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Historia Scholastica by Petrus Comestor [fragment] , 13th-14th century

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Identifier: MS 107/ff. 61r-62v
Contents This section is an excerpt from the Historia Scholastica by Petrus Comestor. This text is a biblical paraphrase originally written in the 12th century and sometimes called the “Medieval Popular Bible”. This excerpt contains the parables of the Lost Sheep, the Lost Coin, and the Prodigal Son.It begins on f. 61r and is titled De parabola ovis et dragine et filii prodigi. It starts with the words ...
Dates: 13th-14th century

Life of the Virgin [Liber de laudibus beate Marie Virginis], 13th century

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Identifier: MS 21/ff. 1r-96v
Scope and Contents The Liber de laudibus beate Marie Virginis ('Book of the praises of the Virgin Mary') has been attributed to the Dominican friar Vincent de Beauvais (died c. 1264).Prologue: on f. 1r. It is introduced by the rubricated words Incipit prologue in librum sequentem, begins with Quoniam de gestis beatissime Virginis Dei genetricis ad modum pauca in evangelica reperiuntur...
Dates: 13th century

Little Office of Our Lady [Little office of the Blessed Virgin Mary. Breviary. Latin], 13th century

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Identifier: MS 21/ff. 97r-118r
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This section of the manuscript contains the Little office of the Blessed Virgin Mary. It starts on f.97r and ends on f.118r with the words que tua sit pietas, nee littera nee dabit etas.

Dates: 13th century

MS 17: Historia Scholastica by Petrus Comestor , 13th century

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Identifier: MS 17
Scope and Contents The manuscript contains the Historia Scholastica, an abridged version of the Bible written around 1170 by Petrus Comestor for the students of the cathedral school of Paris. The text consists in the retelling of stories (hence the name historia) taken from the Bible and in their explanation. It became an essential part of the curriculum of the theological school and greatly influenced popular Bibles produced in the 13th and...
Dates: 13th century

MS 18: Historia Scholastica by Petrus Comestor , 13h century

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Identifier: MS 18
Scope and Contents The manuscript contains the Historia Scholastica, an abridged version of the Bible written around 1170 by Petrus Comestor for the students of the cathedral school of Paris. The text consists in the retelling of stories (hence the name historia) taken from the Bible and in their explanation. It became an essential part of the curriculum of the theological school and greatly influenced popular Bibles produced in the 13th and...
Dates: 13h century

Verses in praise of the Virgin by Petrus Comestor, 15th century

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Identifier: MS 110/f. 227v
Contents This folio, f. 227v, contains some verses in praise of the Virgin by Petrus Comestor, who was a 12th-century French theological writer.This first part of this section is titled Petrus comestor composuit hos versus ad laudem vergs. It starts with the verse Si fieri posset quod harene pulvis et unde.The second part of this section is titled Quidam devotus pater composuit duos...
Dates: 15th century