Biblical glosses

MS fragment; vellum; 285 x 200  mm

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Glosses on the Romans (1.16-18), probably by the 12th-century theologian, Gilbert de la Porrée (1076-1154), a disciple of Bernard of Chartres. The Biblical text, in large proto-Gothic script, occupies a rather narrow, inner section of the page. 5 initials at the beginning of the sentence are in red, blue and green. The glosses in a smaller script which fill most of the page, are written in double columns, with lemmata appearing occasionally in inner margin.

A later marginalia at the top of the recto side indicates that the book was lent to 'my learned honest friend Mr. Batholomewe Younge, 1597.'

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