London. British Library, Add MS 26761

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The British Library, Polonsky Pre-1200 Project
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  • British Library, Add MS 26761
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Language
  • Latin
Title
  • Origen, Commentary on Matthew (Chapter 36-end)
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  • Preferred form
    • Origène (0185?-0254?)
    Original form
    • Origen, c 185-c 254
    Other form
    • ORIGENES (Adamantius)
    • ORIGÈNE
    • Origène (0185?-0254?)
    • ORIGENES
    • Origenes (0185?-0254?)
    • ORIGINES
    • Origenes
    • ORIGENIS
    • Origenis presbiteri
    • Origenis
    • Origenes Adamantius
    • Origène
    • Origène 0185?-0254?
    • Origen
    • Orígenes
    • Orígenes, ca. 183-ca. 253
    • Origenes 185-254
    • Author: Origenes
    • Origen (b. c. 185, d. 254), Christian scholar, ascetic and theologian
    • Origène (0185?-0254?) > Père de l'Eglise
    • Orígenes, ca 185-ca 254
    • Orígenes, ca 185-ca 254 > , co-autor
    • Origenes - ca. 185 - 253/254 - auteur
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Description
  • This 12th-century manuscript contains part of the commentary on the Gospel of Matthew by the Church Father Origen (b. c. 185, d. c. 254). The manuscript was produced at the Cistercian abbey of Pontigny, one of the oldest daughter houses of the Cistercian abbey of Cîteaux. It was preserved in the abbey's library from the 12th century until the monastery was dissolved by French revolutionary forces in 1790.Contents: ff. 2r-175r: Origen, Commentary on Matthew, Chapter 36-end, beginning ‘Incipiunt capitula omeliarum adamantij origenis presbiteri in evangelio mathei. Ab eo loco ubi ait venit ihesus in partes cesaree philippi . usque ad finem ipsius evangelij . numero triginta sex’ [ed. in Patrologia Graeca , 13, col. 933-1599 and 1599-1800]. [ff. 1r, 1v, 175v are blank].Decoration: 2 large foliate interlace initials in red in frames of purple (ff. 2r, 20v); numerous large initials in blue or red with arabesque motifs in the same colours, 2 with pink or yellow added to the inside of their letters (ff. 10v, 53r); plain medium initials in blue or red, occasionally in green, some with minor penwork decoration and/or arabesque motifs in the same colour; plain small initials in blue, green and red. Rubrics in red. Roman numerals in red. Paraph markers in red. Quire marks in brown ink on last versos with minor penwork decoration in the same colour.
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