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Partial leaf from the Sermons [Homiliae]
Partial leaf from a Homiliary
Partial leaf from the Sermons [Homiliae]
Author of text: Saint Bede the Venerable (673–735)
Southern German or Austrian
Medieval (Romanesque)
late 12th century
Place of Manufacture: Europe, Southern Germany or Austria
Medium/Technique
Tempera and ink on parchment
Dimensions
Overall (page dimensions): 36.1 x 12.6 cm (14 3/16 x 4 15/16 in.)
Credit Line
Denman Waldo Ross Collection
Accession Number20.1601
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsEurope
ClassificationsBooks and manuscripts – Manuscripts
DescriptionThe inner half of one leaf from Homily 15, Book 2, written by Saint Bede. Partial leaf contains one (of two) columns of 34 text lines. Text is in Latin.
Written in a Romanesque bookhand in black ink. 9-line white-vine initial [V] on recto with incorporated dragon and colored background (green, yellow and blue wash ). Later used as part of a binding.
Written in a Romanesque bookhand in black ink. 9-line white-vine initial [V] on recto with incorporated dragon and colored background (green, yellow and blue wash ). Later used as part of a binding.
ProvenanceBy 1920, Denman W. Ross (1853-1935), Cambridge, MA; 1920, gift of Denman W. Ross. (Accession date: October 7, 1920)