Accession number
MS G.28.1-2
Object title
Etymologiae single leaves (MS G.28).
Created
Brittany, France, 10th century.
Credit line
Gift of the Trustees of the William S. Glazier Collection, 1984.
Description
G.28.1 1 leaf : vellum, ill. ; 211 x 284 mm
Provenance
Joseph Sattler; Max Kammerer, Wartenberg (Bavaria); purchased in Nov. 1954 from Arthur Rau, Paris for William S. Glazier (1907-1962), New York; deposited in the Pierpont Morgan Library by the Trustees of the William S. Glazier Collection in 1963.
Notes
Ms. of two single leaves from a copy of Isidore of Seville's Etymologiae; written and decorated in Brittany, France, 10th century.
G.28.1 Etymologiae: III.vi.6, II.viii.1.
G.28.2 Etymologiae: III.xxii.10, III.xxvii.2.
Decoration: 1 large and 6 small penwork initials.
Matted.
G.28.1 Etymologiae: III.vi.6, II.viii.1.
G.28.2 Etymologiae: III.xxii.10, III.xxvii.2.
Decoration: 1 large and 6 small penwork initials.
Matted.
Script
Carolingian minuscule.
Language
In Latin;
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Display Date
10th century.