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Etymologiae fragment

Accession number: 
MS G.28
Title: 
Etymologiae fragment
Created: 
Brittany, France, 10th century.
Credit: 
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.

Script: 
Carolingian minuscule.
Language: 
In Latin;
Resources: 
Description/Bibliography
Century: 
10th century
Genres: 
Manuscripts
Penwork initials
Vellum (parchment)
Caroline minuscule
Single leaves
Catalog Link: 
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Classification: 
Manuscript
Department: 
Medieval and Renaissance Manuscripts