Medieval and Renaissance Manuscripts Collection (Ferrari-Rouse), ca. 1198-1616

EZECHIEL, with gloss. Northern France, s. XII-XIII .

Identifier:
1/XII/FRA/1.
Scope and content:

r-v: //altitudinem per circuitum fundata . . . oblique [et simi]litudo palmarum . . . // [Ezech. 41.8-26, with the ordinary marginal and interlinear gloss].

Acquisition information:
Written in northern France, possibly in a university (Paris?). Parchment is wrinkled stained, and severely rubbed on the verso. Used for binding: β€œL.G.” on the verso (s. XVI-XVII) may refer to the contents of the book bound with this leaf.
Physical description:
Parchment, 1 leaf, lower margin cropped; 300 Γ— 200 (ca. 205 Γ— 127) mm. Text on the inner column in 25 lines, gloss on the outer in 50 lines; text and gloss are at times in alternate blocks; double bounding lines enclose text and gloss; ruling in lead; pricking in the outer margin. French gothic bookhand of early type (littera textualis). Initials in the text alternately red and blue; running title on the verso β€œEze,” on the recto β€œchiel,” in red minuscule. Marginalia in contemporary French semi-cursive gothic script.

Access and use

Location of this collection:
A1713 Charles E. Young Research Library
Box 951575
Los Angeles, CA 90095-1575, US
Contact:
(310) 825-4988