"Of the Nature of Things" and "Of the Times" by Bede. Letters by Saint Jerome and Pseudo-Jerome. Allegorical Drawings with Commentary and Glosses.
De natura rerum. De temporum ratione/Beda Venerabilis. Epistolae/Hieronymus Ps.-Hieronymus
This manuscript contains two works on computus (computations) by the Anglo-Saxon scholar the Venerable Bede (673-735), De natura rerum (Of the nature of things) and De temporum ratione (Of the times), and letters by Saint Jerome and Pseudo-Jerome. On a page originally left blank, folio 63 recto, pen drawings were entered towards the end of the 11th century. Their motifs are monsters, composed of…
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Pseudo-Jerome - Jerome, Saint, Died 419 or 420 - Bede, the Venerable, Saint, 673-735
Boethius's "Commentaries on Cicero's 'Topics'" and Other Astronomical Treatises.
Commentarii in Ciceronis Topica/Boethuis. Somnium Scipionis, ex lib. VI De re publica/M. Tullius Cicero. Commentarii in Ciceronis Somnium Scipionis/Macrobius. Naturalis historia, ex lib. II (excerpta Eboracensia)/C. Plinius Secundus. Epistola de ratione horologii
This miscellany contains the following works: Commentarii in Ciceronis Topica (Commentaries on Cicero's "Topics"), by Boethius; the famous Somnium Scipionis (ex libris VI De re publica) (The dream of Scipio, book six from "The Republic"), by Cicero; Commentarii in Ciceronis Somnium Scipionis (Commentaries on Cicero's "The Dream of Scipio"), by Macrobius; Naturalis historia, ex libris II (excerpta Eboracensia) (Natural history, Book two with York…
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Pliny, the Elder - Cicero, Marcus Tullius - Boethius, Anicius Manlius Severinus, Circa 480-524 - Macrobius, Ambrosius Aurelius Theodosius
Dongpo ji : Si shi juan, hou ji er shi juan
東坡集 : 四十卷, 後集二十卷
Su Shi (1037-1101), courtesy name Zizhan, style name Dongpo Jushi (Resident of Dongpo), born in Meishan (in present-day Sichuan) during the Northern Song, was a renowned literary scholar and one of the eight greatest masters of the Tang and Song dynasties. Both his father Su Xun (1009-66) and his brother Su Zhe (1039-1112) were famous literati; together they were known as Three Su. Su…
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Su, Shi
Date:1050
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Gospel Book.
Evangelia
This richly decorated Gospel book, dating from the second half of the 11th century, contains portraits of the Evangelists Matthew, Mark, and Luke (the portrait of John is missing), four decorated initial pages, and 84 mostly ornamental initials. Nine canon tables with the symbols of the Evangelists precede the texts of the Gospels. These concordance tables, lavishly decorated with arcades and tympana, go back…
Grievances of Guitart Isarn, Lord of Cabó.
Greuges de Guitard Isarn, senyor de Caboet
Dating from 1080, Greuges de Guitard Isarn, senyor de Caboet (Grievances of Guitart Isarn, Lord of Cabó) is believed to be the oldest surviving document in Catalan. The rancures were grievances that were written acts by means of which a lord asked for the restitution of damages caused by the breach of the feudal contract. In this document, Guitart Isarn, Lord of Cabó, recounts…
Galen's "Therapeutics to Glaucon".
Kitāb Jālinus 'ilā Ghlūqun (Therapeutics to Glaucon) by celebrated translator and scholar Hunayn ibn Ishaq al-ʻIbadi (circa 809--73) consists of two treatises by the Greek physician Galen (Jalinus in Arabic, circa 131--201). Husayn explains that the Greek physicians of the great medical school at Alexandria classified works by Galen into various categories for students. The first category included four books as introductory works to…
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Galen - Unayn Ibn Isḥāq Al-ʻibādī, 809?-873
Beato of Liébana: The Codex of Fernando I and Doña Sancha.
Beato de Liébana: códice de Fernando I y Dña. Sancha
Around the year 776, a monk by the name of Beato or Beatus, possibly the abbot of the monastery of Santo Toribio de Liébana, wrote a work entitled Comentarios al Apocalipsis (Commentary on the apocalypse), which had an extraordinary success in the following five centuries. Thanks to his great erudition, Beato combined in this text, as a summa, many commentaries on the topic of…
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Beatus, Saint, Presbyter of Liebana, Died 798 - Facundo
Gospel Lectionary.
