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Manuscripts, Medieval -- England

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

Found in 1 Collection or Record:

MS 13: Saint John Gospel (glossed) [Bible. John. Latin. Vulgate], first half of the 12th century

 Item
Identifier: MS 13
Contents The manuscript contains the gospel of Saint John according to the Vulgate and a set of glosses [i.e. annotations and comments] to the whole text. The first chapters of the gospel are missing and the text begins at John 9: verse 30. The text contained in the glosses is that of the Glossa Ordinaria, an extensive commentary on the Scriptures which was extremely popular in the Middle Ages. It has generally attributed to Walafrid Strabo, abbot of Reichenau,...
Dates: first half of the 12th century