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Manuscripts, Medieval -- Italy

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Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Scope Note: Medieval Manuscripts created in Italy.

Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:

MS 67: Robert Grosseteste's Latin translation of the Testaments of the Twelve Patriarchs, 15th century

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Identifier: MS 67
Contents Manuscript of Robert Grosseteste's Testament of the Twelve Patriarchs produced in Italy in the 15th century. Robert Grosseteste was bishop of Lincoln 1235-1253. He is better known for his scientific treatises in Latin and French. The Testament of the Twelve Patriarchs is a translation into Latin from the original apocryphal Greek text. According to Matthew Paris (Hist. Maj.,sub. anno 1242,...
Dates: 15th century

MS 103: Composite manuscript including two different texts, late 15th century

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Identifier: MS 103
Contents Contains two texts bound together, both in the same hand.ff. 1r-27r: 'Manuale'('Manual') attributed to Augustine of Hippoff. 27v-332v: 'Sermo de miseria humana' ('Sermon on human misery') attributed to Bernard of ClairvauxThe texts are described separately, under MS 103/ff. 1r-27r; and MS 103/ff. 27v-32v. Writing Written in good Italian minuscule. ...
Dates: late 15th century