ENWalters Ms. W.13, Synonyms of Isidore of Seville
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Title: Walters Ms. W.13, Synonyms of Isidore of Seville
Title: Preamble
Title: Synonyma
Title: Preface
Title: Synonyma
Contributor: Isidore, of Seville, Saint, d. 636 (author)
Description: This modest German monastic textbook from the middle of the twelfth century survives in excellent condition in its original binding. Isidore of Seville, who died in 636, was the last of the great Latin fathers, whose works became core to the medieval monastic curriculum. The Synonyma, also known as the Liber lamentationum, starts as a dialogue between Man and Reason, in which Reason tells Man how he can reach eternal joy. The second part is a discussion of vices and virtues. The manuscript contains seventy folios and four decorated or inhabited initials. For full description, see http://www.thedigitalwalters.org/Data/WaltersManuscripts/html/W13/description.html
Description: The primary language in this manuscript is Latin.
Language: Latin
Relation: Synonyma
Relation: Preamble
Relation: Preface
Relation: Synonyma
Format: parchment
Format: image/jpeg
Description: Inhabited initial on fol. 1v
Description: Two inhabited initials (7 and 11 lines); two decorated initials (4 and 8 lines); initials drawn in red or black pen with yellow and/or red painted accents; incipits in alternating red and black capitals; rubrics in red; text in black ink
Description: Inhabited initial on fol. 2v; decorated initials on fols. 30v and 69r
Description: fol. 1v Inhabited initial "I" with beast heads Inhabited initial "I," 11 lines
Description: fol. 2v Inhabited initial "A" with beast Inhabited initial "A," 7 lines
Description: fol. 30v Decorated initial "Q" Decorated initial "Q," 8 lines
Description: fol. 69r Decorated initial "E" Decorated initial "E," 4 lines
Date: 1125-1175
Description: Middle of the 12th century CE
Description: German monastic institution (ex libris, fol. 2r, "Iste libellus pertinet ad monasterium sanctum in [......]")
Description: Obtained ca. 1860-1865 by Sir Thomas Phillipps, no. 22130 (fol. 1r)
Description: Gruel and Engelmann collection, no. 130 (bookplate on inside upper board)
Description: Henry Walters, Baltimore, by purchase, with bill dated June 9, 1903
Description: Walters Art Museum, 1931, by Henry Walters bequest
Relation: Walters Manuscripts
PublishDate: 2019-08-07T17:04:56Z