Codices Vossiani Latini
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Title:
Manuscript
Language:
Latin
Date range:
Second half 12th c. (c. 1200)
Author(s):
Jerome (c. 347-420) (1r-13r)
Pseudo-Jerome (13r-14r)
Gennadius of Marseille (†c. 496) (14v-32r)
Isidore of Seville (c. 560-c. 636) (32r-39r)
Cassiodorus (c. 485-c. 585) (39r-74v)
Augustine of Hippo (354-430) (74v-134v)
Saint Bede (672/673-735) (134v-135v)
Pseudo-Jerome (13r-14r)
Gennadius of Marseille (†c. 496) (14v-32r)
Isidore of Seville (c. 560-c. 636) (32r-39r)
Cassiodorus (c. 485-c. 585) (39r-74v)
Augustine of Hippo (354-430) (74v-134v)
Saint Bede (672/673-735) (134v-135v)
Description:
VLF 103 is a parchment codex from the second half of the 12th c., its leaves measuring 270 x 195 mm. It is constructed of 17 quires of 4 bifolia, totalling 135 leaves (270 pages). Quire signatures are still visible. Parchment bookmarks are at ff. 15, 32, 39, 77, and 134. Written space covers 195 x 120 mm (30 lines ruled in dark ink). The text is written in Littera prae-gothica. A major rubricated initial is on f. 15r. Similarly decorated letters are on ff. 32v, 39r, 42v, and 74v, with the addition of the colour blue. Each chapter receives minor initials in red or blue. Inscriptions are rubricated. The codex has a 17th-c. cardboard binding, protected by parchment and leather straps.
Classification:
Antiquity - Historiography - Hagiography (1r-39r)
Middle Ages - Classical literature - Patristics - Church Fathers - Exegesis - Education - Religious instruction - Bible (39r-74v)
Antiquity - Middle Ages - Patristics - Church Fathers - Medieval theology - Memoirs (74v-134v)
Middle Ages - Historiography - Ecclesiastical history (134v-135v)
Middle Ages - Classical literature - Patristics - Church Fathers - Exegesis - Education - Religious instruction - Bible (39r-74v)
Antiquity - Middle Ages - Patristics - Church Fathers - Medieval theology - Memoirs (74v-134v)
Middle Ages - Historiography - Ecclesiastical history (134v-135v)
Other Resources:
==> Library Catalogue Universiteit Leiden
==> Medieval Manuscripts in Dutch Collections database
==> Medieval Manuscripts in Dutch Collections database
DOI:
10.1163/9789004264243_F_103
Journal:
VLF 103 - Opuscula de Viris Illustribus, Cassiodorus, Augustinus, Beda