• [N.T. Apocalypse with glossa ordinaria]

Extent:

• 52 leaves : parchment ; 215 x 140 mm

Date:

• 1100

Language:

• Latin

Abstract:

• An early copy of the Glossa ordinaria on the Apocalypse, written, annotated and expanded by several hands before the text of the gloss became standardized.

Description:

• Ms. codex.
• Title from printed catalog.
• Decoration: Two initials with red and green foliate penwork, a few litterae notabiliores for incipits.
• Origin: Probably written in northeastern France or Rhineland.

Binding note:

• United States, 20th century. Bound for Princeton University Library by Scott Husby.

Provenance:

• Early and intermediate provenance unknown. Acquired by Robert Garrett (1875-1961), of Baltimore, Maryland, Class of 1897 from the Berlin bookseller Martin Breslauer (1871-1940) in 1905 and donated to Princeton University Library in 1942.

Source acquisition:

• Gift; of Robert Garrett, Princeton Class of 1897, 1942.

Former owner:

• Breslauer, Martin, 1871-1940

Contributor:

• Princeton University. Library. Manuscript. Garrett MS. 32.

References:

• Medieval & Renaissance manuscripts in the Princeton University Library, pages 28-29
• Ricci, S. de. Census of medieval and Renaissance manuscripts in the United States and Canada, volume 1, page 870

Alternative:

• New Testament Apocalypse with Glossa ordinaria

View in catalog:

• https://catalog.princeton.edu/catalog/99108863883506421