Evangeliarium
The illumination of this early 11th century lectionary is a late example of the Ottonian tradition of book illumination. The manuscript features 292 golden majuscule initials, 30 initials in gold, and five decorated text pages, as well as a full-page initial and a miniature of Christ in Majesty. The 16-line introductory poem on folio 1 verso is written in gold rustic capitals on purple…
Various Writings by Othlo.
Othloni varia scripta
This manuscript was written by the monk Otloh, or Othlo, of Saint Emmeram, a remarkable figure in 11th-century literature, and is comprised almost exclusively of his own works. Born around 1010 in the diocese of Freising, Bavaria, Otloh studied at Tegernsee Abbey. He took a great interest in the art of writing, in which he was self-taught. He became a well-known scribe of his…
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Othlo, Monk of St. Emmeram, Approximately 1010-Approximately 1070
Gospel Book.
Evangelia
This Gospel book dating from the mid-11th century comprises 16 canon tables, positioned at the beginning after the prologues, nine full-page carpet pages, initial pages, and decorated pages, as well as four portraits of the Evangelists. The carpet pages and the Evangelist portraits are painted on single pages. Each Evangelist is depicted with his symbol-the angel for Matthew, the lion for Mark, the ox…
Jiang tie
絳帖
Jiang tie (Calligraphic rubbings of Jiangzhou) is an anthology of calligraphic rubbings, in 20 juan. The rubbings were made by Pan Shidan, a Song official in Jiangzhou, thus the title carries the name of the location. Pan was active during the reigns of Huangyou and Jiayou (1049-63) of the Northern Song. This is the earliest example of an anthology of calligraphic rubbings by a…
The Book on Tending Horses.
Al-Kitāb fī siyāsat al-khayl (The book on tending horses) is a short work on horsemanship by an unknown author. The manuscript is incomplete. The surviving portion of the text discusses the desirable characteristics of a horse as well as signs that indicate its good health. It also presents a list of equine ailments (including mange and cancer) and their cures. The text is interspersed…
"Imperial" Menologion.
This manuscript, created in the Byzantine Empire in the second quarter of the 11th century, contains the biographies of saints whom the church commemorates in the month of January. It was originally part of a set containing volumes for each month of the year. A companion volume, with texts for March, now survives in Moscow (State Historical Museum, MS gr. 183). Each chapter in…
Sacramentary of Augsburg.
This Ottonian manuscript dates from the early 11th century and was executed for the cathedral of Augsburg. It bears all the hallmarks of an ambitious project, but it was left incomplete for some reason. The text alone, interspersed with gold letters on every page, creates an impression of luxury. The prayers for special ecclesiastical fields feature decorated initials with gold tendrils, which stand out…
Gospel.
The Benedictine monastery of Tegernsee, located in southern Bavaria, was founded in 746 and is considered one of the most important imperial abbeys of the Holy Roman Empire. This manuscript was formerly attributed to Tegernsee's famous abbot, Ellinger (1017-26 and 1031-41), who was twice removed from office and spent his last years in exile in Niederaltaich. This is no longer the scholarly consensus, but…
Qurʼan.
This manuscript, consisting of 60 paper leaves, is the 20th juz' (section) of one of the greatest Qurʼanic manuscripts known to exist. Originally it consisted of 30 volumes. Other sections of single folios are to be found in various libraries, museums, and collections. This manuscript belongs to a small group of manuscripts that can be assigned (from the similarity of the writing to the…
Damascus Pentateuch.
The Damascus Pentateuch, from around the year 1000, is one of the oldest extant Hebrew biblical manuscripts. It includes full vocalization, accentuation, and Masoretic annotation. The manuscript is defective in its beginning, as it starts with Genesis 9:26; Exodus 18:1--23 is also missing. Written on parchment in oriental square script, the text is in three columns per page, 20 lines per column. The manuscript…
Metamorphoses.
