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This book contains the text of the Hexameron, a commentary by Ambrose of Milan on the biblical account of the six days of Creation. In red ink at the end of the text, the scribe Guglielmo de Cruces wrote a colophon giving himself credit for finishing the book in 1468 and stating that the copy was destined for use in the Carthusian monastery of Montello in Treviso. The text is followed by three short exempla written in a different hand, drawn from Hugh of Grenoble's De vero iudicio iudicando, the Thesaurus pauperum, and the Exposition of Alan of Lisle on Matthew 26.
Support: Parchment; Extent: ii+103+ii; 182 x 126 mm bound to 192 x 136 mm; Foliation: Contemporary foliation in roman numerals, upper right recto; Collation: Structure uncertain
One of column of thirty-three to thirty-four lines, hard point ruling; one-to-four-line initials in red throughout; running titles in red; written area: 127 x 79 mm
Gothic--textualis
Marginal notes in red appear to be by same hand as three exempla added on fol. 103r; early parchment flyleaves
These are pages that we pulled aside that disrupted the flow of the manuscript reader. These may be bindings, inserts, bookmarks, and various other oddities.
Diocese of Treviso, Montello, Italy
1468
Early twentieth century, parchment over pasteboard, gilt line border on edges, gold stamped spine with false raised bands, written in gold HEXAMERON AMBROSII M.S. 1468
Latin
Montello, diocese of Treviso, [olim ms. n. 10] (after 1469; in addition to colophon on 102v, fol. 1 contains inscription: "Domus montelli ordinis cartusie dyocesis tarusie. N. 10"); sold Anderson & Co., New York (December 6, 1920, no. 279); G. Michelmore, bookseller, London; resold by American Art Association, New York (January 30, 1923, no. 434); John Frederick Lewis, Philadelphia; given by his widow, Anne Baker Lewis, to the Free Library of Philadelphia in 1936
Diocese of Treviso, Montello, Italy
1468
Latin
Montello, diocese of Treviso, [olim ms. n. 10]
This book contains the text of the Hexameron, a commentary by Ambrose of Milan on the biblical account of the six days of Creation. In red ink at the end of the text, the scribe Guglielmo de Cruces wrote a colophon giving himself credit for finishing the book in 1468 and stating that the copy was destined for use in the Carthusian monastery of Montello in Treviso. The text is followed by three short exempla written in a different hand, drawn from Hugh of Grenoble's De vero iudicio iudicando, the Thesaurus pauperum, and the Exposition of Alan of Lisle on Matthew 26.
Marginal notes in red appear to be by same hand as three exempla added on fol. 103r; early parchment flyleaves
Gothic--textualis
These are pages that we pulled aside that disrupted the flow of the manuscript reader. These may be bindings, inserts, bookmarks, and various other oddities.
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