In Iohannis evangelium tractatus (fragment).

Description

Title: In Iohannis evangelium tractatus (fragment).
Creator: Augustine, of Hippo, Saint, 354-430
Published / Created: [ca. 1100]
Publication Place: Schaffhausten, Switzerland
Abstract: Manuscript fragment on parchment of Augustine's In Iohannis evangelium tractatus
Description: In Latin.
Script: written in late Caroline script, similar to that written at Schaffhausen in manuscripts dated around 1100.
Decoration: inelegant 9-line initial "D" on the verso in rough gold with silver bands, outlined in red and with red in the center; the initial is on an orange, green, and blue ground. In the middle of the initial there is an eagle in gold and silver, with red dots, which holds a vine with flowers in his beak; 1-line initials in brown rustic capitals; scribal guidewords preserved in margin; heading written in red minuscule; punctuated with the punctus, punctus elevatus, and punctus interrogativus.
Provenance: This fragment was used as a wrapper for another volume.
Extent: ff. 1 : 350 x 261 mm.
Extent of Digitization: This object has been completely digitized.
Language: Latin

Genre: Manuscripts, Medieval Switzerland 12th century
Manuscripts, Medieval Switzerland 11th century
Medieval and Renaissance Manuscript Fragments in Beinecke Library
Medieval and Renaissance Manuscripts in Beinecke Library
Material: parchment ;
Resource Type: unspecified
Subject (Geographic): Connecticut
New Haven.
Subject (Name): Augustine, of Hippo, Saint, 354-430.
Subject (Topic): Manuscripts, Medieval
Subjects: Augustine, of Hippo, Saint, 354-430
Manuscripts, Medieval > Connecticut > New Haven
Switzerland > 12th century
Switzerland > 11th century
Medieval and Renaissance Manuscript Fragments in Beinecke Library
Medieval and Renaissance Manuscripts in Beinecke Library

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Citation: Augustine, In Iohannis evangelium tractatus (fragment). General Collection, Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Yale University.