This document, known as the Neapolitan Ovid, can be traced with certainty to the region of Puglia (Apulia) in southern Italy, where it most likely was copied at the Monastery of San Benedetto di Bari. The work is a testament to the oldest manuscript tradition relating to the Metamorphoses, a Latin narrative poem by the first-century Roman poet Ovid, which was popular in Europe…
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Book/Printed Material"Of the Nature of Things" and "Of the Times" by Bede. Letters by Saint Jerome and Pseudo-Jerome. Allegorical Drawings with Commentary and Glosses.
Book/Printed MaterialBoethius's "Commentaries on Cicero's 'Topics'" and Other Astronomical Treatises.
Book/Printed MaterialDongpo ji : Si shi juan, hou ji er shi juan
Book/Printed MaterialGospel Book.
Book/Printed MaterialGrievances of Guitart Isarn, Lord of Cabó.
Book/Printed MaterialGalen's "Therapeutics to Glaucon". Kitāb Jālinus 'ilā Ghlūqun (Therapeutics to Glaucon) by celebrated translator and scholar Hunayn ibn Ishaq al-ʻIbadi (circa 809--73) consists of two treatises by the Greek physician Galen (Jalinus in Arabic, circa 131--201). Husayn explains that the Greek physicians of the great medical school at Alexandria classified works by Galen into various categories for students. The first category included four books as introductory works to…
Book/Printed MaterialBeato of Liébana: The Codex of Fernando I and Doña Sancha.
Book/Printed MaterialGospel Lectionary.
Book/Printed MaterialVarious Writings by Othlo.
Book/Printed MaterialGospel Book.
Book/Printed MaterialJiang tie
Book/Printed MaterialThe Book on Tending Horses. Al-Kitāb fī siyāsat al-khayl (The book on tending horses) is a short work on horsemanship by an unknown author. The manuscript is incomplete. The surviving portion of the text discusses the desirable characteristics of a horse as well as signs that indicate its good health. It also presents a list of equine ailments (including mange and cancer) and their cures. The text is interspersed…
Book/Printed Material"Imperial" Menologion. This manuscript, created in the Byzantine Empire in the second quarter of the 11th century, contains the biographies of saints whom the church commemorates in the month of January. It was originally part of a set containing volumes for each month of the year. A companion volume, with texts for March, now survives in Moscow (State Historical Museum, MS gr. 183). Each chapter in…
Book/Printed MaterialSacramentary of Augsburg. This Ottonian manuscript dates from the early 11th century and was executed for the cathedral of Augsburg. It bears all the hallmarks of an ambitious project, but it was left incomplete for some reason. The text alone, interspersed with gold letters on every page, creates an impression of luxury. The prayers for special ecclesiastical fields feature decorated initials with gold tendrils, which stand out…
Book/Printed MaterialGospel. The Benedictine monastery of Tegernsee, located in southern Bavaria, was founded in 746 and is considered one of the most important imperial abbeys of the Holy Roman Empire. This manuscript was formerly attributed to Tegernsee's famous abbot, Ellinger (1017-26 and 1031-41), who was twice removed from office and spent his last years in exile in Niederaltaich. This is no longer the scholarly consensus, but…
Book/Printed MaterialQurʼan. This manuscript, consisting of 60 paper leaves, is the 20th juz' (section) of one of the greatest Qurʼanic manuscripts known to exist. Originally it consisted of 30 volumes. Other sections of single folios are to be found in various libraries, museums, and collections. This manuscript belongs to a small group of manuscripts that can be assigned (from the similarity of the writing to the…
Book/Printed MaterialDamascus Pentateuch. The Damascus Pentateuch, from around the year 1000, is one of the oldest extant Hebrew biblical manuscripts. It includes full vocalization, accentuation, and Masoretic annotation. The manuscript is defective in its beginning, as it starts with Genesis 9:26; Exodus 18:1--23 is also missing. Written on parchment in oriental square script, the text is in three columns per page, 20 lines per column. The manuscript…
Book/Printed MaterialMetamorphoses. This document, known as the Neapolitan Ovid, can be traced with certainty to the region of Puglia (Apulia) in southern Italy, where it most likely was copied at the Monastery of San Benedetto di Bari. The work is a testament to the oldest manuscript tradition relating to the Metamorphoses, a Latin narrative poem by the first-century Roman poet Ovid, which was popular in Europe…