Fragment from De mysteriis, between 1075 and 1125?

Name:

Ambrose, Saint, Bishop of Milan, -397

Timespan:

Early works to 1800

Date:

1075

Description:

Leaf from a copy of Ambrose's De mysteriis, a collection of didactic Holy Week addresses to the newly baptized, copied in transitional script (or protogothic script) in the late 11th or early 12th century. Trimmed and used in a binding, the text on the verso side has been damaged by the use of an adhesive. The fragment has 30 lines, but the top of the leaf has been trimmed with loss of text. Initials touched with red.

Language:

Latin

Provenance:

Deposit by Barbara Brizdle Schoenberg, 2015.

Relation:

The Lawrence J. Schoenberg and Barbara Brizdle Manuscript Initiative Fund Home Page: http://hdl.library.upenn.edu/1017.12/366278; Digital facsimile for download (OPenn): https://openn.library.upenn.edu/Data/0001/html/ljs502.html

Subject:

Sacraments -- Early works to 1800; Sacraments

Resource Type:

Text

Form/Genre:

Fragments (object portions); Sermons; Manuscripts, Latin -- 11th century; Manuscripts, Latin -- 12th century; Manuscripts, Medieval

Physical Description:

1 item (1 leaf) : parchment; 195 x 165 mm

Rights:

https://rightsstatements.org/vocab/NoC-US/1.0/

Notes:

Lawrence J. Schoenberg & Barbara Brizdle Manuscript Initiative.; In Latin.

Physical Location:

Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts, Manuscripts, LJS 502

Collection:

Lawrence J. Schoenberg Collection (University of Pennsylvania)