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Riga, Peter, c 1140-1209 (poet)

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  • Existence: c 1140 - 1209

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Aurora by Petrus Riga, 13th century

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Identifier: MS 20/ff. 1r-77v
Contents The Aurora, written by the medieval French poet Petrus Riga (c. 1140 – 1209), is an allegorical commentary on the Bible composed in elegiac couplets. The copy of the text preserved in this manuscript is incomplete at the beginning. The text is divided according to the books of the Bible.Exodus: starts on f. 1r with the words Hic sacra digna deo fiunt, hic crimina mundant (corresponding to v....
Dates: 13th century
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / Western Medieval Manuscripts / Composite manuscript including three texts