Accession number
MS G.28.1-2
Object title
Etymologiae single leaves (MS G.28).
Display Date
10th century.
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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