Hildebert of Lavardin, Bernard of Clairvaux — 12th century - 13th century; Italian
MS. Lat. th. d. 44
Bodleian Libraries, University of Oxford
Description
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Title
Hildebert of Lavardin, Bernard of Clairvaux — 12th century - 13th century; Italian
Shelfmark
MS. Lat. th. d. 44
Place of origin
Italian
Date
12th century - 13th century
Language
Latin
Contents
Form
codex
Support
parchment
Physical extent
v (loose paper leaves, stored separtely) + i (paper) + 121 + i (paper)
Hands
Gothic bookhands (change of hand at fol. 25r in col. a)
Decoration
Red initials, some with penwork.
Binding
Sewn on four bands, and bound in reddish-brown leather over pasteboards; the covers tooled with simple blind fillets, the spine inscribed in corrosive ink 'S. BERN. | SER[M...?]', and with the remains of two paper labels, the upper one inscribed '56 [or S0?]', the lower one with and indecipherable ?number; rust stains and holes in the first few leaves are probably evidence of a former binding with two clasps and five bosses
Provenance
Ex-libris of Morimondo , 15th century /16th century: 'Liber sancte Marie de Morimundo.N.LXXXXI' (fol. IIv)
Paolo Giovio (?) (1483–1552)
Bought at Christie's, 17 Nov. 1976, lot 372.
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