dragon, and hounds chasing a hare and a stag; decorative initials at beginning of each chapter in red or blue; rubricated. Binding: Red velvet over oak boards with brass trim along edges; clasps missing. Origin: Written in France (Metz?), probably ca. 1270. Provenance: On fol. 25r is pasted a strip of paper with text: "Ego soror Claudia de Grilly promitto stabilitatem et co[n]uersionem meorum morum; et obedientiam secundum Regulam sancti benedicti Coram deo et sanctis eius in hoc monasterio quod est costructum in honore Sancti sulpitii et Sancte Glodesindis virginis in presentia d[omi]ni Benedicti Abbatis--Sancti Arnulphi Et d[omi]no"--Armorial bookplate of William Horatio Crawford, Lakeland, Cork, inside front cover -- Armorial bookplate of Thomas Brooke, Armitage Bridge, inside front cover -- Acton Griscom, High Point, New Jersey -- Purchased from Harper, 11 February 1955. Former shelfmark: Q. 255.106 B434r:F 1270 (University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Library). |
| Description: | 59 leaves : parchment ; 292 x 216 (220 x 160) mm. bound to 303 x 225 mm. |
| Other Titles: | Regula. Regula, in French |
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