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De Canticis canticorum Ms. Codex 1329
Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts
Manuscript Overview
References
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Abstract

13th-century copy of Haimo's 9th-century commentary on the Song of Solomon, with an unusual layout presenting the biblical lemmata in the margins enclosed in decorated circles and triangles. The commentary is allegorical, interpreting the Song of Songs as describing the marriage of Christ and the Church. Chapter divisions are added in the margins in a later medieval hand. This text is also known as the Commentarius in cantica canticorum or Expositio in cantica canticorum and has been attributed to Haimo of Halberstadt, Remigius Altissiodorensis, Cassiodorus, and Thomas Aquinas. The commentary is followed by an unidentified introduction to the Song of Songs.

Physical Description

Support: parchment; Extent: 59 leaves : 148 x 100 (98-102 x 56-60) mm. bound to 154 x 110 mm; Collation: Parchment, 59; 1-7⁸ 8³; horizontal catchwords on the last verso of gatherings 1, 2, and 7 (f. 8v, 16v, 56v); modern foliation in pencil, [1-59], lower right recto.

Layout

Written in 23-27 (f. 1r-51r), with the first line above the top line, or 21-24 (f. 51v-59r) long lines; frame-ruled in lead; double bounding lines except at the bottom of the text block, where the bounding line is single (f. 1r-51r).

Script

Written in two Gothic bookhands (f. 1r-51r, 51v-59r).

Notes

Ms. codex.

Title from caption title (f. 1r).

The text of this manuscript belongs to a group of manuscripts known as the William family, named after William of Volpiano, founder of the monastery of Fruttuaria, about 20 miles from Savigliano (Burton Van Edwards).

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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Keywords
13th century
Italian
Italy
Commentary
Bible
Biblical
University of Pennsylvania, Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts

Place of Origin

Italy

Date

Written in northern Italy, before 1230 (Les Enluminures).

Binding

Leather, probably 15th-century (Les Enluminures).

Language

Latin

Provenance

Held in the library of the Benedictine monastery of St. Peter's in Savigliano in the 15th century, manuscript no. 31 (f. 1r).

Sold by Les Enluminures (Paris and Chicago), 2008.

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Place of Origin

Italy

Date

Written in northern Italy, before 1230 (Les Enluminures).

Language

Latin

Provenance

Held in the library of the Benedictine monastery of St. Peter's in Savigliano in the 15th century, manuscript no. 31

Sold by Les Enluminures

Manuscript Overview

Abstract

13th-century copy of Haimo's 9th-century commentary on the Song of Solomon, with an unusual layout presenting the biblical lemmata in the margins enclosed in decorated circles and triangles. The commentary is allegorical, interpreting the Song of Songs as describing the marriage of Christ and the Church. Chapter divisions are added in the margins in a later medieval hand. This text is also known as the Commentarius in cantica canticorum or Expositio in cantica canticorum and has been attributed to Haimo of Halberstadt, Remigius Altissiodorensis, Cassiodorus, and Thomas Aquinas. The commentary is followed by an unidentified introduction to the Song of Songs.

Notes

Ms. codex.

Title from caption title (f. 1r).

The text of this manuscript belongs to a group of manuscripts known as the William family, named after William of Volpiano, founder of the monastery of Fruttuaria, about 20 miles from Savigliano (Burton Van Edwards).

Script note

Written in two Gothic bookhands (f. 1r-51r, 51v-59r).

References
Binding Images

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.

Spine

Keywords
13th century
Italian
Italy
Commentary
Bible
Biblical
University of Pennsylvania, Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts
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