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Sancti Augustini opera quaedam : Oversize Ms. Codex 708
Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts
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Abstract

Comprises works by Augustine; works erroneously attributed to Augustine, including a translation from Aristotle; and works by other authors including Ambrose, Possidius, Orosius, and a letter of Pope John II.

Physical Description

Support: parchment; Extent: 112 leaves : 266 x 181 (191 x 118) mm. bound to 277 x 191 mm; Collation: Parchment, ii (modern paper) + 112 + ii (modern paper); 1⁷(+1 in position 4), 2⁸(single leaves in positions 2 and 7), 3-4⁸, 5⁴, 6-9⁸, 10¹¹(+1 in position 10), 11⁸, 12¹⁰, 13-14⁸; [1-112]; modern foliation in ink, upper right recto.

Layout

Written in 32-33 long lines; ruled in lead; prickings visible.

Script

Written in an early Gothic script by 4 different hands.

Notes

Ms. codex.

Title from caption title (f. 1r), added in a later hand.

Incipit and explicit for item 14: Incipit epistola Johannis Papae urbis Romae de fide contra Euticianistas de duobus naturis in una persona Domini Nostri Iesu Christi. Dominis filiis merito illustribus atque...filii merito illustres atque magnifici.

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
12th century
Collection of Sermons
Church Fathers
History
Logic
French
France
University of Pennsylvania, Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts

Place of Origin

Pontigny

Date

Written in Pontigny, France, mid-12th century (Helen Zakin).

Binding

Modern leather.

Language

Latin, with some lines of Greek

Provenance

Formerly owned by Sir Thomas Phillipps, ms. 11901 (note, f. 1r).

Sold by Bernard M. Rosenthal, 1953.

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Place of Origin

Pontigny

Date

Written in Pontigny, France, mid-12th century (Helen Zakin).

Language

Latin, with some lines of Greek

Provenance

Formerly owned by Sir Thomas Phillipps, ms. 11901

Sold by Bernard M. Rosenthal, 1953.

Manuscript Overview

Abstract

Comprises works by Augustine; works erroneously attributed to Augustine, including a translation from Aristotle; and works by other authors including Ambrose, Possidius, Orosius, and a letter of Pope John II.

Notes

Ms. codex.

Title from caption title (f. 1r), added in a later hand.

Incipit and explicit for item 14: Incipit epistola Johannis Papae urbis Romae de fide contra Euticianistas de duobus naturis in una persona Domini Nostri Iesu Christi. Dominis filiis merito illustribus atque...filii merito illustres atque magnifici.

Script note

Written in an early Gothic script by 4 different hands.

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
12th century
Collection of Sermons
Church Fathers
History
Logic
French
France
University of Pennsylvania, Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts
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